Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-12-16
Destruetfvs FIRE.

was yesterday morning totally Destroyed by
IRE.
Shortly after three o'clock ofncers A uIdr,dr.
aud Oarand discovered fire in the sonthve
corner OF tne building, RI to box %, Ito and l.
ana Sergeant Stuard rang in an aIarn from
box -. 10Th and n stress
a few minutes thereafter M Cam ,beIl. xho
resides In the neighborhood, broke in the n
street door, leading TO the lecture room. mt
found the interior Of the binding filled win
smoke. making II impossible for him 70 en- ar
Inc nre eePsrtmen' was as promptly on the
SPOT as could Be expected, the streets being a.
the ume ooeuusted with snow. and on "a ar
ARRIVAL some little delay was occa sion ed by tr
hre plugs being trozen over. Ho xevsr, wn a
me water " az ootained the men worked fai d.
iuly and the names Were kept within me
building, the department continuiu on the
around until about ~ O'Clock The reserve OF
IN tnra ward police aud other once were
on th- ground promptly, and kept back the
crowd out OF danger from failing walls- The
IRE was great calamity 70 the copxregation
and the friends OF the church, but the scene,
thongn saddening. Was one o. rare magnifi,
eence, the flames and sparks of fre shooting
uPsard and Illuminating the snow faxes.
winch were falling thick and fast
The lire spread with srea, rapidly, ana In
short time after IL was discovesed the ,u.n
and west walls OF the building were en- veioped
In names. About four o clock the roof and a
portion OF the east wall fs n, aus in a fe " min
ntes thereafter a small portion OF the was. Uqu
The east Wall fell with a tremen tous crash
crushing In portion of the frame house al
lolnIng, occupied by Mr.. Hiram Ritcnle as a
Tan saop- No one was able 20 gam access 10
the church after the fire was disco yered on ac
count OF the smoke, hence nothing was saved
hr IRE originated from the furnaces or q de-
1ecllve hue, and undoubtedly nd been burn
Ing some time before being disco yered In the
cellar, immediately under the vestibaIe on the
eth street front. were three cast-iron upright
furnaces, and hot air was conducted there
from through hollow iron pillars in the lee
ture- room 20 the church above. In the wint.r
u is NE custom to keep small fire in the fur.
nacss as prayer meetings and religious ex-
ercises are held In the lec.ure.roofn durins
the week. On Saturday evening, the sexton.
VIM Robinson, (colored,) increased the firss
as usual, IN order TO have the church prop lrjy
heated Cor services yesterday He rem sinsS
about the church until after II O'Clock md
night and lett everything In good order.
The large and magnificent organ, with all
the furniture, carpets. chandeliers, &C. were
entirely consnmed-the organ being destrovAd
shortly after the fire was discovered srbe
lose Is about sl34 900, on which there is an in.
surance OF $3.50 ON the building, - 900 on
the organ, and ~I,5o0 on the furniture Tna
organ, which was one OF the finest in his CITY.
was ouiit by Henry Erben, Of New York city'
TWO years since. II was very large, win for
ty-fonr stops, and cost S7,00l. The north and
east walls and the tower are standing and N
y thougnt they are uninjured. The town clock
was ertreIy destroyed, the hands showing
that IL Stopped at half past four The large
bell remained IN the tower until about I2H
O'Clock yesterday, when the io,sts supporiing
u were burned through and IL fell 70 the c..
Vf.
was no Insurance upon them
Tne insurance upon the building and tnrpi-
ture was as follows: Corr Exchange Insur-
anee Company OF New York S5i0a on ths
building and ~4,OO0 on the organ Paople,s In
surance Company OF Worcester, Mass S3uD
on the organ; ard s5,OtO on the building in
esc - Oh me ioiiowmg companies: Continental,
oil New \ ork: Atlantic, OF Brooklyn: Fulton,
OF New ork; Home, of New Haven: and City
Flre Insurance Company. or Hartford and
i-orIliard. OF New York s6,ooO IN the North
"A r4 nf Hay a.
Commerce Insurance Company, of Albany
and OF e and two thousand dollars IN several
other companies.
