The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-05-14


on my trip around tho world as In.
Tended i tomorrow night. I, however,
10 not know what l shall do"
TWO MILLIONS LOST.
Tho Are sprond with llgh.n!ng.liko
rapidity aud before sunsot had do.
81 stroyed property to tho valuo OF near
=, IL was noarly twenty minutes before
the nremen arrived on tho sceno, and
then halt n hundred streams OF water
wsero turned upon the blozing pile. But
.ho church was doomed, and every effort
was devoted to saving adjoining prop
er.y. In three hours only the barc walls
ot one OF tho costllost structures Of
brooklyn remained standing. Long ere
this. however, II became evident that
the Hotel Regent was also doomed.
Before long both sides OF Green ave-
nuo weru In a blaze. So, too, were tho
houses on Waverly avenue, but rs fast
as thoy broke out tho people and tho
hremen extInguished them. Then tho
walls OF the tabernacle began to crun.
bio and fall and tho great rush Of 1amos
which followed started tho houses burn
ing again, and nt the same time, flamos
wero seon bursting forth from the roof
Of Summerfeld N. L. church, short
distance away.
Within half an hour the magnificent
hotel was seen to have Joined tho taber-
nacle on the road to destruction and no
wator could reach tho fire there.
Tho - AZ hnkat bod 1a1k
tlme in making their escape. They
waited only to nnatch up wvaluablcs
aud run, but wearing apparel and other
effects had to be left to tho greedy
flames.
Tho furniture In tho hotel. which
cost from s200,000 to s2500O0, is entire
ly destroyed, tho total loss on the
building and contents footing mp in tho
noighborhood OF sS50.o0O. The loas
falls on the Brooklyn Hotel Company,
but this loss will be largely increased
by tho individual loss to tho guests.
The loss on the church 10 not far short
OF $4,000.
RUSSELL sAGE's GENEROSITY.
Russell Sage. who has mortgage OF
sl25,oOo on the church property and is
also tho owner Of tho site on which it
stood, is fully insured.
a number OF other buildings were de-
stroyed mud badly damaged. on which
loss will roach about $4,000.
Mr.. Sage said this evening:
at is probable that the people Of
Brooklyn will come forward with big
subscription. The insurance will cover
the rest. II they want to rebuild I will
put no obstacle in their way. In other
words, l will lot the debt and intercs.
stand over for an indefinite period, let
them rebuild on the insurance money
and what they can raise in subscription
and in other ways. ! have nothing but
the deepest sympathy for the church
and It's people, and above all am i'm.
bucd with the deepest affection aud ad.
miration for DR.. Talmage. who has been
my close personal friend for many
years. On his account, l will do ell |
can to help thom."
WILL REBUILD
The trustees ofthe tabernacle met to-
nigh: and decided to rebuild tho
church, but not on the samo site.
1t was decided that DR.. Talmage's tour
around the world should begin to-mor-
row as arranged. IIo will start in tho
evening for Philadelphia and proceed
from:there to Atlanta, Ga.
1t was impossible tonight to ascer-
tain the amount OF insurance, but 1t is
believed that tho loss Is far in excess OF
the insurance. 1t was learned, how.
ever, that there was Sl30.000 on the
tabernacle in tho Liverpool and London,
the Globe, the Royal, the PhGnix of
Hartford, and the PhGnix Of Brooklyn,
and tho residences damaged were fully
covered.