Morning journal and courier., 1894-05-14
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
 From All Quarters. TALMAGE BURNED OUT The Tabernacle Completely
 Gutted by Fire RUSSELL SAGE TO STAND BY THEM He Will Not Press the Church for His Money ANOTHER STRIKE IS THREATENED Union Men Not to Handle
 Pullman Cars
MOTHER sTRlke IS THREATENED
GUTTED BY FLAMES.

GUTTED BY FLAMES.
 pr. Talmage,s Tabernacle in Brook
 lyn is Mass Of Ruins and OnlI
 Some of the Walls Remain-Th,
 CoBgregatiOn Had Been Dismissed
 and Dr. Talmade and . Few
 Friends Were Engaged in Conver
 satiOn When a Small Boy Rushed
 in and Said the Building Wal
 Ahre-ShOriiy After a Flame Rurs
 From Behind the Organ and in (
 Few Moments the Entire Structure
 Was fire-Ihe H O tel Regent W Whicn
 Adjoined Was Also Destroyed and
 All Of the Guests Lose Their Rf
 feets-Many Other Buildings Also
 Caught Fire From the Flying : Sparks-The Summerfield MethO.
 dist Church Also Damaged-Dr.
 Talmage Had 8 Narrow Escape
 He 1s Not Dfsheartened-The Lost
 Will be over a Million DolIars-
 Trustees Decide to Rebuild the
 Tabernacle at once.
 BROOKLYN, May 13 The Tabernacle church at Greene and Clinton avenue, ot which Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage was pas tor, was consumed by fire to day.
 The fire was discovered shortly after 12 o'clock, just after the congregation had been dismissed from the morning service. Dr. Talmage was in the church shaking hands with Leonard Moody, W. H. Adams. James H. Ferguson and their wives when a small boy rushed into the church through an open door and informed the sexton, James Day, that he had seen smoke com. ing out of the windows on the Waverly avenue side of the church. MT. Day, without speaking to Dr. Tslmsge, rushed down stairs to the motor room and began making a thorough examination. After searching around all of the corners in the room and not being able to find any indi- cations of fire he ran upstairs. As he entered the church he met Dr. Tslmsge with MT. Moody, they had also smelled smoke.
 The boy who first entered the church and informed MT. Day of the fire then vol unteered to go up to the back of the organ to see if 1t was there" He did so, and a second later appeared before the gentlemen who were wsitlng for him, with his face blackened and almost suffocsted from smoke. All he could cay was that he dis covered the fire back of the organ. Dr. Talmsge, MT. Day and MT. Moody then started for the organ, but before they could get near it gust of flame burst from the top of 1t. The gentlemen then made 8 hurried exit.
 In the meantime ex-Supervisor Reed, who was in the Summer6eld M. E church, opposite the tabernacle, had seen the smoke coming from the tabernacle window and sent in an alarm of fire. Before Dr. Tal- mage and his friends had reached the outer gate of the church the whole interior of the edifce was in flames.
 By the time the hremen arrived fames were bursting from the church windows. Two extra alarms and finally special call were sent in, which brought all the engines in Brooklyn and Williamsburg to the scene. The flames aFread with lightning like rap idity. The greatest excitement prevailed l.
 All the people in the Hotel Regent, ad joining, were just getting ready for thei, dinner when the fire was discovered. They fled from their apartments, leaving every thing bshind. It was none too soon as the flames shortly afterward spread to the ho. tel. Ali the hall boys and servants were brought together and formed into a fire brigade. After hard fight they succeeded in extinguishipg the flames.
 The fire in the church ragged furiously, however, and although the servants were kept at work at the hose on all the hoors the hotel again caught fire. This time if was on the seventh floor on the air shaft. The men were unable to cope with 1t and pretty soon the upper floors of the hotel were in fsmes. The fire got fercsr and fercer each moment and at the last mo ment the men were obliged to forsske their pests and seek safety in the street.
 Tine firemen could do nothing in regard to the hotel other than keep the flame. from spreading to the adjoining houses Their lines of hose were short and could not reach the top of the building. Neithe, did they have & water tower. Both build ines burned hsrcely until nearly 4 o'clock when the flames were under control. Al of the firemen were kept busy put out small fires which occurred in the housei Hesr by and within fonr blocka of tn, church and hotel. The Summerfeld M. E church also caught fire from flying sparks Before the flames were extinguishsd they did $25, 900 worth of damage. The peopl living in the Hotel Regent lost sll of thei effects.
 No one in the hotel was injured ,althougl three women were taken down the fire es cspee from the third, fifth and sixth floor respectively.
 One of the women rescued was Mrs Mary A. Loomis of Savannah, Ga.
 Five houses caught fire on Greene ave $5. 900 to $l5, ,000. While the 6remen wer at work on the houses on Greene Rvepu flames were seen coming from the roofs o four houses on Washington avenue. The were extingDished after having damage each house to the extent of $1 800. Tw houses and stable on Waverly avenu l were also damaged to the extent of $2, co l to S, 900 each.
 The Tabernacle and Hotel Regent wer completely gatted. Nothing remain but the wslls. At 5 o'clock portions of tn ] rear wall of the Tabernacle fell. ! The total loss Is estimated at over million dollars. The loss on the Eott Regent, including the building and tn ! guests' household goods, will amount t | $60O, GOO. Ths loss on the Tabernacle ipgs are reported to bs damaged to the e1 tent of $50,000. It Is said that the hot, was insured for $500, 0,000. It is suppose the fire was caused by @ epsrk from 6 electric light wire behind the organ in th Tabernacle.
 ! Henry A. M. Moore, judge of the coul
 of sessions, permanent guest at tt
 hotel, lost his books and valuable paper
 There were 100 guests and 93 servants
 the hotel when tho fire was discovered, an
 that there were no fatalities is remsrkabl
 It is said that two fremen were injurs
 during the fire. The Tsbernsels was ded
 cated April 2e, 1891.
 It was @ brick structure with brow
 stone trimmings and of Romaneequs arch
 lecture It was 100 by 120 feet and had
 seating capacity of $500. The scho
 room was large enough to hold 1, 500 pc
 sons. The building was put ap at GO
 of $400, GOO including an organ which co
 $30, ,000.
 The first fire which affected Dr. Tslms
 occurred in December, 1872, at 10:30 in tl l: morning. The chuIch was then situat, , at Sacket and Schsrmerhorn stree,
 Another church was built on the same si
 and on October g, 1889, was burned dov
 at 9 o'clock in the morning. The congI gstion then built the edifice burned to-da
 On Wednesday last Dr. Talmsge eel
 b. ated his twenty fifth anniversary as pi
 tor of the Tabernacle. Perhaps the lo
 which will grisve pr. Talmage the most
 that of the memorial stones which brought from the eset and which were I | in the wall at the right of the organ. Tn | were four in number. The top block V [ from Mount Calvary and bore the wo ? s'Sacrifice." The stone below, from Mon Sinai, bore on 1t "Ths Law" The bottt
 stone was from Mars Hill and bore the
 scri ption Gospel HILL" The fourth sto
 was unmarked.
 Rev. Dr. Talmage was seen this afterno m South Oxford atreef He vaa al