A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Delaware > Sussex http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=642 Also visit our new sister sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=46691 Submitted by: Harrison H Howeth Article Title: The Philadelphia Inquirer Article Date: April 30 1889 Article Description: Mount Pleasant's Summer Hotel Burns" Article Text: Lewes, April 29: The hotel at Mount Pleasamt or Waterloo was discovered to be on fire last night about midnight and at 2 A.M. it was all in ashes. It was a frame structure three stories high. The furniture and everything else was completely destroyed, the property being valued at about $20,000. There was no insurance. D. S. ROACH, the owner and proprietor and his family were the only occupants, They supposed it caught from a defective flue. Waterloo is a popular summer resort situated about seven miles north of Lewes at the mouth of the Broadkiln River. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DE-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com