Milford chronicle., 1930-10-17
HARRINGTON
Slaughter Building Gutted by
Flames

firemen were called out to figh
their first blaze during Fire Pre-
VentiOn Week. The early morninj
blaze which had the appearance o
being of incendiary origin, com
pletely gutted the interior of tn,
Slaughter Building, which is a two
story cement block building cover
ing half a block, located on NOrtl
Commerce street, in the business
section of the town. The lower foo
was rented to VIM. J. Wix for ar
oyster saloon and restaurant, anC
also to F. A. Cooper for a poo
room. The pool room was the most
seriously damaged as the fire seem.
ed to have started in vacant part
of the building to the rear of these
stores and separated from them by
a board partition. When the firemen
were called at 2:35 a. M, smoke
was rolling from the building in
huge black clouds and not much
fire. 1t was sometime after the fire
in sight was eXtinguished before the
firemen could stay in the building
on account of the choking smoke.
After a two hour battle the firemen
returned their engine to its quar-
| ters. The Knox Building. a two
story frame building was the clos
est to the fire; it is separated from
the Slaughter Building by only a
narrow alley. 1t is used as a res
taurant and hotel leased to E. T.
Hall. Mayor N. C. Adams also has
meat market in this building. On
the north and separated by another
alley is the old First National Bank
building, a brick structure, now
owned by the Harrington Journal
Printing Company. Neither of these
buildings caught fire because the
firemen kept it confined to the in
terror of the building where it was
discovered.
Almost before the smoke had
cleared away Sergeant Knox and
officer O'Neal started an investiga-
tion and discovered nearly a dozen
cans partly filled with gasoline
Some where of five gallons capaci-
ty, while others were of the one
gallon size, several were secreted
in the wooden partitions covered
with bags, and surrounded with
kindling, another large container of
gasoline was located on the second
floor between the ceiling and the
roof near trap door leading to the
roof. The second floor has a large
dance floor which was leased to the
Harrington Band until a short time
ago and three other office rooms are
apartments unoccupied.
State Detective u. D. Wharton
was on the scene early Saturday
morning and also the State Repre-
sentatives of the insurance company
which holds the policy. AS yet no
arrests have been made in connec-
tion with the fire.
The building is owned by Lewis |
Slaughter, Sr., father Of first assis-
tant chief, Lewis Slaughter, Jr, of |
the Harrington Fire Department.
He built the building several years
ago and then sold it to o. C. Pass
more. A few months ago it was sold
at sheriff sale and Mr.. Slaughter
again became the owner. 1t was rt
ROALCO LAAelL bllC DullulAS W do lllOu
ed for $4,000. The owner could not
be located as he resides on a farm
near Harrington. The Milford Fire
responded but was not in
service as the fire was under con-
troll when they arrived.
Mrs. Delema Sipple Buried
The funeral services of Mrs. Del
ema P. Sipple, aged AZ years, wife Of
Robert Sipple, took place from the
home of Charles w. Cain, near Har-
rington, Sunday afternoon, at o.
clock, in charge of Rev. E. H. Col
ins, pastor of Harrington M. E.
Church. Death occurred at the
Emergency Hospital at Milford. Be
iides husband the deceased is sur
rived by one son, William Sipple,
Nindber, Pa, also one sister, Mrs.
lanes Outten, near Harrington, and
hree brothers, Norman Pleasanton,
Miami, Florida; Louis Pleasanton,
louisville, Kentucky, and Norwood
'leasantOn, Wilmington. Interment
vas made in Hollywood cemetery.
Arthur r. Swain, aged 63 years,
ormer citizen of this town, but who ,
as been residing at Middletown for
he past twenty years, was buried
n Hollywood cemetery, near Har- Y
ingtOn, on Saturday afternoon. The {
eceased was a brother of George
J. (Dutch) Swain, probably one of
he best known school teachers in
over Delaware. Besides his widow
nd family residing at Middletown,
e is survived by one sister, Mrs :
amuel Short, Sr., near Harrington,
nd one brother, Harry Swain, of
olumbus, Ohio.
Misses Baltic Winfrey, Mildred
els and Ethel Roberts spent the
'eek-end at the latter's home at
JesternpOrt, Md.
At noon on Saturday, a, very
uiet wedding was solemnized at
lie home of Mrs. Fred Satterfield
n Center street, when her daughter
iss Mary M. Satterfeld was mar =,
ed to Maurice Lazarus of Philadel- n
hia. The ceremony was performed y"
Y Rev. e. H.. Collins, pastor of the
}. E. Church here of which the
ride is a member. Immediately af-
r the ceremony the bride and p
room left for boat trip to Flori- {;
1. Upon their return they will re- q
de in Philadelphia. az
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Gates of "A
Pa, and Mrs. Walter ~ ~
-harton of Jersey City, N. j., have ~ ~
zen guests of Mr.. and Mrs. e. w. y
can. -
Miss Irene Richards is receiving y
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