The morning news., 1894-05-14
The New Tabernacle Burned
at Noon.
HOTEL REGENT ALSO GOES.

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uo+el s6oo,ooo and on the Church
sAoo ooo-The Fire Started In the
Organ by an Electric Light Wire.
rolmage and Several Friends in the
church When the Flames Burst
portb-several Dwellings, Damaged
bv the Flames-Four Firemen Over
come by the Heat.
New York, May 13-Fire seems to be
+e Nemesis of Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage
and the members of his congregation.
Their beautiful new Tabernacle at the
corner of Clinton and Greene avenues,
Brooylyn. was destroyed by fire this af-
ternoon. Flames broke out in the church
odifce lust after those who had attended
tbe morning service had left the
building. Not only was the church
DESTROYED, but a near by hotel and num-
her of buildings were also greatly
u damaged. Had the fire broken out one
hour earlier. while the building was filled
q with worshipers, it is almost certain that
\ dreadful panic and loss of life would
have resulted. This is the third time
that the Talmage Tabernacle mas been
4 DESTROYED bv fire. BY singular coinci-
dence each fire has occurred on a Sunday.
EVERYTHING BURNED.
Everything in the Tabernacle to-day
was destroyed with the building. Per-
baps the loss which will grieve DIR. Tai
mage most is that of the memorial stones
which he brought from the east, and
which were set in the wall at the right of
the organ, encased in stereo-relief work
\ They were four in number. The top
4 block was from Mount Calvary,
and bore the word Sacrifice" The
n stone below was from Mount Sinai, bear
ing on it The law" The bottom stone
n is from Mars Hill and bears the inscrip-
tion Gospel The front stone is un-
marked
"A more unique collection was never
n gathered from one place." DR.. Talmage
n says of them.
DISCOVERY OF THE FIRE.
n The fire was discovered shortly after 10
81 o'clock, just after the congregation had
been dismissed from the morning ser
81 vices. DR.. Talmage was in the church
shaking hands with number of people,
when flames burst from the organ.
Il EX-SuperUsOr Reed, who was in the
81 Summerteld Methodist Episcopal church,
directly opposite from the Tabernacle
had also seen the smoke coming from a
n window Of the Tabernacle, and had sent
IN an alarm of fire. BY the time the fire.
III men arrived the flames were bursting
from all the church windows. Two extra
alarms and finally a special call were
sent IN, bringing all the engines in Brook
lyn and Williamsburg to the fire. The
# flames spread with lightning lixe-rapid-
@& lLF. and the JslrS 10 in oil 5ipaatfnna
Inc greatest excitement prevailed.
A ROARING MASS OF FLAMES.
NJ Theinterior of the church was seeth-
1g' roaring mass of flames inside of
thirty minutes after the fire was dis
covered, and by O'clock the roof and the
handsome steeple had fallen in.
THE HOTEL CATCHES FIRE.
Great flames shot across the open space
between the Tabernacle and the Hotel
Regent, which is next to the church on
linton avenue, and in a short space of
Iilne That portion of the hotel nearest the
VlIrch was burning fercely.
~, ne Regent was a family hotel
Inc guests fled in dismay Some
VI them, however, stopped to
snroW their valuables and clothing
IRON from the windows while others dispersed
W w PAGES OF safety just as they happened
" " oe appareled when the panic struck
i1 IGI, AT the time of the fire there were
.1suE-nye guests ana ninety servants in
sue MOTEL, and many of these had narrow
n ISoedpeS' The fire extended to the hotel
N tGey"eeh the first and second floors. Be-
aVto the employees gave the alarm they
ssvyeulpted TO get it under control The
as aoe soon spread up to the third and fourth
yoo vootS' however, and the guests and SER
'1u'S rushed pell nell into the street.
SAVANNAH LADY IN PERIL,
mere were two ladies in the hotel, who
81 NJ NJ 10 oe carried out On the fifth floor
n TiiS. ,,.;t LOOMS of savannah Ca, was lying
St "ICn I'm her Young baby, a few days old.
81 botol ne was carried safely from the burning
"o'eI' ana with her child was removed in
81 pItal '''0 p"UhAo nus
of fIt,o' us, mean, the assistant housekeeper
bnildGj,n idG noIel, was also carried from the
so,lal rtcullE 4 She had just passed through
nj uIuesS, but was convalescent
bo,di tHo names spread rapidly through the
TO- to- "nu IL TOO was soon afire from cellar
to Inc Inc iiremen then devoted their efforts
Of 'dyg G,roSIi surrounding property. A number
ag,ia iG"eiilhgs in the vicinity caught fire
tmo tllU e.t ana again, but the firemen each
rnsba3 ba9oued e them with water and extin-
suShed the flames.
Pr, ANOTHER CHURCH FIRED.
cbi,ne,o blne oummertield Methodist Episcopal
nnos at Greene and Washington ave
bSt bt1 "a also 50 caught fire from flying sparks,
N Tba names were soon extinguished
untii numerous small fires continued
81 had 6a5', ~ o'clock, by which time the firemen
and botIeh the flames in the Tabernacle
'TT ~, motel under control.
waro o tabernacle and Hotel Regent
main. completely Quilted. Nothing re-
Il ions ~ StI ~ tne walls. AT O'Clock por-
Il fell 'ear wall OF the Tabernacle
1 go0Se gi6e d9s i0ss is estimated at little over
A nS tS tIo IIss I, on the Hotel Regent, includ-
4 hous"b,pIqq qqildlng, paintings and the guests
S500 0o0 goods, will amount to about
j S40o 6oH toss on the Tabernacle is about
reporfo4} ana ana the adjoining buildings are
4 NJ0MeU TO be damaged to the extent of