Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-12
NEWS Of THE DAY
At NEW CASTLE
Emergency Hospital for Influenza
Patients Now in Full
Operation.
Special Correspondence of Every Evening

| Special Correspondence OF Every Evening
New Castle, Oct l2.-The cmer-
gcncy hospital is now in full swing and
| every effort is being put forth to over
come the Influenza Seven patients
| were taken TO the hospital that evening.
There are about "a beds and 1T is ex-
pected that every bed will be occupied
today. The physicians and members
! of the Council of Defence together with
the Boy Scouts are rendering splendid
service to every patient, In order To
! give the three New Castle physicians
more time to attend the patients, who
are still at their homes, another physl-
| clan will arrive here today To give his
| services 10 the patients IN the emer-
gency hospital The ambulance of the
county hospital Is being used to carry
the patients
The Columbus Dav celebration has
| been postponed until tho epidemic Is
| over John Ialli, after receiving word
from the Board Of Health to abandon
the celebration. quickly notified the,
Italian band leader and the speaker
who had been selected for the occasion
Mr. Ieirona of Arlan. y. J.. who was to
display the fireworks. was here last
evening with all preparations, but re-
turned home until further notice. The
celebration will be held as soon as con
dItIons permit.
Among those suffering in New Castle
with influenza arc Mrs Darby Tohin.
Pearl Clcwell, Margaret Carlin, Nellie
Galloway. Helen Davidson, Francis
Sentman, Mrs. James King, Edward
Wadslev. Mrs. William Beck. Paul
Sheridan. John Dcrris Jr, Arthur Heath
crs 81. Mrs John Long, Margaret
Long. Wallace Mcknitt Mrs. Matthew
Wall Sr. Chester Mcknitt, and Mrs.
Frank Farmer.
Among those recovered from ntiu-
rnza are Joseph fidwell, Edward Geb-
hart Mrs William Mcclure. Hclcn
Seward. Mary Ncknitt. Mrs. John
Davidson, Samuel Nickerson, Alice Fay
and Helen LanderS.
George Ford was very low with pneu-
monia last evening.
John Beale, who was seriously III
with influenza Is improving
Mrs Frank Carrow IS suffering with
pneumonia
Among the Bov scouts Of New Castle
making themselves useful at the en-
crgency hospital are. Elmer White,
James Wilson, Merton White, john
Wallace. and Harry Ahcrn.
One Of the gasoline tanks OF the Bait
! Steel Go, caught fire Yesterday, but
the companys hrcmcn soon bad the
| fire under control The company has
a FIRE drill every week and tho men have
! learned to be So quick in fighting fires
| that the Good VIII Fire Go. seldom
| called any more
Miss Elizabeth Mcdaniel, nurse
~ the tlkton hospital visited Miss
Margaret Wall yesterday
Win Beckett and George Williams
on fishing trip yesterday caught q
| big batch Of trout. catfish, carp, perch
and eels Among the catfish were two
weighing about four pounds each
| George Rossell has received word
that his daughter Nellie, Of Chester,
| Pa has died of pneumonia.
+ SiN sailors from Wlssahickon Bar
! racks. Cane Mav. n J.. arrived here
Yesterday and will stay Al The Jefferson
i House The men will act a guards for
/ the powder boat running between Car
| news Point and the Bethlehem Load
] ing Go
Tomorrow will be another church
! less day
Richard McGinn, brother al Daniel
Nctiinn, died at MS home iii Shawtown
1 Wm II Cook. who was hit by an
auto short time ago, > able to be about
/ again,
/ Miss Elizabeth Roberts has received
J an interesting letter from Corporal
Fred Morn, OF the j9th pioneer regi-
+, lnent over there
Mrs John Gallagher j. visiting her
! son. james, al Camp Sewer, South
! Carolina. WHO is sick with pneumonia.
She reports that he is improving.
I Mrs Edward Grow has accepted
/ posi-, ION As stenogapher for the Amer
/ ican Manganese Steel CO
! James Craig chenis; for the Reth-
/ iehem Loading Co cut his lip severely
/ Yesterday while crankine a machine
! Joseph Rothr ock and Edward Naylor
! OF Delaware College. received word that
I the college will not open until neN
! Friday. and not then unless the epidemic
/ is over
AZ au evening party recently Misses
i Mav and Elizabeth Roberts entertained
/ Bethel Ruckalew OF the British Royal
I Flying Corps During his time in the
I service Lieut. BuckaleW has been u
soldier, sailor, marine, and aviator. He
! has been in Paris and London and was
! in Mexico with the [ >. troops. Dur
/ ing a recent serial fight over there
! Lieut. Ruckalcw had his rltS broken
! and lungs puncturcd. tic Is IN tins c0un-
Try lor rccuperatloE
/ The Liberty Loan committee reports
that S97, 80 worth of bonds have been
sold leaving S240 $40 worth Yet to
I Ec sold in order 10 raisc the quota \
number oi th, Liberty Loan WORKERS
! arc serving IN the emergency hospital
Paul George died Of pneuHonla yes
i jeIdaz
Ella Dona~ay. aged IS years, died
Thursday night Of influenza
Rev II Guys ia lighter died OF pneu-
inOnie
For sale between Christians and
Newark farm Of acres, ) room house,
and good ou, buildings Apply job u
/ D Cannon. 36 l. 5th street New astle.
/ Delaware Adv