The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-04-03
Disastrous Conilagration in
Lancaster Wcdncs-
day Night!
Six Business Houses Destroyed
Loss About $4,000,
With only $4,000
Insurance


About ten o'clock lat Wednesday evening
a FIRE broke out in the store room Of Mr.. W
q, lailcy, On the Northwest side Of public
| sgute IN our ncii,tburing town of Lancaster,
aud sweit NV y Eve or six business how~es
ADD two FRA c h'ii,'itnl- rrrupic,l o.. .tnus
AMI oiSces, cnta ling lu.s OF about iI.
TIE ori-in tie fire - ursb.wn .ai. 'r.m
What We couli | arm. ha ing lifted fis ruins
poisrfally, soa.,~aat myrtf.f ~. About .
o'clock Nc Bailey went ~ h. stor o. '-lcn
up inr the nlgat. having byeu ai'-tr' Tor iu
/ hour ~ -, md, after -ecinin. the trout vim
duvs, without gong into tive rnr # the
building, wh,re the stove !. situated, rt the
house snsi repaired ~ biz hone In about a
hail cr thlcr-,,aarler. oi IN i.onr . tefx ri
the sfe Wis d.>.ov,fed hy sin.- ~. pas.ing
and The alarm gwen. Mr.. In ley w.ni ,1as.
diai.Iy to hi- sire, and, upon unlocking ti.s
don, ia' btnes ,-,'ivl ilOm 1t, aud the ho,.r
and ceiling we're -by,iupcd In flames, 81 thai
| 1t was impossible ~ ent, = TIE room or rrno
anything from 10 NJ. bailey stated to Us
| that the upper fOr'a Ui the bnilding was I'M
occupied and the door kept securely fastened,
but when he arrived at tue store, after the
alarm OF Ere was given, he discovered that
/ tie front door OF tie room over his store wis
| aiar. lie could not account for this ciTcum-
stance any more than he could account for
| the ori. in OF tie lie. Hi -toie.rrom and
goods ~ere insured Tor $500 and nothing
was saved.
Despite the united effort. Of hundreds OF
citizens Ut the town, who gathered upon the
spot aud laLvrcd with all tneir ability, with
/ the linilcd facilities for fre-ii-htibg at their
cpnnIni, To- check ihe htae-, the iise spread
rapidly IRON one building to another until all
! were cunsuuicj irJm the corner brick of H.
/ . .I---lden To the brick residence of W. c.
/ Bailey on Dinyiils strVet
] M,s-r- Damn " McAli-t,r, occupying the
I Hopper building, on tho conner of Dlnyille
street, and J. q. Sweeney occupying the ad-
joining siOro-rOun, succeeded in removing
their goods To place Of safety. ". Mckee
! Duncan, occupying room IN the Bu,dett
building was fortunate in saving a valuable
I library. The library Of MesSrs. Owsley *
Burdctt, valued at two thousand dollars in
the same building was saved. The goods Of
VIM. Sellers, SIR. Bailey, Mr. MarSsbury,
and The Lou-ciold iurn tafe q. A. ID. Brown
were consuuIpd.
! by d.nt of persistent and hazardous labor,
and with the aid uf small fire extinguisher,
the brick bY iding adjoining the store room
occupied by Vim. Se,icr- was saved, though
the flames from the ROOT of the burning build
/ ing adjacent were Nithin a few inches If the
curnice, the fire was sublued at that point
and the. four business houses on the Nor Ia
side OF the square 'aved.
The citizens of the town, almost without
exception. did all in their power to arrest the
flames and save the goods, etc. in tie burning
building; but few brave men, we are told,
deserve especial mention AMI tar deepest graf
itude Of the sufferers; amons whom We may
mention M.ssrs. I Curry, ~. :. miller, John
Miller, DIR. smith. Capt Fletcher, Lieut. Me
Farland, Mr. Gas, OF the Lancaster ilplel,
j. Il. Rueker editor of the Negs, John fss
ger, deaf and dumb printer, and the soldiers
Of the barracks.
Our Young friend and former townsman,
jesse Hooker, salesman Of Messrs. Dunn {.
McAlister, was the most remarkable actor In
the drama, he having reached his place OF
/ business in time to secure the aid of friends
aud remove every article, including the
broom and sprinkler, in a large stock of GER
er.l merchandise To place Of safety, and then
rendered yroman service To his fellow sufferers
in batting the ire-icnd After the flames
w.re sutilcl, he fastened a. the suliurll1n re-.
dencr al - lidy vino owned tie cat. vacant
hoii-c IN the ioyn. rcu el /, fr III cupi yers
and hy dssli .ht hal hi. l,od. in dee
shelves and sign hung cot Indicating no
readiness To r...nn,e hasiue-s iii- c,uluc-4
| in the m.d.is t.! eyci'rm' III aul li, adci.tv t0
I
prince of counter Jumpers in Central E.,,.
tUesy.
This is the third serious cnnnnrration Ian
caster has had during the past lhre. years, the
4 last occurring but n lew months apn. ON al
the ruins have arisen each time better class
of buildings, and We know enough of the pub
lie spirit and enterprise Of her citizens to pre-
dict that very short time will elapse ere the
burnt district will be rebuilt: especially since
we are informed tina, all the sufferers are
abundanily able 10 build handsome hoases
upon the ruins of the old and badly con-
strucied ediGces which were licked M by the
deyouring flames. 80 be- il, and NAV they Le
proof against the DESTROYING element.
In reference 10 the.
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=, N"T
We u'Iire W raY No1u' "lr' hneSer N per,
nats u,e 1870 s"".,s' %. ." VINO passed
.nro"T, u'e names. ms ,''ie ALL was IN
~" ~ W, o''t'o ""s .r tie - poor
n'a" ~ ;' '",,'i ~ ne p'op'e oI "arfar''
,hle l,c,i go In No. nj, an', , Iau
ing tor thcm he has given an earncs, of HI
worth ~ a citizen. III yalns ~ an exponent of
/ their Interest,", hi. zcal in all matters npn.r.
tanin. to tie advancement Of their insfitu.
tom, HI inlustiv in his own behalf Tbev
need not b, reminlel Of his many social and
moral excel mics. We would, thrr fne. ap-
peal To the pride NJ well a. the generous svm-
pathits OF the people Of Lanca.ier and (i,r-
rarl county, confidently believing that they
will as To hi~ assistance in this the aore,t ne
cuninrv tiisl Of hi life. In publishing The
Ncrs. Mr.. Rucker has done well bs The p,ople
Of his rich old county, and We cannot believe
that they will .nfrr him to leave their midi
for the lack Of sufficient capital 10 purchase
another office. The people owe il To them
selves and 10 him to give him the requisite
all IN resume ihe publication Of his most eX-
cellcnt paper II can be done II every read
ins citizen Of the county will subscribe and
pay for a copy Of the N,vs one wear In adj
vance, and the bu-in1.s men will advertise
libcrally, anil make a ca-h psvm-ni equal to
one half Of taeh bill. II they should pay