Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-05-03
REPORTS FoE A MONTH.
Number of Fires. Duilding Lines Drawn
and Police Record for the Month OF
April,

number OF Fires, Buildlng Lines Drawn
and Police Record for the Month OF
April.
For the month ending April 30th,
Chief Engineer Wilson of the Engineer
ing and Surveying Department reports
having marked II lines as compared
with 43 for the same period last year, as
follows:
A. L. Ainscow, back building at No.
S02 Market street.
Frank o. johnson, one dwelling on
the west side of Church street between
Twenty. y.second and Twenty-third.
Oscar Carlson, one dwelling on the
west side of Church street between
Twenty-second and Twenty-third
Charles q. Beadenkopf, addition to
factory on the north side of Fourth
street between Jackson and VanBurcn.
John r. Hartman, one dwelling on
the south side of Robinson street be-
tween Poplar and Lombard.
Frank i. Smith, one dwelling on the
west side of Washington street between
Thirteenth and Fourteenth.
A. II. Finerty, two dwellings on the
southeast corner of Twenty.second and
Market streets.
Abner G. Wivel, one dwelling on the
east side of Broome street between
Fifth and Sixth.
u. A. Humphrey, store at No. 6l3
Market street.
Trustees NJ. P. Church, one church
on the southwest corner of Fifth ave-
nue. and Anchorage street.
FIRES FOR APRIL.
Fire Recorder Shull of the Delaware
Fire Company reports the following
fires for the past month:
April 2-Still alarm, $50 p. m. Fire
in house No. 220 Walnut street.
April 6-Still alarm, S.35 p. m. Slight
fire at No. 10 East Second street.
April 6--l3ox No. II, 4.05 p. IN. Cur
ren foundry, Robinson and Church
streets. Loss $1.S00; insured,
April 7-Hox No. 10, 0.20 y. m. Fire
in the house of Mrs. Rosanna Anderson,
No. 8 Lord street. Loss trifling.
April 12-Box No. 26, 6.10 p. m.
Slight fire at No. 230 Liberty street.
April 25-BoX 10, $3.50 p. m. Della.
ware House at No. 6l3 Market street on
fire. Loss $4,000; partly insured.
POLICE RECORD.
The police record, including the num-
Der Of arrests together with the cause
for the same, is as follows:
Assault and battery, 10; assault with
intent to commit murder, L; arson, 2;
assault, l; assault and battery on an
officer, !; burglary, /; begging, 8; corner
lounging, u contempt, 1; carrying CON
cealed deadly weapon, 9; disOrderly
conduct and interfering with an officer,
2; drunk and disorderly and reckless
driving, 3; drunk, 66; drunk and beg
ging, 2; drunk and dsorderly, 80; drunk
and trespass, /; disorderly conduct, 81;
drunk and exposing his person, /;
drunk and corner lounging, l; escaped
from Industrial Home, /; exposure, /;
escaped from Ferris school, i; fighting
on the street, 2; high way robbery. i;
information, 4; insane, A; incorrigible
boys, 2; keeping house of i'll fame, .;
keeping axgamlng table, 3; keeping
disorderly house, 1; larceny, 90; lottery
policy writing, L; murder, /; non-sup-
port, 1; offering goods for sale without
a license, /; patients, 81; resisting an
officer, /; reckless driving, A; runaway
boys, 3; rape, /; selling liquor without
license, 8; selling liquor to minors, /;
trespass, using minor unlawfully, /;
violating city ordinance, 3; vagrants,
10; witness, 3; writing and backing
policy, /; total, 1852.