Evening journal., 1893-11-22
LOST THEIR ALL BY FIRE.
THE HOUSE OF WILLIAM BROWN,
ON ROCKLAND ROAD, DESTROYED.

ON hOCNLAND ROAD, DESTROYED.
The Family Narrowly Escape with Their
Liges-A BOY Awakes aud Finds His
Home Anre-An the Children's Clothes
Burned, and Not Enough Food Saved
TO Get Breakfast.
The large double frame house on the
left hand side Of the Rockland road
about one quarter Of a mile above the
Augustine Mills, burned TO the ground
early this morning When an EVENING
JOrANAL reporter visited the scene this
morning nothing was left of the struc,-
ure and greater part of its contests.
but mass of ashes and a black hole
IN the ground where the cellar had been
The building was owned by William
Brown. workman. employed IN the
Augustine Mills It was divided into
two parts and one part was occupied by
the owner aud the other by Harry HYATT
employed IN the Arlington Mills.
Had th- fire not been discovered when
10 was. both fan lilies would probably
have lost their lives IL is not known
how the fire started but a spark is sup
posed TO bave lodged in the chimney and
smoudered there Mrs Brown burned
wood In the stove nearly all yesterday
AID about o'clock let the fire die out
at 10 o'clock, when the family retired.
there was not spark Of fire ia the
stove.
About 40 o'clock Willie the young
son of Mr. and Mrs Brown awoke and
foun his room full o smoke. He called
TO bis mother and tod her that the
house was on fire The father was
aroused and the first thing he did was
TO CARY y the four other children to a
place OF safety. He was almost over
come by tbs smoke before ne could get
out OF the house. At once hs tried TO locate
the bre Although the house was full OF
smoke not spark of FIRE had been seen
He began to cut away some Of the wood
work with An axe, but 10 was not long
before the flames seemed TO break out i'm
every part Of the first floor.
The family tried to save the household
effects They saved very little, however
AS the house, being frame. burned freely
and was destroyed I'm a short time
I'm the meantime the HYATT family
next door had been aroused and, by hard
work. managed to save most Of their
goods The nelghbors in the vicinity
turned out and helped in the rescue Of
the furniture
Quarters were hastily rugged M In the
stable and here the homeless peopl
spent the rest Of the morning until day.
light. None Of the children's clothes
were saved aud before they could be
dressed this morning the father had to
go around and borrow some clothing for
them The family had nothing TO eat
and meals were furnished them by the
neighbors.
Mr. Brown had narrow escape from
being burned to death lie was down
the cellar y hen the stairs gave way, aud
he was left there among the burning
timber with no means of escape. Bv
crawling up burning piece OF lumber
he managed TO escape. The loss on the
house aud contents amounts TO about
Si,5l0. with only $500 insurance.
rumor was started In town this
morning that another Dupont barn had
been burned and many people started out
the Brandywine TO view the ruins
Assaulted on the High Seas.
United States Marshal Lannau
arrested Guy V Justason. frst mate OF
tue Barkeuiiue Anita Burmund. which
Is anchored IN the Delaware river. oppo
ite the W. g. n pier. He was brou9ht
20 this city and released ON
$3.50 bail for a hearing Tomorrow at 3
o'clock Justason Is charged with having
committed assault aud battery on Seaman
Frank Burkland while on the high
seas. on September 10 The
Anita Burmund was bound from
Philadelphia 10 the West lndies From
the after place she went 10 Tampa. Fla
aud loaded with phosphate rock, for the
Walton and Whann Company. and is
now en- route 20 tho latter's wharves.