Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1829-02-24

wilhelm the exercise Of his duty as mem
Der of the Fire Department, was knocked
down, and badly bruised by a coach, the
horses attached to which were running flu
rlously without driver. Mr.. Barnicoat,
captain of No. IL, received some bad cuts
on one OF his hands, by the passing of an
engine over it. A third individual had an
arm fractured, and crowd of persons to
the number of one hundred and fifty, who
had climbed upon an old shed, were thrown
INTO very curious looking and solid mass,
by the sudden breaking of the roof on which
they stood, which fell with great violence to
the ground. No lives were lost.
We understand that in consequence of
the suspicious afoat relative to the opera
tons OF gang of incendiaries in this city,
a portion OF the members attached to the
Fire Department have volunteered their
services as patrole guard for several sue
cessive nights.
The shed in Brighton street in which
fire originated on Sunday, supposed to have
been the work Of an incendiary, was discov-
cred to be in flames again on Monday night
shortly after | o'clock, without any appar-
ent cause. 1t behoves our citizens to keep
sharp lookout for the desperate villains
who are patroling the city.-Bost. Dai. .4tir.
BosroN, FEB. 20. Fires. On We'd
nesday night the house of o. Goodwin,
in Hancock-street, was broken into, and
plundercd OF many valuable articles, and
subsequently sat on fire in the wood eel
lar. The flames, though not discovered
till yesterday morning, between and Z
O'Clock, were extinguished before materi-
al injury was done. No fire or light had
been used in the cellar for several weeks.
so that suspicion very naturally fixes upon
some one Of the party Of incendiaries who
are patroling the city.
Yesterday forenoon, at IL O'Clock, a
fire took place in the Irvine Factory,
near the Charles-street Hay Scales
Building and contents much burnt. At
the same hour, the shed in Brighton-street
which has twice before been set on fire
within week, attracted the attention Of
some individuals who were Fastening to-
wards Charles-street, and by their active
exertlons confagraton was for the ttird
time prevented in that place.
A dwelling house in Rcxbury, near the
Post Office, was also partially destroyed
by fire yesterday forenoon.
Last evening about half past s o'clock
fire broke out in the stable Of Mr.. Duff
in Roxbury street, which with a ,consid-
cradle quantity Of hay, was entirely con-
sumed.
An attempt was made in two several
places, by some person or persons un-
known, on Wednesday night to set fire to
the buildings connected with the Federal
street Theatre. We saw yesterday, in
the Carpenters shop attached to that es-
adjustment, large coal, wrapped in sew
eral thicknesses of cotton, and bound
about with string which had been found
in the morning lying on a-bench that stood
beneath small window, easy Of access to
any one disposed 10 do mischief The
bench was but slightly burnt, as the close
ness with which the cotton had been Sc
cured on the coal, extinguished it proba-
bly, i'll few moments. Had this ball OF
conbustibIes fallen upon the floor among
the shavings, a serious conAagration would
undoubtedly have ensued, as the wooden
buildings in Theatre alley are all very dry
and low, and at the same time could not
easily be approached by the engines. On
the floor OF an outer house i'll the same
yard, marks of fire were also discovered,
and peices of charcoal were scattered
about.-Daily Ad0ertiser.
CHURCH BURNT. The Meeting house
in Westhampton was burnt down ON FRI
day morning last week. 1t is supposed
that the lire was communicated IRON a
stove on Sunday, and that it had been Sc
creily burning from that time to ! O'Clock
Oh Friday morning, when it broke out,
and the house was consumed in a short
time. Ii was handsome and commodi-
GUS building, erected about twelve years
since.
BosToN, FEB. o. MoRE FIRES Two
barns in koxbury were burnt on Thurs
day night, with two oxen and horse.
lne buildings were SET OH IRE Intention
ally, it is supposed.
Yesterday morning between one and
two o'clock, there was fire discovered in
Essex-street. The damage done was
slight.-Daily Advertiser.
A young gentleman, of Boston, says a
correspondent of the Boston Daily Adver-
User, has walked to Charleston, S. C.
1850 miles, 30 days-from Niagara Falls
to Rochester in 2 days-trom Saratoga
Springs to this City in A successive days
from Providence 10 Cambridge-s in less
than 10 hours, including stops besides
other excursions to Ticonderoga, Platts-
burg, N. Y. Burlington, VT. and Mount
Washington, N. H. amounting in all to
t,centy -seuen hundred males.
A very tragical affair took place in our