Milford chronicle., 1926-12-03
Milton Letter

Losing control of his automobile
as he was descending Union street
hill early Saturday morning, William
I NAPLES, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
G. NAPLES, of Milton, was severely
injured about the body and limbs
when his car struck a tree in front
of the home of William G. Fearing
and then ran upon the side walk and
! into the porch of Miss Eva X. Smith.
! The porch was considerably damag-
| ed, every post in the structure being
torn loose and thrown into the street.
The car, a coupe, was almost COM
pletely demolished. Several men who
were nearby rushed to the stricken
man and succeeded in extricating
him from the wreck and assisted him
to his home where DR.. r. B. Hop
kins rendered medical aid. Mr.. Wa
pies is now able to be around the
house but is suffering considerably
from bruises and shock.
The farm house owned by Carlton
Draper and tenanted by Mr.. Car
ter, on the Glendale road, near Mil
ton was discovered to be on fire by
Mrs. Carter on Saturday evening
and the local fire company answered
the alarm and succeeded in exiting
uishing the blaze before any great
damage was done the building. The
| fire started around a chimney and
had burned a hole in the floor be-
fore it was discovered by Mrs. Car
ter who smelled smoke several min
utes before she was able to locate
the blaze. Another fire of more SER
ious results was discovered at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. John Truitt,
on Bay street, about a quarter mile
from the eastern edge of town early
on Sunday morning. Mrs. Truitt, who
noted the smell Of burning wood in
her bedroom awakened Mr.. Truitt,
who after searching the interior of
the house discovered the west end
of the dwelling to be on fire. He
made frantic efforts to quench the
blaze but was unable to stop its
headway. Shortly after he discovered
the blaze Mrs. John Smith, who re-
sides nearest the Truitt home also
saw the flames and phOned an alarm
to central but the fire siren failed to
work because the electric power was
cut off. Then the church bells of the
town were rung. Soon the fire COM
pany was in action and early arriv-
ed at the scene and drenched the
building with chemicals from their
tanks but the quantity was not
enough. They attempted to run a line
of hose to the nearest fire plug but
were about three hundred feet short,
so they. were compelled to stand by
while the house was destroyed. The
crowd that soon gathered succeeded
in removing all the household goods
from the burning building except a
bedstead and one carpet. This is the
fifth fire to occur in and near Milton
since the purchase of the new fire
engine and many persons are Of the
opinion that some of the fires, at
least, are of incendiary origin.
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Truitt, who
are aged, helped to get them COM
fortably housed in a dwelling on
Mulberry street before nightfall.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. J. w. Hahn at the Beebe Hos
pital, Lewes on Friday. Both mother
and daughter are doing nicely. Mr..
Hahn is the agriculture teacher in
the Milton schools.
Captain and Mrs. David DuttOn are
having the porches to their home,
corner of Lavinia avenue and Null
berry street, repaired The home has
just been painted and presents
very neat appearance.
John A. Ellingsworth and Mr.. and
Mrs. W. W. Crouch visited his IA
ther, Jones Ellingsworth, on Sunday.
The elder Mr.. Ellingsworth, who is
SO years of age, is remarkably well
for one so old.
Miss Helen Cohen and Miss Helen
Levy of Pennsylvania, are the two
new teachers added to the staff of
Milton schools this week to take
charge of the extra classes made in
a reorganization of the grades caus-
ed by the Overcrowded condition of
the building. Two grades have teen
removed to a new building erected
on Walnut street to relieve the con-
gested condition in the old building
caused by the consolidation of the
Dutton school district with the Mil
ton district
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Ernest COnwell
are now at home in their new resi-
dence on North Union street.
William w. Conwell of Norfolk,
Va, has been a recent visitor with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs D. NJ. Con-
we'll.
Miss Mollie Hazard, a member of
the faculty of Bryn Mawr College,