Ferdinand A. Demuth. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Sun Fire Company (Lancaster, Pa.) Fire departments--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--History. Fire fighters--Pennsylvania--Lancaster. Lancaster (Pa.)--Fires and fire prevention. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1912

corner of the market house. It was to take up in length three pillars of the market house, and not more than four feet of the inside. There is, however, no record of this place having been occupied by a fire company. The year 1764 seems to have been one of considerable activity among the fire fighters

been received for the sufferers and deposited in the Branch Bank of Pennsylvania. Collections for the Sufferers from Fire in Lancaster in 1823 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER ON Friday, July 25th, 1823, near midnight, the inhabitants of Lancaster were awakened by the cry of fire. It originated in the

one care- lessly throwing live coals on a heap of refuse matter. The fire spread instantly to an adjoining livery stable, owned by William C. Hull. The weather being very dry and a high wind prevailing, the flames ignited near-by buildings, and in a comparatively short period totally destroyed two

obedience. "The gentlemen of the legislature [Lancaster was at that time the capital of Pennsylvania], generally, exerted themselves with a zeal that did them honor, and justly entitles them to the gratitude of the inhabitants of Lancaster. "The alarm of fire not having been given until the flames had made

., July 25th, 1811. "Sir, "We have received yours of the 18th inst. enclosing a draft of James Houston, on the Bank of Pennsylvania, for $681.51, for the relief of the sufferers by the late fire in this town. This unusual liberality, from a people suffering the same calamity with our- selves, calls forth