Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-14
FLAMESIN ACATHEDRAL.
ONLY THE tower AND WALLS
LIFT NDlNG.

PITrsBURG. PA, Nov. 13.-The Ca
thedraI OF ST.. Peter, the pride OF tie
Roman Catholics OF the twin cities, is
mass OF smoking ruins. Half an hour
after midnight Arthur Virgins, a dis
trict messenger boy, while passing tue
corner of Sherman avenue and Ohio
Street, AIleg heny city. saw flames in the
interior OF the massive structure, The
boy gave an alarm add in ten minutes
later tDres districts oi the fire depart
mtnt were at work. TIE fire, however,
bad made great headwav before it was
discovered, and while tue fremen were
fghunglt 10 tie basement, 10 which 1t was
at first supposed 10 be confined, and bad
gotten il under control there. fiames we're
discovered in the great aud forum over
head. where they bad nade hei way IL
sidl0usly through hurs aud We -tilatOrs
and ere creeping IN and out of th 9 rant
er, ju-t beneath the Vaulted roof. licking
upin their furious greed tue beautiful
fIeScoes and ma nlhcent oil paintings
with WnICh the walls were lined, and
We're bursting through the costly and ex-
quisltt- stained Sla>s windO"s.
THE soRRowING MULTITUDEs.
Meanwhile Il great crowd bad gathered
and looked on appalled, While The mag
n ncent structure slowly c,umb ed BE-
fore The releu tless progress OF he famts,
the faithful churcnmen mourning as Ii
became apparent tHat t0eir religious
refuge was doomed to destructlo', and
their Protestant neighbOrs mOuruin4
with idem In The loss To the CITY OF SO
costly aud magn tictut church ediice.
Tue rre lr Igressed from tue front tOtn e
back, the ROOT beng consumed and tall
ing with its advance. IN The interior the
iurnisDIug, pant and varnishes supplied
fuel. aud the ceiling. otsms and pews
Kissed aod . ckuned to eacn other as the
pro- ress OF The cOnhagraliOn sAOwed that
Int Tile, ii any thing, other Than nova
bic arIIcies, would he saved. In the rear
oil the church Bishop thelan and num-
Der OF trlei DIS. WHO were early on he
ground, were ousily engaged IN saving
the gold AID silver vessels oil the altar
service.
MOST OF THEM SAVED.
A majority If them. with the chalice and
many OF the vestmeuts, were gotlen
OUT. the workers being urged on by the
crack ling of the flames. the falling OF tim
bers and the near approach OF the fire on
the huor. Even then a lew efforts were
made 10 again reach The altar IN an at
tempt to save some OF the many Orna.
memts.H hich hac made II one OF the most
beautiful and costly in this State. Bul
in vain. Tue ire absolutely refused TO oe
governed by the tiremen, VITO now were
delivering heir streams of water from
every available DIN, including the roof
OF SIMPSONS stable on an adjoining
prOl cry. Steadily, and without appar-
ent ammunition OF It's force, IL pro yressed
toward tue rear, and the constant flow o.
water rOse III clouds of steam. One squad
OF b r. men with stream made tUeir way
inside a small apartment at tie rear anu
from tuaL VAnta-e ground tried to save
the altar.
THE TOWER INTACT.
Although from In. ST toe iercest fire
had been at the trOnt of The church. the
tro or, having out little irflammable ma.
tcIia 10 its makeup, was aim 81 unln-
jured. ne eGIhCe Is of one aud cost
wBen ready Tor tie interior iurnishin- :,
$25,O00; he cost OF finishing and rur-
nIshIng ADDED To the cost OF the build ,ng
aunost $50 QUO. Inc t escoiny was OF the
fnrsI as indeed was every par ticle # tn
furni'ule. On tbe walls " ere fourteen oil
paintings desert live of the lie OF thu
SAVIOR, which were imported for the
churcH. The an, wi CHI was one OF
the best in the two cities. cost $500. and
the altar, with It's furnishings, about
$1,000 lie stained glass windows were
all memorials. In the ALTAR were num-
Der CT valuable relics from Rome, and
also the archives Of the church, which
we're saved,
TIE WALLS LEFT STANDING.
When me hre had burned Itself ont
botoin but tue walls were standing and
over $3.50 900 had gone uD IA smoke.
strong easierl, wind. when prevailed AT
the time. carried the emb-rs and sparks
IN cloud to surrounding buildin.s, but
the uHmphess 81 'ne Ioo's saved Tue N.
Inc nre was caused oy Tue Te4lslers De-
coming o'eIheateu II",u ha'urai gas,
Whlcu was only put III tue ouIlu hg laHt
Saturday Inc 'nss VIII not tNceen the
nfst estimate o. 9laV,ooo' Tue splre Is
uhImpalrea, anu ths "aos. whicn We're
metu WIN oTlch anu ceH|pL, are lhtsct.
Ine ouholnS was ms dred ior S4o,Ooo IN
Eastern coulpsEles' Inc churcn VIII De
reoult AT once
BIG BLAZE AT LOUISVILLE.
IOUIsyILLE. KY, Nov. l3-Three
alarm, atSu'cIock 10 nlvni called ouL All
the ere epgiu.sIn the citv 10 suppress n
fire which began in the middl- ~ a nand.
sone block of bus ness buildings in In.
rear of Robinson Bros wholesale hard.
w.rp storp and eDrend rapidIy To The sur
rnundiny buildinrs on the north side Of
MAN sti eel. between Sixth and Seventh
streets The flames orixiuated IN a
defective 6ue. and made 81 oh
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