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Domestic News
February 14, 1887
Lancaster Daily Intelligencer
Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
What is this article about?
A slight fire occurred in Charles W. Hensler's new house at 443 West Lemon Street on Saturday evening, ignited by a stove pipe used to dry plastering. A neighbor alerted Hensler, who extinguished it with buckets of water after it burned a hole in the upstairs floor.
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Slight Fire.
Saturday evening there was almost a fire in the new house of Charles W. Hensler, at No. 443 West Lemon street. About half-past six o'clock a neighbor saw a light in an upstairs room and he informed Mr. Hensler, who opened the house. Upon going upstairs he found that the floor was in a blaze around the pipe hole, having caught from the pipe of the stove down stairs, which is being used to dry the plastering. Several buckets of water were secured and the fire was extinguished, after considerable of a hole had been burned in the floor.
Saturday evening there was almost a fire in the new house of Charles W. Hensler, at No. 443 West Lemon street. About half-past six o'clock a neighbor saw a light in an upstairs room and he informed Mr. Hensler, who opened the house. Upon going upstairs he found that the floor was in a blaze around the pipe hole, having caught from the pipe of the stove down stairs, which is being used to dry the plastering. Several buckets of water were secured and the fire was extinguished, after considerable of a hole had been burned in the floor.
What sub-type of article is it?
Fire
What keywords are associated?
Slight Fire
House Fire
Stove Pipe
Floor Damage
West Lemon Street
What entities or persons were involved?
Charles W. Hensler
Where did it happen?
No. 443 West Lemon Street
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
No. 443 West Lemon Street
Event Date
Saturday Evening
Key Persons
Charles W. Hensler
Outcome
fire extinguished with buckets of water; considerable hole burned in the upstairs floor
Event Details
A neighbor saw a light in an upstairs room around half-past six o'clock and informed Mr. Hensler, who found the floor ablaze around the pipe hole from the downstairs stove used to dry plastering.