representation of the sun. Later they wore black hats and capes bearing the emblem and name printed in See illustration on the opposite page. Samuel D. Bausman (right), vet- eran member of the Union Fire Company No. 1, who "ran with the machine," and served in various stations in fighting early Lancaster fires

Collections in Aid of the Sufferers from Fire in Columbia By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER ON Friday, October 25th, 1822, at eleven o'clock at night, a fire originated in the back building attached to the tavern of a man named Quarles, in Columbia, Lancaster county, Pa. Before the fire could be

Collections in Aid of the Sufferers from Fire in Columbia By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER ON Friday, October 25th, 1822, at eleven o'clock at night, a fire originated in the back building attached to the tavern of a man named Quarles, in Columbia, Lancaster county, Pa. Before the fire could be

Governor Clinton in Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER E WITT CLINTON, statesman, was born in Orange county, New York, March 2nd, 1769; and died in Albany, New York, on February 11th, 1828. He served his native state in sev- eral offices throughout his life, having been a member of the state

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

build- ings in the second block of North Queen street, Lancaster, were destroyed by fire, entailing a loss estimated at $16,000.00. The Lancaster Fire of 1814 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER O N Thursday, March 24th, 1814, between the hours of seven and eight in the morning, a fire was discovered in Jacob

Kirk- patrick and John F. Steinman were appointed a committee to execute this recommendation. Whether or not the dispensary was established is not known. Lancaster's Contribution to New Castle in the Fire of 1824 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER O N Monday, April 26th, 1824, a fire broke out in New Castle

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