Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-16
NEWS Of THE DAY
At NEW CASTLE
Yesterdays Fire Resulted in a
Loss of Several Thousand
Dollars.
Special Correspondence OF Every Evening

spccfai Corrcsnondepce OF Every Evening
New Castle, Dee I6.-Onc of the
worst fires for some time occurred yester-
dav about lOI5 o'clock at the garage o
h. T. Lank The building was of CON
crete. Due TO the quick work of several
4 nearby residents they succeeded IN taking
Z the automobile OF Mrs l.. l.. Eliason out
before il was damaged. The exact loss
bv Mr. Iank has not been determined.
but u Is around $1,000. lie carried 81 900
insurance The other people who suffered
from the fire by having their automobiles
burned were. J. L. Ehason, Andrew
Fliason. William Rothwell. Daniel Nc
CHM, DR.. Allen. Frank NJ. III. Janvier,
James Bcgs Joseph Doughcrty, John
lester. Harry Holiday a Washington
machine which was being repaired, was
burned also The first four were partly
covered by insurance. Mr. Lank also lost
three machines one Lexington and two
SpeedwellS.
The cauge of the fire is not known, but
IL is thought that In some way the vul-
canizer caught fire. While George Tohin
was in the garage talking 20 James Carlin,
an cmployc. they heard kissing noise
and the next minute after investigating
the cntIre end Was on tlrc Mr.. Tubiu
succctdcd m backing his machine ont
rho alarm was sent m and IN several
minutes the engine arrived, James Y.
Campbell ~ the wheel The work on the
frc was directed bv Theodore Cavendcr
and great work was done In some way
he painful, rut his hand. which DIR
Nallcttc dressed taking three stitches.
II r. not known whether MIR. Lank will
rebuild or not
4 few minutes after tho arrival Of the
Good Will Pm Co, an appeal was sent to
Mavor Ecklcs az his office for more as
etstance and he Immediately notified the
chiCf IN " ilmngton, who sent the Liberty
over
Duo 70 an error il was stated in last
nights paper that the County Board Of
Education was looking for site for new
.rh0ul II should have been just the Board
" Education ~ New Castle and super
intcndent of schools
Harry sherman Of New York spent
several days ~ this city visiting friends
The weather became very much colder
last evening and during the night the
temperature reached zero. Several water
pipcs wcne frozen thus morning
Invitations have hccn received an
nouncing the wedding 81 Rev John
Runyan Hill 10 Miss Grace 0Donnell
of Newark. \ j The wedding will take
place at the South Baptist church, East
kenney street. Newark, on Saturday
evening. December -. at c o'clock
Mr. Hill was formerly pastor Of the
First Baptist Church IN this city and
during his pastorate here made a host Of
friends
An important meeting Of the Jr O.
u A. NJ VIII be held this evening
Ferns, Christmas plants, and decora-
ting plants for sale L. r Thomas. I
New Castle. Del ADV.
See RrIdgsster i.s lt5
For Ssle-Bnck house, 1l4 East
Second street, located on lot S2x15O; Q I
MONS and bath, reception hall, open stair
WAY. hot-wster heat, electric and gas:
outbulding on lot 2Ox40 suitable for
garage, workshop or chicken house. VIII
sacrifice for quick sale. Possession at
once Apply on premiSes.-Adv.
For rSale-Assortmcnt Of Xnas wreaths
hox candies mixtures, nuts fruits Of all
kinds and TOYS at Clayton : store ADV