The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1922-04-18

! Even Had.
pucumokr City. Md. rril il -
| Wita 10 acres III the hrtrt Of TINS
| cit, burned over. causing an cstl-
mated pro ,nert1 damage OF more ina
| So, 600 900. Governor R'tchies To-
night order a company OF the FlrSt
! Regiment. Maryland National GuaI::'
| TO proceed here at once to protect
| property which escaped the flames.
| Tonieht the town is III total dark
| ness. Wires are down. The heart
Of the business section is a smoldcr-
| ing mass Of charred ruins. BON
| banks have been destroyed and III at
| ditiOn t. business st"uctul}5. -
| homes fell prey to flames Noi4-
munication with the CuiSld" world
has been established by tapping wires
| on the outskirts.
| Mayer Asks For g:Oop>
Realizing that after nighttail thcl :
I would be No IleanS to Illuminate the
streets, Mayor Gull teleFhoned Gov.
! Richie for troops AiraadF mum
! Der of State police were on duty,
but these. It was felt. were made
uuate. Six additional State police
| last night were assembled at Belalr
and dispatched here for guard duty.
Governor Ritchic unable to reach
Adit.-Gen. Milton A. Reckord, tele-
phoned direct TO Col. John L. Marley
commander OF the First Regiment,
authorizing HIM to order out so men
| of the Salisbury Company OF the resl-
| mpnt Colonel Markey ISSUED the
order promptly and preparations 10
have the soldiers entrain at once
were begun.
Telephone Operators Heroic
Telephone communications was re-
established at 6 o'clock, when EN-
ployes Of the telephone company sue
| ceeding in getting two long-Glstance
wires into operation. BY this time
| about so pc. cent. of The phones III
the city again were in service.
| officials of the company declared
| that the operators had proved real
heroines. Despite the tremendous
| heat. the imminent danger that
J DANES at any minute would sweep
| through the building. the operators
| iisregarded oruerS to leave thelI
| posts. and although order ed out OF
! the building, rushed back and re-
J sumed their stations at the switch
| board
Those or duty were Mrs. Matte
| Henderson, chief operator and MIS-.
Emma Picken, Miss Vodis Prate:'
| Miss Jessie S.Ocomb ana Miss PannI"
| Slocomb.
Fire Starts In Hay Loft
| The fire started at noon from an
| unknown origin in the hay loft of
| the stables and lumber yards OF f.
| NJ Wilson, on Maple street.
The Pocomoke Fire Company soon
responded, bu1 as the building was OF
frame structure and full Of hay the
flames soon gained Roadway and was
uncomfortable, due to the strohS
| southwest winds and dryness OF the
| weather. 1t vas soon realized that
| The Pocomoka Fire Company could
not check he fire, and the fire COM
panies from Snow Hill. Crisheld
| Princess Anne and Laurel were sum
moned. Snow Hill was the first to
| respond, but by the time it's appa-
ratus arrived the flames were sweep
! ing down Market street to the river.
| Business Section Destroyed
The following business buildings
| were destroyed or badly damaged:
Pocomoke City National Bank
! Citizens National Bank.
Postoffice.
Lloyd & Blai ndrug store
r. ]. Lamden Shoe store
Market Street Pharmacy
w. H. Schoolfield & Co.
| Eastern Shore of Maryland Pro
ducc Exchange.
Ford Hotel.
Empire Theatre
|. H. Merrill's clothing store.
| Mathews x Landlords hardware
| store.
| A. H. Stevens ice-cream manufac-
| turing company.
American Stores Building.
Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Exchange.
Western Union Telegraph Com
pany Office.
| Store of n. Davis & Son
| Law offices of Ewell & Child
| Municipal Building.
| T. F. Hargis department store;
building owned by Milton L. Veasey
Stores of H. w. Callahan & Sons
w. H Clarks and Co., Drug store
Offices known as King Block.
Law offices of Crockett & Crockett
Downtown office of Electric and
Ice Manufacturing Company.
Offices of Peninsula Produce Com
pany.
Confectionery store of David Wilt
bank
Store of j. 7. S. Miller, Jr.
| Hardware store of Picken Il Hal
NJ. l. HeIwig, mems furnishings
| W. NJ. Sartorious, jewelry
| Cluff & Coulbourne, hardware
| Bunting Garage
! Sjreading both east and West from
the business district to the residenta
section about 80 residences were
burned. Among them were the fol
lowing:
Mary \. Day J. I. Smullen, "
II. Walters. home of c. Ennis, owned
Ibv Mrs. Annie Bevans. william
Bounds, Charles Higgins, r. VI. vii
son, Francis } Lloyd, Upshur Steven
son.
\ number of others OF Front ant
River street aud Linden avenue were
destroyed.
This is among if not the wors
| CdiUStI OliIt lISll HIS N''l M 1iiN PN--
insula.
y barn belonging to Cheste
Young. over mile from town AM
across the river was ignited AM
burned TO The ground with the own
ers team inside.
The women of the town prepare
sandwiches and coffee which wer
handed around to the workers.
, Wind HandiCaps Firemen
4 The fire companies fought tn
spreading flames with the best O
, their efforts. but owing to the head
, way the fire had gained and heav
wind the cnnfia grafton was nc
brought under control until PM.
B There were several minor lnJurlr
reported among the fremen, but II
one WAS hurt seriously. The est
, mated loss gill exceed $2,00G.00O.
a large number of families are homo
less and III" entire business secto
= il wiped out.