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

1929 A. K. HOSTETTER, C. H. MARTIN, H. FRANK ESHLEMAN, HERBERT H. BECK. Collections in Aid of Sufferers from the Fire in Lancaster in 1811 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER L ATE in the night of Friday, March 1st, 1811, or very early in the morning of the 2nd, the citizens of Lancaster borough were awakened

- tunate people of their property and left them, for the time, without homes or the means of acquiring sustenance. Immediately after the fire, a committee, consisting of promi- nent citizens of New Castle, was formed for the purpose of obtain- ing assistance from the benevolent in adjoining states. The Com

clothing for the relief of the sufferers were made in many cities and towns of the country. The legislature of Pennsylvania appropriated ten thousand dollars. A meeting of the citizens of Lancaster was held at the court house on Saturday evening, February 5th, 1820, for the purpose of securing relief for

, for during the war on the frontier in 1811- 14, he was of valuable assistance to our United States troops. He was born about 1751 and died in 1830. He was fifty years of age when he visited Lancaster in 1801. Lancaster's Contribution to Portsmouth in the Fire of 1802 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER O N

., 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

fire, for the purpose of taking into consideration the situation of the sufferers, Hon. Patton Ross, recorder of the city of Lancaster, was appointed chairman, and Emanuel C. Reigart, secretary. A committee, consisting of Hon. James Buchanan, John Myer, George B. Porter, Jasper Slaymaker and Major John

hours. Several lives were lost, and two-thirds of the town were in ruins. A circular letter was received from the mayor of Petersburg, appealing for financial assistance for the sufferers by fire, and a meeting of citizens of Lancaster borough was held on Friday, August 4th, 1815, in response to an

foregoing, it is evident that collections were also made in the fall of 1796. Whether the "Association for the Relief of the Poor," was responsible for the good work, or whether some other agency accomplished the task, is not known. Lancaster's Contribution to Fayetteville in the Fire of 1831 By WILLIAM

on account of the loss sustained by the late fire in Lancaster; and unto the gentlemen who were appointed as committees, I tender my warmest thankfulness. At the same time, I should have to accuse my heart of ingratitude were I to forget the voluntary and Christian assistance rendered by the