A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Pennsylvania > Lancaster http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=1726 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=52552 Submitted by: Gigimo Article Title: The Boston News-Letter Article Date: February 21 1734 Article Description: Fire at James SWARFORD's House. Article Text: Philadelphia, Jan. 22. James SWARFORD of Lancaster County, at Actarara the 29th day of December, 1733, had some hands helping him dress flax in one end of his dwelling house. By some means the flax or tow took fire, and there being some quantity above stairs which soon took fire, so that in an instant it was past putting out. In the company there was an old woman, that had been spining there, and was helping to get some things out or from the fire before they were burnt, and bethinking herself of some of her own sloaths that were above stairs, said hastily, I'll go save my cloaths if I loose my life for it, so running up stairs she threw them out and they were saved, but the fire was so vehement that she could not return but fell upon a bed and was there burnt. It is somewhat surprizing, (the fire beginning at night) there was such a violent whirl-wind about the place where she lay burning that it raised the flame to such a height that it gave a great light for above a mile. Another thing whic! h added to the surprize of the spectators, there gathered a company of dogs (some thought near 20) about the fire, who were so fierce about the place where she lay burning, that it was thought they would have leap'd into the fire had they not been hindered. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ PA-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com Also visit our other sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com http://www.AutumnWindz.com