The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-08-28
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Correspondence Of the REPUBLICAN.
Npw cAsr,p August os lso7


Miss Bertha Knause is the heroine OF
the city at present. Her rare presence OF
mind and prompt action In time OF dang.
er prevented what would undoubtedly
have been fire that would entail heavy
loss. Shortly after II o'clock Miss Krauso
was In the yard when she noticed volumes
If smoke coming from the kitchen OF the
the Swan house occupied by Frank Mere.
dith. Seeing Mrs. Meredith's little sister
she asked what was the matter2 Sho was
informed that tho gasoline stove had ex-
ploded and that the house was on lire.
Then Miss Knnuse knew that II the
Swan House carght on fire owing 10
1t being q frame building that the head
way of the fire could not be checked. her
faiher's franc dwelling ard bakery ad-
joining would be in imminent danger.
The young girl jumped across the ience
separating both yards. On going to tho
kitchen door she saw the state of affairs
and remembering that u draught always
helps u fires hesdway she closed the side
door and dashed inr 10 tho dining room and
closed tho door leading from the Kitchen
Then she called upstairs that The house
was on fire. Dashing into the. yard sho
carried buckets Of water and threw it on
the fire thereby checking It's headWay BE-
fore the arrival Of the Lenape Fire Com
pany.
The linen for the week had been ironed
and was In the clothes basket near the
stove. Tho stove WAS placed on couple
of boxes and between it and the wall was
newspaper.
Jennie Coffman, Mrs. Meredith's sister,
lit the stove and went into nelghDors
house. One Of tho newspapers fell from
the wall and catching the flame carried IT
to other papers and the clothes and caused
the fire. The heat from the same caused
the stove tank TO leak and tho gasoline
ran over the floor and helped to increase
the blaze 1t was on the basket contaiL.
ing the clothes that Miss knause threw
the water.
The loss will amount to about 800.
. Miss Nellie Morrison, one Of New
Castles han 1somo md popular young
women, will be married on September 10
to Jeremiah Tobin. Miss Morrison is the
Oldest daughter Of ex-Presidont of City
Council Morrison and is general favorite.
The intended groom Is In tho employ OF
the P. w. s. B.. Railroad Company. has
been closely connected with the Il. A. B..
Society and the Ancient Order Of Hi
bernians He has hosts Of friends. The
ceremony will take place in st. Peters
church
The filthy bitches and cutters In Dob
binsville and nearby were inspected yester..
day by the State Board Of Health and
were declared a nuisance.
Will the work stop here? VIII tho
State Board be afraid to compel the re.
moval of the nuisance? tits to bo hoped
that the CO operation of tho State Board
with the committee from city council will
have IA good result
Mrs. Oscar Rulings Is very Ill. Drs.
McCabe and Black have been in altend'
ancc trying to break the congesLive chills
with which she is sufferer. Her condl.
tion was reported last evening as being
improved.
MIR McCalas, Of Trenton. N j., Is the
guest of New Castle friends.
Miss Name McCarter and brother WI
lie of Philadelphia are the guests of Mrs
John McFarlan.
Mrs. Mary Hocomb is at Bay Head, N.
j.,
The Goddess of Liberty will be placed
in the school green.
Prospects of work at the Delaware Iron
Works are very poor.
There were watermelon parties last eve
ming Mt Zachariah Gemmill's S and Harry
Maguire's residence.
Sheriff and Mrs. Finn, Rev. and Mrs.
l. X. Cochran, Mrs. Stewart and Mr.. and
Mrs John B. Manlnye returned home yes
terdaY from Ocean Grove
Reed birds arc flying around in droves.
John T. Stoops in speaking of the reed
bird season said last evening that there
viii be more gunners this season than for
years. He bases his statement upon the
amount of load shells, shot and etc. sold
by him during the past few days.