Evening journal., 1889-09-19
THE FIRE AT STAFFORD.
tbs TOTAL LOSS WILL AGGREGATE
ABOUT $4,000.
Complete List OF the Insurance Comp anies
That win Lose Work of the Whining
ten Fire Engines an Incen-

uIated every thing in the town, saved
Seaford from almost total destruction by
fire on Tuesday night The heavy rain
which fell all that night aided the efforts
of the fire fighters TO some extent, but
bad there been none before, it would
have had little effect.
The reports that arrived in Whining
ton yesterday morning were much exag
gerated, both as TO the extent of the fire
and the total damage done. The aggre-
gate loss will be about $50, 600 and the
total insurance between $4,000 and
$3.50 All OF the buildings burned
were frame structures, one and a-half
and two stories high Seven buildings
were burned in all, divided as follows
One dwelling house, eight stores, tive
offices aud a barber shop One other
house was partially torn down to check
the progress Of the fire
Insurance Companies That Lose.
The insurance companies that will
lose, with the amounts. are as follows.
Kent County Mutual OF Delaware,
SO, 276; Phoenix Of Brooklyn, SO, 900;
Queen Of London, $4700 Farmers
Mutual of Delaware, about $500; and
other companies not known, about $3, 600
more. Ex-Sherid Eli r. Sharp is agent
for the Kent County Mutual and N. II.
Brown for the Phoenix and Queen
The Loss in Detail.
The fire swept from Cannon street to
Pine, on the north side of High street,
completely destroying every building in
its path. This square is in the heart Of
the town, on the main street One
building was left in the square. at the
corner Of high aud Pine streets. IL was
partly torn down aud the ire checked at
| that point. The fire broke out in the
rear of the Morrow building, at High
and Cannon streets, in a store occupied
by Joseph Piepert. When discovered
il had made good Roadway and the
Morrow building, which contained
three stores, with large hall over them
was soon a smoking heap Of ruins. From
this tue flames crept eastward the length
of the square The loss Of each person
was published in these columns yester
day The list OF losers in the order in
which the fire took them, with the loss
and insurance, follows;
The Morrow block, owned by Mrs.
Holowell, loss, 81, 900, insurance Kent
County Mutual, $1,000; the following
three stores In the Morrow block: g. A.
Dolby, grocer, loss 81, 900. no insurance
Jacob Piepert, dry goods, loss 1000,
insurance, Queen, $1,000; Phoenix,
81, 800; w. B. Robinson, grocer, loss
81 500; insurance, Queen, s400, Phoenix,
$500.
Residence. back Of Morrow block
owned by Mrs. Coloway, occupied by
/, Jacob Phillips, loss, $500; no insurance
Phillipss loss on furniture. $500; no in
: surance.
Masonic Hall occupied by f. A. Ship
J ley. druggist; building, loss, &l2, 600, In
surance, Kent Insurance Company, $400
! Shipley, loss, So coo on stock, Queen
! $500. Phoenix, 81. 200
Office Of Major w Allen, justice Of th'
peace, loss, $500; insurance, Ken
: County, $40
Town Hall. owned by town and occu
pied by hook and ladder company, ais,
used for meetings Of the Town Council
loss, 81 600; insurance, Kent county
$685.
} JewelIy store Of William H. Howard
who occupied second story as a residence
: loss, 81 200; no insurance. Odd Fellows
Hall, new building, hall used by X. of P.
] Red Men, o. o. NJ, Patriotic Sons o
America, and Odd Fellows; loss on build
ing, "A, 200; insurance, Queen, $1,000
A. Greenabaum, clothing store In Ode
Fellows Hall, loss s., 600; insurance
placed by ]. c. Van Trump Of Whining
ton, So, 900.
/ Collision block, owned by Joseph Coli
. son, loss 81 600: insured; stores in Coli
son block occupied by A. F. Woolley
office. no loss.
Hsrris's barber shop, no loss.
, A. T. Phillips, New York Emporium
loss 5000; insurance, Farmers Mutual
$500.
n H. Brown, Office. loss sls5; no in
surance.
$1,000; no insurance, but nearly every
= thing saved.
{ The building that was partly torn dow
: was occupied by James Prettyman, shoe
| and clothing, and Joseph Collision, glass
I ware. Collisions residence, next to hi
q store. had a narrow escape. Everythin
was moved from it, but it escape
r through tearing down the store.
q Malicious Ineendia' ism.
No one knows exactly how the fir
started, but everyone is unanimous
the opinion that 1t was a malicious piec
I OF incendiary work. AS a citizen el
pressed it, ''some one had hold Of on
! end Of a match Nearly all Of the pre-
prietors OF the stores burned were on
OF the town. having gone to Laurel {
attend a horse race and were storT
I bound there by the heavy rain. Tn
bell Of the NJ F. Church, which is use
for giving the alarm. was not mufiied, q
was reported yesterday. The man who "a
TO the church to give the alarm, pulle
! the bell rope so hard in his excitemen
i that he swung the bell upside down, il
!, which position it remained until som
u one put it into its proper position an
rang out the alarm. When the bel
failed to ring, q couple Of men were sen
through the town crying fire at tn
e top of their voices. and in remarkabl
e quick time for a rather slow town, tn
e streets were full OF men, women an
children. Bucket lines were formed an
pump after pump sucked dry, until wit
great final effort the progress Of th
flames was stopped at Collisions block. Tn
J. white citizens Of thetown, for the most par
worked hard and effectively, but the co
ored people hardly lifted their hands {
render any assistance. The crew of tn
Z passenger train that laid over here 0
9 Tuesday night is given much credit fC
the work it did. William II. Stevens,
q prospective candidate for governor, an
It ex Sheriff Eli R. Sharp, both did gref
work. The latter's stentorian voice coul
be heard directing the workers, aboy
y the roar of the fire and the crash Of fal
! ing timbers.
What Jake Phillips Saw.
L. III 4.