The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1894-05-18
The THIRD TIME.
Rcw T. Dewitt ya'mage's Tabsr-
nacle burned. Il
The Congregation Had Jnst Left the Mosp,
Ing Service. tsccpt n Fsw-rhe Hotes
Reg,nt Also burned aggregate
Loss pver One Million Dollars.

NEW yuRK. Nav 1t.-Fire seems u
I be the Nemesis of Rev T. DE Witt la
mage and the members of his congp
CATION. Their beautiful new tabet
naclc at the corner of Clinton ant
Greene avenues, Brooklyn, was d
| stroyed by FIRE Sunday noon. Thu
flames broke out just after those viii
had attended morning service had lef|
the building. .U
Not only was the church destroyed,
tut the Hotel Regent, and n mum ter 81
buildings were also greatly damaged.
Had the fire broken cut one hour or.
lier, while the building was filled Will
worshipers. IL Ia almost cer tain that q
dreadful panic aud loss Of life would
huve resulted. Y1xxs,
l This Is the third time that the Tairnage
tabernacle has burned. II Is q singu-
lar coincidence that every freswas on
Sunday. Everything in the tabernacle
Sunday was destroyed with the build
ing. Perhaps the loss which will grieve
DR. Talmage most is that of the me
mortal stones which he brought from
the east, and which were set in the
wall at the eight of the organ
encaSed in relief work. They were
four in number. The top block was
from Mt Calvary and bore the word
Sacrifice. The stone below from Mt
Sinai, bearing on 1t They Law" The
bottom stone is1rom Mars Hin, and
bears the inscription. Gospel" The
front stone was unmarked. "A more
uniaue collection never was gathered
from one place" Dr. Talmage says Of
them.
The fire, il appears, originated back
of the organ. Dr. Talmage was in the
church shaking hands with Mr.. Leon
ard Moody, H. Adah ,, James II. Fer.
guson and their wivA, when a small !
boy rushed into the church through |
one OF the open doors and informed the |
sexton, Jas Day. that he had seen |
smoke coming out Of the windows on |
the Waverly avenue side OF the church. |
Tbs flames spread with lightning |
rapidity and the sparks flew in all d. |
rections The greatest excitement |
prevailed. The interior of the church |
was a seething, roaring mass of flames
inside Of thirty Sninutes after the fire 1
was discovered, and by o'clock the /
roof and the handsome steepls had 1
fallen in
There were two ladies in the Hotel /
Regent who had to be carried out On I
the fifth floor Mrs LOOMS of Savannah, /
ia. was living i'll with her young baby, |
only a few days old. She was carried /
safely from the burning hotel, and, |
with her child. was removed In an am !
bulance to the Homeopathic. hospital |
Miss kcan, the assistant house keeper
of the hotel. was also carried from the |
She had just passed through !
n severe illness. but was copvalescent
The loss is estimated at little owe,
u 900, 900. The loss on the Hotel Re
and the gucss~' S----.-a--sS'- - ,-lxi-
10 about 5000, 600 The loss on
the tabernacle is about e400, 600. and
the adjoining buildings are reported To
he damaged TO the extent of $50, 000. II
is said that the hotel was insured for
$500 900.
Four fremen were overcome by heat
during the progress of the flames, and
had to be removed from the scene. All
subsequently.recoyered. Its supposed
the fire was caused by . park from
one of the electric light wires behind
the organ.