Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-03-29
OUTLET STORE WRECKED
BY FIRE; APARTMENT
JEWELLERS TRAPPED

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10 do. they would have 10 have muth
assistance. The third or general,
alarm was sent In one minute after
tho second. and tho entire nrs de-
partment was called into service. All
tho mon on duty wero notified. ms
fast ar they could DO reached but
many OF them hurried TO the fire
without waiting to lie summoned II
was just 2t7 o'clock when Chief Litz
sent In the FIRST tap, indicating the fire
was under control, and b3e the Are
was out, although one company was
etlil on the scene and the firemen
were kept busy going through tho
building cxtlnguishing incipient fires
ms they broke out hero and there
among tho ruins.
Panic In Apartment House.
After Mr., and Mrs. Thompson and
the Lattomus family had left their
apartment Albert !. Cromwell and his
wifo and Mrs. Lillian Brady and her
two children, aged and 4 years. re-
lspeotfvcly, other tenants, we're taken
To safety with the aid of the firemen
They lost practically everything they
owned. except the few articles OF cloth
Ing they could pick up in their haste.
In the rear Of the building at 800
Market street. with the entrance on
Third street, IN the Central apartment
house. In which were a number OF fam
HES. All OF them got out in safety,
thanks 10 the mid Of tho nremen. who
went through tho building 70 see that
everyone was awake. The place waa
filled with smoke. but the fire did not
do very much damage 10 this part
of tho structure.
on the fourth floor Mrs. Elizabeth
} Chew makes hor home and james Rob
/ inaon boards with her. Across the hall
way on tho Same floor Mr.. and Mrs.
G X. Shipley live. Az ~ these were
aroused from sleep by tbs smoke and
managed 20 make their way to tho
street without harm. On the third
fioor OF the Same apartment I've Mr.
and Mrs ~ Pennington and Mrs Mary
, Gibbons and her brother. John Collins
, On the second floor SIR. and Mrs. ". y
Young make their home They ali got
, out safely. but were badly frightened
80 result ~ their experience.
On the first noor ~ the rear ~ this
same building is ~" Paiaro lunch
room and adjoining 81 f. Charles Reed.
barber shop. These places were not
seriously damaged although som.
10 water and smoke got into them. The
I hre did not rpach them ON tho frsl
floor - the bnnding AZ No. Ess,
Third street. ls fhs cigar store ~ WI.
liam a. Berger. and while some stoei
, was found iu there this morning 81
- was understod they Ind moved from
the premises several days ago
!. In the fappiue0tt uior~ sll the dam
age there was caused ~ the water from
:. the sprinkler system when two ~ thre
~ the sprinklers were opened auto
:. nsatlcaliy by the intense heat Thi
store r. protected by water curtain
{ on the outside and the night waichuat
turned his Oh ard 81 was very erer
/. tive on saving the structure from fan
RI Ia prey ia the flames The sprinkler
7 operated only on the Second floor an
q while fhs water covered a wide are
p very little u Il got 20 tho first fooi
: when tho fiTemen got into the Out
IN let store proper they were confront
j, with a blaze that was about the mos
= Intense they have yet been called upo
7, 90 battle with. They say the FIRE az
/. pearcd TO be all through the buiidln.
How long IL had been burning coul
not be determined. but II had game
such hendway that there was no nor
Of saving much 81 the building prop,
and tho Ere chiefs az once realiz,
their main efforts would have 10
devoted 20 saving the adjoining prol
critics and this they proceeded TO
n with excellent results