On This Day in 1880, the prisoners at a Grenada, MS jail set fire to a building there. The building was fully consumed and the prisoners were released and escaped. There was two injuries. Source Lancaster Daily Intelligencer. ( Lancaster , PA ), 28 September 1880. Chronicling America : Historic American Newspapers . Library of Congress. On This Day is a prompt to further explore historical events. © Jeanne Ruczhak-Eckman, 2015
by Jeanne Ruczhak-Eckman