The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-04-03
items FROM
NEW CASTLE.
. Correspondence of the REPUBLICAN,.
April s. 1899.

Tho people OF New Castle owe GeeI
debt to the volunteer 1csmen. Thanks q
their brave workIon Sunday morning they
wcre saved from cunhagration that would
have entailed u loss amounting to several
thousands of dollars Shortly before
o'clock rs n colored girl was returning
home from cake walk she saw smoke Is.
suing from the second story of tho butcher
shop OF Fed Eagle ut the corner of Filth
and Delaware streets. She gave tho alarm
and ran TO the residence of Mr.. Eagle. len
minutes later the engna and hose cart o.
the Lenape Fire Company were on the
scene and plug stream turned on. len
minutes later Engineer Taylor appeared
and the steamer WINS put into service The
building whore the fire origina9sd was a
franc one and on tho second story was
stored nearly half n ton OF lard.
Tho place burned flercey and the fire.
men saw that there was nothing left for
them to do but save the adjuiuing build
ingl. They cover about quarter OF an
acre and consist of frame buildings A
two story store OF B. II. Lank adioins on
the western side while in the roar sltua-
ted the stable te."rted an / owned by Mr..
Eagle and tho wheelwright and black
smith shops Of b. Il. Lank. On the north
ern side was u tenant house occupied by q
cOlorci family named Benson ald ten
leet Iuttnet NOltu Is Gue urSt DaptlSt
Church.
A bucket brigade went into service in
order to keep the frame buildings from
catching fire. The Il emen and Others sue
ceedcd in saving what stock was possible
to do SO from tho tore The lard added
fury to the flames and the heat was SO ill
tense that the doors and windows CT Her
man Hall show where the paint was blis-
tered. Three different times did the Lnnk
building catch on fire but the I.snape boys
were there all the time. ho rouf OF the
dwelling house occupied by tha colored
family caught fro and willing hands soon
removed tho fu; niture to Il place Of safety
across the stree.
The alarm of fire was such that the
people Turned out in largo numbers to nelp
all ihaG was in their power. Tho firemcn
suffered sevorly from the hea t as tho lard
added 10 tic itensity Of tho dry tramo
building. The los en- the building and
stock VIII amount to nearly 5000 which
is partly covered by insurance. Tne loss to
tho Lank property amounts to about $3.50
covered by Insurance.
NOTES OF THE FIRE.
Tho origin of the fire is believed to be
incenlary.
Mr.. Eagle received severe blow across
the back by being struck by piece OF fail.
ing timber.
E"keyt Tindle was the first man to ar
rive and the books con aiming the ac-
counts were saved. Tho escape of the adj
joining buildings was II miraculous one.
Tho store of b. 7. I.uuk stands within
two feet OF the property that was totally
wiped out by the fire.
William h. Rothwell while working at
the fire lost IL gold sleeve button with the
initial II on it.
Every person in New Castle expressed
their sympathy for those who suffered by
he fire.
After the noble work of the fromen no
ono should ever kick about the miserabl.
appropriation donated yearly to the COM
pAny by the city. Crowds viewed tho
scene of the fire yesterday.
Shawtown bad II llitle celebration OF
Easter The result is that two colored
men spent last night in coli ut the jail.
For u time the peoplein that section imt-
ngned that Dewey was passing through
New Castle and that a salute was being
fired. But al examination showed that it
was only social game of crap. A dispute
arose between Young white man and
colored man. Immediately the colored
man drew revolver and fired at the
white man. Then it was color fight and
more shots were fired Officers Iobin and
Palmer appeared on the scene and Charles
and William Moody, colored, were arrest
ed seven shooter with four empty
chambers was recovered. The men viii! I've
given bearing this evening.
Mrs. Annie H. Butler wilo,,of Thomas B.
Butler. of near Red Lion, died yesterday
she was Al years of age. Heart disease
superinduced by the grip was the cause Of
her death. Her funeral will take place TO-
morrow aud inlermont will bo made in
?igeon Run Cemetery. er.r,
John Owens. of Dobbinsvlle was severe.
ly burned about his hands and head on
Saturday. He assisted IL farmer to move
his cattle to farm near Newark. He was
seized with an epileptic tis and fell on the
atovo He was taken to the Delaware
Hospital in Wilmington.
Caroline Butler colored, OF Philalel-
phia died in tnat city OH Saturday. She
was former resident of New Castle.
n All the churches were we'll attended yes
terday, The day was nice and crisp but
the fair sex did not don the beautiful
Easter dresses and head gear.