Evening journal., 1913-02-15
SAVE STOCK
FROM DEATH
In NIGHT FIRE
Gen. DUPONT Suffers $4,000
LOSSby Blaze That Destroys
Road Building Machinery
n MULES SAVED;
TALK OF INCENDIARISM

Fire Of incendiary origin early this
morning. destroyed five out buildings
on the place known as Fleming's
Farm. at Hunters Corner. south Of
Montchanin and owned by General T..
Coleman dupont, entailing a loss ap-
proximated at $4,000, partly covered
by insurance.
Some OF General duPont's road
building apparatus used in construct
ing the boulevard which he intended
20 give the state. was destroyed. In
&all there were about fifteen wagons.
#Twenty- mules used in the same
work were saved from the barn on
the place as also were two horses
Belonging to the DUPONT Powder Com
#pany and some farming implements,
.arge stores of hay grain, straw and
cedar lumber were destroyed and il
was due to the timely arrival of fire
#apparatus from Wilmington that the
flames did not spread to the big barn
and destroy it together with its
+ valuable contents
The blaze was discovered shortly
IS before 1 o'clock by Mrs. William
Snyder She sounded the alarm. VIII
liam }. Hunter, a general store keep
er, was the first awakened by Mrs
81 Snyder and he telephoned to Will
B lnington for assistance. The Reli-
ance and Water Witch fire compan-
g les sent their automobile apparatus
to the scene and the Union Company
also responded BY the time the fire
Fl companies arrived the flames had
& spread from one building to another
& All the structures were open sheds
3 and contained valuable material.
Before the arrival of the firemei
many people living in the locality ap-
S Dcared OF the scene and they succeed
ted in saving some farm machinery
and all the live stock The mules
and horses we're in the big barn and
these were gotten out and moved tC
place Of safely The flames got So
close to this structure that the paint
on IT was scorched The firemen
however. by keeping several streams
OF water. lifted from a nearby run
playing on the building. succeeded il
preventing the destruction OF tha
property.
Thirteen hundred bushels OF corr
u and 100 tons OF straw together viii
many tons OF hay and other feed werl
among the articles destroyed. Thl
81 irc was so hot that it was almost i'm
possible to get near it, and the fire
men therefore we're Obliged to figh
at distance William Betty
foreman Of the farm. assisted th'
< aremen in their works He is at a losl
20 explain the origin of the blaze al
here was no fire anywhere about thi
place. People living in the neighbor
,ood are convinced that ths fire wal
he work OF an incendiary.
The fire was burning at 'dayligh
but was under control and two of th'
compaEies had returned to thei
Iuarters. The Reliance company re
NAMED on the scene until the hlaz
* was extinguished
This is not the first time that fir
s has visited Fleming's Farm, as il Il
M known, and on the other occasion al
most as destructive damage wa
lone.
The work done by the 6remer
should be a help in the request mad
4 ly the department TO the Levy Cour
s 'or financial assistance because o
he numerous occasions the depart
nent is called upon 10 20 into tn
s country 10 fight fires. This servic
given free an dthe firemen are O
he opinion that the Levy Cour
should help TO support their com
az )anies, in proportion to the assistanc
given them by the city.