St. Paul daily globe., 1894-05-14

around the world as intended. tomor-
row night. l, however, do not know
what shall do"
The fire spread with lightning-like
rapidity, and before sunset bad de-
stroyed property to the value of nearly
S2.0OO,00O
Ex-Supervisor John II. Reed. who
was rehearslng with the choir in the
Summerfeld NJ. E. church, two blocks
in the rear of the tabernacle, had DIS
covered that the building was on fire
and sent in an alarm to fire headquar-
ters. This was quickly followed by a
second, third and fourth alarm, which
brought out all the apparatus in the
western district OF the city. 1t was
nearly twenty minutes before the fire
men arrived on the scene, and then half
hundred streams of water were turned
OH the blazing pile. But the
CHURCH WAS DOOMED,
and every effort was devoted to saving
adjoining property. In three hours only
the bare walls of one of the costliest
structures of Brooklyn remained stand
ing. Long ere this, however, it became
evident that the Hotel Regent was also
doomed. The fire started here in the
second story, but was speedily eytin
guished. This proved to be only tenn
porary relief, for a little later flames
weres discovered in an upper story.
blowing fierce!y up the air shaft. The
lntiammable nature of the material and
the great open amphitheater of the tab
Il e. fra
forced into the air in columns of glowing
flames that made a fearful picture
of destruction. Flakes OF burning
wood and red-hot cinders were
shot up as from volcanoes, and carried
by strong breeze. they swept through
the air in every direction. Before long
both sides of Greene avenue were
ablaze. So were those on Waverly ave-
nue., but fast as they broke out the peo-
pie and the tiremen eXtiuguished them.
The walls of the tabernacle began to
crumble and fall. and the great rush of
flames which followed started the house
burning again, and at the same time
flames were seen bursting forth from
the roof of Summertield NJ. E. church.
a short distance away. Within half an
hour the magnificent hotel was seen to
have Joined the tabernacle on the road
to destruction, and no water could reach
the fire there.
THE GUESTS IN TUE HOTEL
had lost no time in making their escape.
They waited only to snatch up few
vauables and run, but wearing apparel
and other effects had to be left to the
40 re-
the house Mrs. LOOMS. one of the
guests, and her newly-Dorn Dabe, had to
be carried down the fire escape to the
street. A woman appeared at window
on the eighth floor shrieking and wav-
ing her hands 10 the horror-stricken
crowd below. She was brought down
the fire escape in safety. The heat aud
the showers of sparks and emberS had
made the situation an extremely tryi ng
one tor the men of the fire department,
aud one man, George Cunningham.
of Engine No. 10, had to be carried
from his post when the heat was most
intense, but he afterwards returned to
his post. John l.. Lately, of Engine
No II, had an epiiept fit from heat.
ana was removed to the Homeopathic
hospital. After the flames had licked
away the supports beneath nearly all
the fire escapes Oh the north wall of the
hotel, large portion OF the wall itself
fell into the mass of debris with a roar
like a distant cannOnade. This was
quickly followed by the fall of a section
about thirty feet in height on tile Wav-
erly avenue side OF the hotel, and from
that time up to S p. m.
HUGE MASSES OF THE WALL
continued to fall. AT last accounts two
more tiremen. Edward Sheridan and
John Kelly, of Truck 10, had been pros
trated by heat. The furniture i'll the
hotel, which cost from 100000 to S25o.-
coo, is entirely destroyed. The total
foots up in the neighborhood of $780,
coo. The loss falls upon the Brooklyn
Hotel company. The list of losses.
apart from the tabernacle and the Hotel
Regent, is about as follows:
Three hundred and eighty-five Clin-
ton avenue, occupied by Louis Hersh,
$500; 2lS Greene avenue. DR.. w. II.
Moore, $1,000; l3O Greene avenue, S. w.
Reeve, $500; corner Greene avenue
and Waverly avenue, Ii. j. Pepper,
$500; l41 Greene avenue, corner Wav-
erly. Joseph NJ. Hart, $4,000; 143
Greene avenue. Mrs. Catherine Craw-
ford, 5000: 145 Greene avenue, un-
occupied. $500; l47 Greene avenue, Mrs.
Margaret Crawford. $1,000; 149 Greene
avenue, Dr.. j. f. Atwood, 81, 500; 404
Washington avenue, George Ii. Harvey,
$4,000: 4J2 Washington avenue, DR..
kretchmare, $1,000; 400 Washington
avenue, unoccupied, owned by q. L.
Harvey, $4,000; 395 Washington ave.
hue. corner Greene, Freeborn q.
Smith, Sl,0G0; Summerfield Methodist
nh ri 4
avenues. Rev. II. Welch. $1,000; 37l
Waverly avenue, q. w. Evans, sl.5oU;
800 Waverly avenue, unOccupied.o owned
by Mrs. Ailsbury, $500; 465 Waverly
avenue. stable of w. Ii. Childs, 500.
Other buildings were slightly damaged.
The
Loss ON THE HOTEL REGENT
is placed at sS50,0O0 by the manager, but
this will be largely increased by the i'll
diuidual loss to the guests. The loss OH
the church Is not for short of $500, 600.
Russell Sage, who mas mortgage OF
$l25,000 OIL the church property, and is
also the owner of the site on which 1t
stood, is fully insured. Mr.. Sage said
this evening":
lit is probable that the people of
Brooklyn will come forward with big
subscription. The insurance will cover
the rest. Ii they want to rebuild | Will
put no obstacle i'll their way. In other
words. l will let the debt and interest
stand over for an indefinite period. let
them rebuild with the insurance money
and what they can raise in subscription
and i'll other ways. l have nothing but
the deepest sympathy for the church
and its people, and above all | ain i'm
bued with the deepest affection and ad-
miration for Dr.. Talmage, who has been
my close personal friend for many
years, On his account l will do all 1
can to help theni."
TO BE REBUILT.
The trustees of the tabernacle met
tonight and decided to rebuild the
church, but not on the same site. The
insurance, the receipts and the money
realized from the sale of the present
site 1rnnld l,la ihaI., Ia oil 1ioI,.a