Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1901-10-28
DELMAR HOMES
ARE In ASHES
Fire Consumes Fifty Proper
ties in a Few Hours
SUFFERERS ASK FOR UELP
Salisbury People Respond Literally.
No Appeal YET Received in
This CITY

Delmar, Oct 2S.-Fire on Saturday
swept over this town, burning an area
of more than ten acres, covered with
buildings and entailing a loss OF fully
Sl60000 There was but little insur-
ance on the burned buildings.
AT ? o'clock flames were seen burst
ing forth from the barn OF William l..
Sirman, and In a very short time II
was evident that the town was doom.
ed. A stiff wind was blowing, which
scattered the blazing embers. A spe-
cial engine came at once from Sails
bury In response TO a request for help
The only way water was obtained
was TO run an engine to the railroad
company's water tank. fll the engine
tanks and pump from them. Several
engines were relays, and by this
method the fire was gotten under coir
tro. in about two hOurs.
The boundaries OF the fire were from
East State street to Front street. to
Grove. to Second 10 New. to Rail-
road avenue In an This territory
there is but one house left standing.
The Pennsylvania railroad Office
was ON fire several times. and was
saved only after strenuous work, as
also were the churches and the hotel
and bank buildings. The postoffice
was burned. but the mails were saved.
In ell there were more than fifty
buildings destroyed. Insurance on all
tho properties win not exceed 10000.
Today the scene rs one OF desOlatiOn.
The streets are piled high with the
goods taken from the stores and
dwellings. Every store i'm the town
was burned with the exception of two
small ones. There is not caitload Of
groceries In THE place, outside of what
Is In the larders not burned.
i The City Council will be called to-
gether to raise a relief fund and It
is possible that appeals will be sent
out to ncighboring towns.
Temporary frame buildings Will be
built today to shelter THE hundreds
II rendered homeless by the fire With
In n few weeks the work OF perma-
nent,y rebuilding the town will be-
gin, but everything wiz be OF brick
or stone.
Last night the inhabitants whose
homes escaped were caring for the UNI
fOrtumates The Delmar Hotel was
crowded, The Pennsylvania railroad
station was occupied as sleeping quar-
ters and many of the church pews be-
came beds.
The properties destroyed were as fol-
lows
w L. sirman. factory. residence and
six dwelling houses. Loss. $4,000: in
I surance. $4,000. Miss Fannie Freeney.
millinery. $500. ]. NJ. Hearn. barber.
$780, w S. Marvel blacksmith. $500;
M. u. Hitch. millinery, 1000; Delmar
Union store, $500; Giving Culver,
hardware 81, 3,ene; w B. Elliott. resi-
dence. store Hfd stock. $4,000: James
+. Wilson & Co. clothing, $500; w.
c. Elliott residence. hardware store
and warehouse S1.1OO; w. 4. Sirman.
residence and store. $1,000: J. w. Hast
ings. residence and contents S4.500:
w. S. Marvel. residence. SO 200; post
Office building $500; Havings & Com
pany's store and all contents and
fixtures. $1,000: Levin Hastings. resi-
dence and two houses. 80 200: Solomon
Stephens, residence. $500; Stephen T.
! Waller. residence. 81 800; Mrs. Waller,
house, $1,000; DIR. Ellegood, office,
store. residence and contents. $1,000;
Handy Culver. residence. $1,000; ]. L.
Ellis. residence and contents. $4,000:
NJ. NJ. Ellis. residence 81 900: J. ].
Culver, residence. $1,000; Mrs. Johnson
b. | I4iiln Nhucts ooslOVs Ut. James
4 Brashawa, pharmacy and residence.
S2,500, insurance. 81 900: John J. Cul-
YER, residence. $4,000; John W. Met
son. residence. $4,000, Delaware school
house. $500; Haymans. blacksmith,
/ $780, II. J. Jones. residence, $780, Mrs.
l.. a. Kerr. residence. 500: commo-
diOus lodge rooms in the Elliott Build
| ing, quartering the Knights Of Pythias.
Improved Order of Red Men, Junior
Mechanics. Ancient Order United
Workmen and the Brotherhood OF
Railway Trainmen. were destroyed
with all their effects and parapher-
nalia J. l.. Ellis. S. N. Culver and
G. l.. Hastings lost a great deal Of mer-
chandise by water. which they had
saved from the fire.
Other residences destroyed are: Col
lier ]. s. Lowe. Charles Hastings. w.
B. Sirman. Samuel Ellis. Burton Gull
yer. A. II. Bacon, Mrs Lea. w. S.
Henry. Ralph B. Ellis. Other business
houses that are a total loss are those
of George GOrdy. A. c. Brown, W. ].
Hayman and H. E. Lowe
Insurance rates we're high because
the town had refused to issue bonds
for a water department
j Salisbury people raised S400 in cash
and sent a special train with $500
worth of provisions. which reached
Deimar yesterday at noon and were dis
tributed at once