Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-05-19
HOMELESS AGAIN.
Rev. DR.. Talmage's Home Flock
Again Burned Out.
I'll" Brooklyn Tabernacle and Much Ad-
joining Property "A Heap Of Ruins
The Fire Started in
the Monster Organ.


a full tabernacle at the corner of Clinic
i. AN! Greene avenues brooklyn, was d
h stroyed by fire yesterday Afternoon
If FLAMES broke out in the church edifit
just after those who attended tn
i. morning service had left the buildn!
# Not only was the church destroye,
4 but the nearby hotel and Il numb Der {
p buildings were also greatly damaged
3 Had the fire broken ont one hon
4 earlier, while the building was file
+ with worshipers, it is almost certai
that dreadful panic and loss of lif
wonld have resulted.
This is the third time that the Ia,
. mage tabernacle had been destrove
6 by hire. BY II singular coincidence
each fire occurred on Sunday.
Everything in the ia hernacle vester
: day was destroyed with the building
, Perhaps the loss which will grieve DR.
:, IalnaGc most is that of the mcmoria
stones which he brought from the east
and which were set in the wall at tn,
right of the organ. They were four il
number. The top block was from
Mount Calvary and bore the wore
Sacrifice The stone below from
Mount Sinai, bearing on it "The Law
The bottom stone is from Mars hill
ana bears the inscription Gospel >
The fourth stone was unmarked.
"A more unique collection never was
gathered from one place" DR.. Talnape
says of them
| The fire was discovered shortly after
II o'clock just after the congregation
mad been dismissed from the morninp
service. DR.. Talmagc was in the
church shaking hands with Mr.. Leon
ard Moody, ". H. Adams, James II.
Ferguson and their wives, when a
small boy rushed into the church
through one of the open doors and in.
formed the sexton, James Day, that he
mad seen smoke coming out of the win
dows on the Waverly avenue side of
the church.
Mr.. Day, without speaking to DR..
IaImage, rushed down stairs to the
motor room and began making a thor.
ough examination After searching
| ana not being able to find any indica-
tions OF a fire he ran upstairs. As he
entered the church he met DR.. Tai
mage with Mr.. Moody. They had also
sme'led smoke. The boy who first en-.
tered the church and informed Mr..
Day of the fire then volunteered ia
20 up in the back of the ORGAN
ana see II 1t was there, He did so,
ana second later appeared before the
three gentlemen who were waiting
1or hlm, with his face baclled and al.
most sutfocated from smoke. All he
could say was that he discovered the
fire in the back Of the organ. DR.. Tai.
mage, Mr. Day and Mr.. Moody then
started for the organ, but before they
could get near it a gust of flame burst
from the top, They then made hur.
ried exit.
In the meantime ex-Supervisor Reed. |
who was in the Summerfield NJ, f.
church, directly opposite had also
seen the smoke coming from the tab.
ernacIe window, and had sent in an
alarm of fire.
hy the time the tiremen arrived the
ilames were bursting from all the win.
dows' Two extra alarms, and finally
IL speclal call was sent in bringing all
OF the engines in Brooklyn and Will
llamsourg to the fire. The flames
spread with Lightning rapidity and the
sparks flew in all directions. The
excitement prevailed.
Ihe interior of the church was a
seethlng, roaring mass of flames inside
OF three minutes after the fire was dis.
covered, and by o'clock the roof and
the handsome steeple had fallen in.
ureat Jets of flame shot across the
open space between the tabernacle and
lhe Hotel Regent, which is next to the
church, on Clinton avenue, and in a
short space of time that portion of the
lotel nearest the church was burning q,
lercely' The Regent is family ho-
'el. The guests fled in dismay. Some !
u them stopped to throw their valua-
'les and clothing from the windows.
Nh'le Others hurried to places of
afety just as they happened to be an. I
'aralled when the panic struck them.
AT the time of the fire there were
'lgh'y-hve guests and ninety servants S
the hotel, and many of them had t
arrow escapes. The fire extended to t
he hotel between the first and second IL
oors Before the employees gave the C
'arm' they attempted to get it under e.
ohtrol' The fire soon spread up to Il
ne third and fourth floors, however. b
nd the guests and servants rushed az
ell nell into the street io
There were two ladies in the hotel in
mo had to be carried out. On the III
tth floor Mrs. l.oomis, of Savannah. pi
as lying ill with her young baby. la
wv days old. She was carried safely n
'om the burning hotel and, with her m
nd, was removed imam ambulance to dc
'e Homeopathic hospital. 70
Miss kean, the assistant houseleeper si'
the hotel, was also carried from the of
iilding. She had just passed through to
severe Illness, but was convalescent. af
The flames spread rapidly through til
&c hotel and it was soon afire from Of
liar to roof. The fremen then de. du
'ted their efforts to save surrounding IN,
'operty, a number of dwellings in an
e vicinity caught fire again and #.
fa,n, but the tiremen each time
'oded them with water and extin.
lished the flames.
The Summertield NJ. L. church also oo
ught lire from flying sparks but the A.
me- mes were soon extinguished In
lhe numerous small fires continued
til o'clock by which time the fire. rr
IN had gotten the flames in the r.,
lernacle and hotel under control. ,n w
me tabernacle and Hotel Regent mo
re completely gutted Nothing re. IN
''ns but the walls. AT 6 o'clock Dor. nv,
ms OF the rear wall of the Ia bernacle n,
t. The total loss is estimated at a ,s
Tie over Sl,OOOOo The loss on the nr;
'tel Regent, including the building, vi;
intings and guests household goods, p,,
II amount TO about 5000, 900. The loss 49,
the tabernacle is about 500, 900, '
the adjoining buildings are re,
rtett to be damaged to the extent of
ooo. 1t is said that the hotel was tiv
I'LL I'd for $500, 900. of
our nremcn were overcome by heat tee
ring the progress OF the flames and fro
l to be removed, from Tho sc.no An