Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-06-23
BALDT Steel PLANT
DAMAGED BY Blaze
Cave-in OF Furnace Causes
Flames to Eat Way
Through Roof
WILMINGTON CALLED
ON FOR ASSISTANCE

Special 10 THE EVENING JOURNAL
NEW CAsELE. Del, June 2S.-flre
last night damaged the plant OF the
Penn-Seaboard Steel Corporation cine
former Baldt planD. the loss being
estimated at about at least Szo'ooo,
covered by insurance. The blaze
started in the open hearth casting
department. It being caused by tho
cavein Of a large furnace. The ROOF
OF the mill was set on IRE.
The Good VIII Fire Company, Of
New Castle. with all It's apparatus
went into service. and assistance was
asked OF the Wilmington Fire De-
partment. the Fame, Liberty and Reli-
ance Companies with a steamer and
two pieces Of automobile apparatus
responding.
The hremen were handicapped by
the lack OF water the reservoir out
side the ely being empty because OF
IL being cleaned in fact the scarcity
OF water has been so great that 10
has Inconvenience industrial plants
who depend on the water from the
reservoir 10 feed their boilers. Not
withstanding this handicap tho steam
ors did the best they could by pump
ing from storage tank and IRON
the Delaware River, but 10 was not
until midnight that the blaze was put
out
During the IRE the wofkmen in the
big mill kept at work only a short
distance away practically all the time
the flames were raging. The plant
was i'm operation as usual today. and
the damaged furnaces will be re-
| built
At the commencement OF the Higl
School last night in the Opera House
an interesting program OF eXercisei
took place with the following grad
yates receiving their diplomas; Mir
lam Elizabeth Boys, Bertha Estelli
MoCallister. Blanche Bergen Singley
Mary Prescott Gilman. Mary HobsOl
Moody. Esther Elizabeth Vining, Ma
tilda Mac Wolfe.
The program was: Overture. or
ohestra; invocation, the Rev. S. Beat
Z tie Wylie; The Presidents Reason
Aol LAAtiAlk AHt " Htf NenAANA NiN
ing; "Aristocracy versus Demoo
d raey." Mary Moody; Women and IA
War" Mary Gilman; "A League {
Enforce Peace" Bertha McCallister
alcohol IN War Times" MiriaI
Eoys; address Henry II Hay; pre-
sentatlon OF Alumni Prize 60 Mis-
: Esther y. Vining, Ozra Lunt. treasure
Z OF Alumni Association; proseniatiC
OF diplomas, Harry Holiday. pres
dent Board OF Education benedi
y ton. the Rev Addison Owing.
y Suffering from an acute attack
!, appendicitis. Miss Catherine Cont
y ford. OF this city has been oporai
. upon az 81. Agnes Hospital, Philad
. phia. and Is now improving.
The ordinance OF baptism viii
~ conferred upon three or four perso
In the First Baptist Church tomorr'
evening az the early part OF the 50
vice. The preacher. the Rev. +.
J. Primm. viii take for the subject
n the occasion "The Master Christian
d The subject OF the morning servi
b. will be 1.-The God Filled Man.
l. Suffering from gallstones. Mast
9. Mechanic Blake, Of the Baldt Ste
81 plant. was rushed 20 the Delawa
Hospital and operated upon on THU
- day evening
The Rev. A. A. Ewing. therefor
the Emmanuel p. +. Church, will CO
duct the services in the church vi
communion al 7.S0 and 1880 o'clo
and I'm the evening al 1880 o'clock. T
Sunday school viii close the scssio
until the fall season