The corner stone OF The Church was laid in
me Spring of i-bj, ana the Churcn d-dlcat.d
on the LIST Sunday IN June, l-cS R.y T. r.
Ho~iett mas been pastor since the eongrsrl-
was completed they worshippad in the law
Bulldin Is opposite tie Ctty Hall
The church was enc of the largest and hand
soonest La ms city, having a front on Eighth
s1eet OF 80 feet, aud 90 on IA street with =
tower li0 feet high The Eighth and VI streets,
froxts were Of press brick. the tower OF iron.
anu me reoi Oh sac; the style OF architecture
being gothic The main audience room wouId
sea- aoont -'h persons, and was very hand
soneIy furnished ana carpered On tha first
moor mere was very large iecture-rosm. aud
Two emaHer rooms Tor bible classes and the in.
iant sunday school class. The cost OF thu
enure building, furniture, organ. clock hall
&c vas about >la.o0o, OF which amount Hon
Amos Kendall contributed over ~gae0o Tn,
congregation mum bers about 200 uersoos and
there was q fOurishing Sunday school Of nearly
ooO pnplis attached 10 the church. The far.
naee- ana lines OF the buidiag were inspecrad
IN good order.
The trustees o, the ehurch-Mes.rs. Henry
bdssi uayld Haicss, g. = Butts, Frank H.
Siiexniy and 4. w. f'snwick-have called a
meeting OF the congregation 10 he held a. Dr.
Buffers church. corner Of llth and Fl streets
to-morrow evening when it will be considered
what plans are necessary 10 rebuild the church
ar rhnu nd
dollars added 10 the insurance, and the two
walls standing. he building can be replaced
A number Of the m rmbers Of the church ana
sunday School children did not know Of the
destruction OF the ehlreh until they arrived
there yesterday morning.
DIR. Spillman. of No. steamer. during the
nre, was badly injured by the pipe siipping
from his hand ana falling, cutfing his toot
painfully. No. steamer was delayed sona-
what by the breaking OF the tongue.
The nrsmen never worked more energeticalIy
taan they did a. mis- are, ana nearly all OF
them were wet 10 the skin. Mrs. Sinclair re-
siding on 7th street, near II. furnished the de-
partnent, the police, and others. with a well
come breakfast ana Mr.. ]. A BAKER opened
his house 20 the nremen, for whom he had
prepared an ample supply OF refreshments.
Nj. Aalor. Al the corner OF TN and IL; Mr.. r.
Harne, and other ladies OF the neighborhoo1.
furnished refreshments 10 the fir1rfisn
Durfag yesterday the scene OF the fire des liIe
me storm, was visited by large numbers OF
persons, aud so curious were many thar a
VI pOnce WcIe actively en- DlDvrC
warning he crowd OF the danger of going too
near the walls.
A the conclusion OF the regular morning
service a. The 18th street. Baptist Church, yes
terday, Rev. Dl. Gillette, pastor. announced
The destruction of Calvary Baptist Church.
when resolutions of sympathy were offered
and adopted, aud the use OF the 18th stree,
Baptist Church extended ts the congregation
Tor IN puTp Dsese Of wor ship FOR the present
number OF other churches nave also ten
dered the use of their editces 10 the cougrega-
ton or Calvary Church.
The sexton OF the church, WIN Jbin 20 n. Is
a steady relfable nan, aud before Isaying ths
church on Saturday night h went throus h
the whole building, from the furnaces M NJ
blame - attached TO him Hi watch, clothes
and alb u 1iffv dollars were deS troy ed by the
ire.
The magnificent set of china. consisting of
30 pieces each being marked q. q pr--
seni"d by q gentleman in England, together
with The sil yer church service. The SUNDAY
School bapner Bible, &c, were all Goa.
sumed.
Subscription books, for the purpose of re-
CSiVtnK funds 10 rebaild the church. were
opened thus morning the store OF Messrs
Bur- Howser, IS street.
ATHEISTS ARREsTED.-At alb Dut II O'Clock
on Saturday night loud sounds were heard
coming from the Tentoni1 Hall, or Psunsyi-
NanIa, between Sth and 10, b streets. occasioned
" Ia said by free fight among the actresses
Ohcers Franklin, Columbus and CONWAY