The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1902-02-22

J live wire would spit forth about the
roof. The employees got drcnchcd to
the skin, but kept at work After
the flames had been gotten undercon.
troll, 4 smaller hose stream was play
eG on them from inside The building.
Sergeant Joseph Massey and Patrol
man william Ward and Michael
Burts not Iced the fire. and as soon
as possible notified the police station.
The Phoenix Fire Company was in.
formed Of the blaze. and started to.
ward the tire With the apparatus but
were intercepted with the Announce
ment that the fire was cylinguis}cd.
Before otter companies were told Of
the fire. word was received that il
was under control The loss to the
building will br 800 aad tn the stock
about 5000
Whllc many Of tho telephone wires
were tating IN The city early iaet
evening u short circuit was iormrd on
the wire leading into the resldrlic" 1T
Spn'l>wooi Garland. Parkway and
Bayard Aycnllc, with the result that
Il small fire was started. Word was
sent to the Water Witch Fire Com
panN 5 unguin house on Giipin avenue,
and with four horses hilrhcu 10 the
; combination chemical and hos" wagon
+; the mcmhors responded l'Ilcr way
| to Iii" fire WAS over fallen wires, but
they went ca needless Of danger
| Keeping in mind their motto. "FidnS ;
| ct farji>" and arrived al the house
as III" fir. was gaining hradway.
! WIFI Il rhnni,nI stream the blaze
| was cX'inuuished with M more dam !
F., age tNan $50.
jonathan ". Aylou, Superinien- :
| dent of th. fire alarm telegraph in !
/ the city. announccd last night that
the entire tire alarm signal system !
was Dut Of service. lie could not tell !
when the alarm boxes wouli he in OF
der agaIn. II will require consider
able tine to discover the damage
nonr and 10 make repairs
Superintendent Ay1on therefor"
advises That, in the eyenj Of Il HE,
worfI should We sent a, once To the
nearest engine house. II telephone :
connection cannot he had mc,>cn-
ger should be- sent.
TdG street cars did not ran over
Eleventh >'rHnt thi, moruing owing
to thU wire being dDwn.
On kENNErT PIKE
RJDt. Hlakeiey who keeps store at
Rising sun says he never saw such a
sight as he witnessed This morning
coming into the city on the kcnnclt
pike,
There are only poles left stand,
Ing OIL the pike from Mrs Henry du-
Punt TO the b 4 o. railroad crossing.
The handsome Maple trees sur
rounding Mrs. Alfred du Points wrr"
blown down The electric feed wire
AT st. Josephs Church is down.
Trees hung down in every quarter
and durngthc evening thcywcre split
in part and fell with II loud report As
they were loaded With ice.
Not tick was heard in the teIc-
graph stations onl one Of the telt-
phone cables fell across the p. w. Il
B. tracks.
NEW CASTLE.
This section of the country was
viSiteo by one Of the most severe
storms that can be remembered by
the Oldest inhabitants. When New
Castle peop!e awOkc yesterday morn
ing they found the pavcmcnls very
on account Of the sicet that
kept falling. The first trolley cars
did fairly well bat the s!eet got too
much for them ana Us the power in
Wilmington was very poor trouble
begun in earnest.
As the day wore on so did more !
trouble come and Superintendent I
Dreiner sent out Il force Of mcn TO
look after the wires, Several of the
wires to the dwellings for lighting
were knocked down BY fail. a
ing boughs of trees The trees in S
all sections of the city presented a II
beautiful Sight swAvlng and fro /
with their crystal coating. But that S.
S wherc the danger comes for the E
leavy ict soon became too heavy il II
oad Tor the b1ughs to bear and with il
oud noises branches broke the trees q
n all sections ol the town. Several b'
PERSONS had close calls from being II
injured by the falling branches weight II
ID with the ice. When the branches Il
ell in some cases they knocked down
he incandcsLent light wires.
The Gbrancnes felt on the Davemcnts
cross fences and on the trolley roud S,
racks. George Cngcr had Il mirac. NJ
louS escape from serious injury. el
Willie saving i branch that interfcr- Il!
d with one of the wires he slipped an
rom the top Of the trolley Car on III
'hich he was standing and in falling h:
ladc Il somersluIt landing on his cr
BET unniurcd 1t was case Of br
lddIc your own canoe. While watch.
II for falling branches OF trees one
ould wax into water Il coup Of
'et deep, for New Castle has no IN. j.
drainage and the City de
olincl has been very diatory il at nc
,nding to the work Of keeping the de-
unNs and water courses open. Con- las
qu"nty the torrents OF water ran an
'er the streets ana plycments Tugs ca
lddled behind the stone piers for ey
otcction aud not boat Oh The river
owed The telephone and se cgrL ph
Tres went out Of service. The troll
Y ears stopped about O'Clock AMI fol
ter tn arc lights we're turned ont ab
avoid danger. Supern endcnt wi
icincr did everything possible to try
crt trouble. ed
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