Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-02-04
THE WORK OF INCENDIARIES
rwo ARJAcExr sUfLDfNos FIRED ON
TUESDAY EVENING.
Ihe ssabie Attached 10 the Lamb Hotel Totally
Dessroyed-Timely Discovery Of Das-
tardiy Attempt 70 Burn the Prem
Sses Of william Boas.

Tuesday evening about o'clock a frame
stable In the rear of the Lamb hotel, Nos LOG
and tOs souti Queen street, was discovered
70 be ON fire. An alarm was at once rung
and the fircmen and large crowd of citizens
were soon IN attendance. Great excitement
prevailed among those assembled, as the
burning stable was close TO St Mary's
academy, ON the opposite side of Beaver
street and which was so badly damaged by
fire less than year ago.
ON that occasion stable adjoining the one
set on fro last night was fired and burned,
the flames spreading to the academy. 1t was
feared the same thing would happen again,
but the promptness with which the hremen
responded, and poured water on the building,
soon allayed all fears for the safety OF tne
academy and other adjoining property, as
the flames were confined entirely to the build
ing In which the fire originated.
The burned stable was about I5 feet in
length by IL in width. 1t contained nothing
but a little straw and hay. II was evidently
fired in the NOV, in which this was stored.
The building is totally destroyed, but long
line of shedding, connecting 1t with the
hotel was saved. The stabling was insured
with Rife & Kaufman in the Phoenix, of
Brooklyn, for $500, which will probably
cover the loss.
ANOTHER BUILDING FIRED.
short time before the fire above men
toned broke out, VIM. Boas, dealer in fish,
oysters and groceries, No. ia South Queen
street, two doors below the Lamb hotel,
smelled something like burning cloth in his
premises. He took n light and went all
through the house. but could discover no fire.
Later smoke was discovered issuing from
beneath the flooring of second story balcony
i'm the back part of the premises. The floor
ing was torn up and il was found that the
smoke came from under the floor inside the
building This flooring was also torn up
and the discovery was made that the
smoke came up through partition from the
room below. a further examination showed
that the incendiary had broken into the cellar
and placed in the ioists some old clothing,
saturated with coal oil These rags had
burned slowly and failed TO do any serious
damage before the fire was discovered. The
property belt ngs to John Brock, and is in
sured.
1t is supposed the same parties fired both
buildings, and that it was intended to have both
burn simultaneously Hadthis been the case a
disastrous fire would probably have occurred
as in the rear of the building occupied by
Boas there are large frame Stables and adj.
jacent to these are the stables of the Fourth
ward hotel, occupied by Vim. +. Rehm.
Fire Caused by q Red Hot stove.
Between II and / o'clock this morning
Special Officer Shuhrooks discovered fire in
Faegley's confectionery store at the corner
of Walnut and North Queen streets The
store doorwas broken.open bylOhicers Speect
and Roadman and the fire eNtinguished
with a few buckets of water. The fire origi
mated from the stove, the door of which wa'
left closed, causing the stove and pipe to be
come red hot The damage was trifiing.