Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-17
NEWS OF THE DAY
At new CASTLE
Fire Destroys Pool Room and
General Store of Max
]. Roll.


Special Correspondence. TO Every Evening
Now Castle, Jan i7.-~Yesterdav morn.
ing. shortly after 2 Are Of undetermined
origin broke out in the pool room connect
cd with the general storr ol Max hoil
The fire gained entrance to the general
atorr Of the owner and the entire contents
vcre destroyed bv fire and water. Tho
loss was plnrcd nj $40 900 The interior of
tho fran,c building was valued by the
owner TO be worth 100000. MIR Roll
claimed that he was covered by insurance
10 the amount of s36, 900. The members OF
the Good Will fire company, numbering
tvrnty men. were on the snene within
few minutes after the alarm was sent in
nv telephone nv Edward Leonard n
nearby resident who heard one Of the
neighhors cry fire. Tho combination
motorized engine worked for 10 hours
and four streams Of water played on the
burning structure The household furni-
turs wa. saved by the prompt action of
the firemen. The store building measured
40 by 30 feet and IL feet high and The
residential building was 30 by 20 feet and
ts feet high The property has over oc-
ctrtied two months on the site where n
former building and contents was des-
troyed on July 2 last, amounting 10
500 900, partly covered by insurance.
Mo occupants were IN the house at the
time Of the fire Mira Roll and her three
children left for New York on Friday and
MIR Roll went 90 phlladelphia on satnr-
dav evening leaving the store at ~ o'clock
and returned yesterday morning shortly
after g O'Clock On account Of the high
north east winds. number Of residents
were unable ta hear the fire bells ringing
. L.. ,ix s4sfI ffaal
by the exploding of loaded gun shells
that we're in the building When the flames
were nieriched Perry Long. took charge
of the building until the arrival Of the
owner The fifeineu were praised for their
work aud commended for saving the
frame structure The hremen wish to
extend their thanks ~ Mrs ldwari
Leonard who furnished hot coffee Afr.
Roll STATED that he would reopen store
in hia property across the street, which
has been occupied for several months q
n night school for the Ainpriranization
rlass uf foreign students. hut wliieh was
closed on account Of nearly all of the
pupils moving out nf the city 81 seek
employment elsewhere
MANY persons on Saturday morning
were shocked to learn NJ the death of
Joseph Lawler, the a-year-uld son 81 Mrs
Joseph Doughertv and the late James
l,awler of "a East Fifth street The little
fellow has heen confined to his home for
aeveral weeks suffering from double
pneumonia and was getting along very
nicely until week ago when he took
change for the worse The funeral services
will take place tomorrow morning If 2 10
in 81 Peter X 6. Church Rev Frederick
v. Campbell n charge. InteIinrut will
4. L.. I. tt4.. 4&s.,l.s
Thie evening. the 18th anniversary If
First baptist Church will he celebrated in
connection with the annual hristfna
entertainment. in the ehure- ~ the close
az the exercises candy viii be distributed
to the sunday School
On Saturday AFTERNOON tho sale If the
New Castle Club took place and was
largely attended and all of the personal
property was disposed AMI brought high
prices Tho salc was in charge uf auction
por George T. Davis nf Rear Station and
John L Cloud treasurer nf the club acted
a the clerk
County Tax Collector William "
Leach. has begun to make attachments
against city dalna,ents and trsiflents of
Holloway Terrace mud Aiinuuadale for
unpaid taxes for the years 1910 aud lg21
/ The collector a very ANXIOUS 10 complete
the outstanding collections. 80 that his
bor,dsmen may be relessed
Tomorrow evening thc New Castle
! High School basketball team will play
the Avonialc High School at Avondale
| Pa Tho tripw Ill he made hy automobiles
! On Friday evening members Of the
, New Castle High School Alnmrti Assoeia-
+ ton will gve a public card party At the
/ home of Miss Josephine Clothier. The
proceeds will be for tho benefit Of the
Association.
Many farmers will make changes be-
+ fore tho 25th day of March Among the
changes will bo Roswell l., Schafer, who
rssidcs on the Mrs William L. IIilles,
+ farm several miles south Of this city viii
/ have auction sale including his live stock
and farming implements Claud Lester,
who occupies the Edward tlance farm
near Bear Station will move 10 st Georges
/ where he will be engaged IN the automo-
/ bile business. lie will have public sale
Frank Smith who resides on the Edward
| Davidson's farm VIII have n sale and vii
move his family 10 Arizona The Davidson
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