A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=33249 Submitted by: Susan Article Title: Washington Post Article Date: January 10 1878 Article Description: Rats Set a House on Fire. Article Text: An alarm was sounded last night from box 47, occasioned by fire being discovered in the building no. 475 F Street southwest, owned and occupied by George E. Mattingly. The fire was caused by rats nibbling at some matches which had been left upon a shelf. Loss about $100. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DC-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com