Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-03
NEWS Of THE DAY
At NEW CASTLE
Midnight Fire at Baldt Steel Plant
Gives Citizens Something
of a Scare.
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New Castle. July 3.--Wth memories
of the fire some months ago at the Bethle-
| hem Steel plant still bringing visions ol
terrifying things, New Castles citizcnry
had something of n scare about midnight
| last night when the plant of the Baldt
Stc i 90 was found to he ON fire.
I rhc city WAS just smuggling down To
| good hard sleep when the Raldt whistles
! began footing an alrm, Then the whistles
4, at Plant & of tho American Manganese
! steel outfit joined in, and IN n few mo-
| mcnts there WAS din enough to wake the
| dead There was no thought of sleeping
| then until folks had found out what was
| going on.
II was blaze which started above n
| core oven between tho dry floor and the
| moulding department of the Baldt plant
| The cause was an electric wire, short
| circmtcd. which set the root of the build
! ing ablaze The Goodwill Fire Co, was
| called out and the fire engine was hauled
To the fire hy an auto truck In n short
time they had the fro under control. The
| loss Is estimated at several thousands of
dollars, partly covered by Insurance
Wilmington was appealed TO for aid and
| Fire Chief Hyndman dispatched both the
Fame apparatus and the Liberty tractor.
None of these engines we're able 10 90 into
| service on account of tho lack of facilities
only the Fame remaining on the scene 10
furnish hose Chief lIyndnan also took
the trip over 10 New Castle IN his own
machine.
Council met last evening in regular
session with President Stoops and Ncssrs
Ncggcnsann and Rios present Matters
pertaining to unheathful condition of
cutters were brought mp and Clerk Smith
was instructed to send notices to certain
property owners to have their glttcre
cleaned within ten DAYS, or Council would
have them cleaned and send tho bulls to
tho owners for payment The following
hills were approved and orders drawn for
their respective amounts Diamond state
Telephone 90. So "a. Charles " Nlckcr-
son 81 cents, ] T. & / i. Iliaeou. Inc.
SIS Q3. William Wadslcy, 81. 70. W
Leslie Cramcr. 50 70. George Allen smith,
81: Joseph 4 Shoemaker, S5i %; Even
ing Journal Publishing Co, 81 Is. 6
Ferris .Tclnison, 50; w II lIar'love, 81 70
solomon 7. Hurd So. John Res, S23
PHILADELPHIA Record S24. John T.
Stoopa. S3I 81 Council viii procure q
now flag for the flag pole opposite the
mav,lr'g Office Bids for repaintinK the
flag pole viii bc received II the next rcgi-
lar meeting If Council
The Trustees If the New Castle Com
mons met last evening in regular session.
The following members wprr In attend
ancc McsSrs Janvicr. Rodney. Lancaster,
Shaw, TAYLOR Nc(irory and lhEgs The
Public Building Committee was author
izcd to have tho outside woodwork Of tho
Town Hall painted William i Raflcdgc
tenant Of tho OglcthoTpe farm. submitted
to the board q complaint regarding the
fencing surrounding tho Delaware Water
Improvement Co : reservoir. He stated
that on Monday one 0f the cows got into
4 manholc in the basin vard and with the
assistance oI several farmers he had hard
work I d get IL out He also stated that he
had complained several times 70 tho water
company Of this condition and i i j.
not overcome he Will hold the company
responsible for the loss Of his valuable
stock The matter was referred 10 the
acting committee
Three slackers were arrested and placed
in The lookup ty the police department
last evening The party comprised one
white man from Minnesota two Negroes
one from Delaware City and one from
Georgia The slacker~ viii he turned over
1othe government officials AZ Fort du Pont
today
Nicholas Duvcr who resides a. Clark
street. last evening was conveyed TO
hospital suffering from powder poisoning
The man had been employed At the mu-
milton plant az the Bethlehem Steel Co.
Harry Bowen has accepted the contract
10 goldleaf the weather vane and pant
the cupola Of the Town Hall and has
started the work
John McCafTery. a blacksmith at one
Of the steel plants. injured his lett arm
YESTERDAY He was taken 10 the office OF
DR. Julius Dodd. who dressed the injury.
Fred Macke. 3 foreman at the Baldt
plant Of the Penn-Seaboard Steel Cor
poration, injured his right hand ycster-
dav. DR. Julius Dodd dressed the injury.
The funeral of Mrs. Julia jefferson
DUNCAN wife Of James DUNCAN, will take
place thus afternoon at 3 clock The
following pallbearers viii act. Edward y.
PIatt James ] Eliason, Jr James q.
Shaw. George McIntire, John K. Lamb
son. Oakford Lambson.
The Neighborhood 4 c baseball team
Of Wilmington VIII play a double-header
tomorrow with the New Castle Reserves
team The morning game Will start at 10
o clock and the afternoon game will start
at o'clock Good fast games are looked
for
The third weighing and measuring
Dartv Of babies II the interest Of the
Welfare Campaign Committee viii bo
held tomorrow morning at Dobbnsv!lie
betwe..n the hours Of 10 and = clock
Special for The 18th Chocolate cherries
acc ID, F. Challenger & Son prescription
pharmacists ADV.