Fair play., 1894-05-19
HOMELESS AGAIN.
Rev. Dr. Talniago's Homo Flock
Again Burned Out.
The !irouhIrn Tabernacle and Much Adj
.oinin. Property Heap OF Ruins
Tho lire started In
the Monster Organ.

.Nt-h t'th- -itN 7 llt >tt''lt% ~
bc the Ncmc>i, uf Rev +. Dewitt Tai
magv'> congregation. Their hrauti-
fui tabernacle Ut the corner uf Clinton
AMI Greene avenues, brooklyn. waS de
Etroycd by fire yesterday afternoon.
Fla.uc broke ont in the church ciiticc
!.St after those VIII" attended the
morning service had left the building
Not only was the church destroyed,
but the nearly hotel and number of
buildings We're also greatly DANA "cd.
Had the fire broken ont one hour
earlier. while the building was filled
with wnr>hiprrS, it i almost certain
that a dreadful panic and loss Of life
would have resulted
This is the third time that the Tai
mage tabernacle had been destroyed
BY fire. l;y "A singular coincidence
each fire occurred on SUNDAY.
Everything in the Ia hrrnaclc ye~tcr-
day was destroyed with the building
Perhaps the loss which will %rirve Or.
Talmage most il that of the memorial
stones which he brought from the east,
and which were set in the wall at the
right of the organ. They were four in
number The top hlocl, was from
Mount Calvary and bore the word
Sacrifice. The stone below from
Mount Sinai, bearing ON it The Law. "
The bottom stone i from Mars hill
and bears the inscription Gospel. =
The fourth stont. was unmarked,
a more unique collection never was
gathered from one place" DR.. Tainagc
SAYS of them.
The fire was discovered shortly after
II o'clock, just after the congregation
had been dismissed from tn" morning
service DR.. Talma@e was in the
church shaking hands with Mr.. Leon
ard Moody, W. II. 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
had seen smoke coming out uf the win
dows on the Waverlv avenue side OF
the church.
Mr.. Day, without speaking t" DR..
Talmage. rushed down stairs 10 the
motor room and began making a thor
ough examination. After searching
and not being able to find any indica-
tionS OF Il fire he ran upstairs. As he
entered the church he met DR.. Tai
mage with Mr.. Moody. They had alSo
smelled smoke The boy vino first en-
tered the church and informed Mr..
Day of the fire then volunteered to
go mp in the back of the organ
and see if it was there. lie did SO,
and Il second later appeared before the
three gentlemen who We're waiting
for him, with his face blaclicd and al
most suffocatcd 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 Il gust Of flame burst
from the top. They then made Il hur-
ried exit.
In the meantime cv-SupCrviNur Reed.
who was in the Summerficll ". f..
church. directly opposite. had also
seen the smoke coming from She tab
ernacle window, and had sent n an
alarm of fire.
BY the time the firemcn arrived The
flames were bursting from ali the win
dows. Two extra alarms, and finally
special call was sent in b:ingin" all
of the engines in Brooklyn and vii
liamsburg to the fire. The flames
spread with lightning rapidity and the
sparks flew in all directions. The
greatest excitement prevailed.
The interior OF the church was a
seething, roaring mass of flames inside
of three minutes after the fire was dis
covered. and by / o'clock the roof and
the handsome steeplc had fallen in.
Great Jets of flame Shot acro>, the
open space between the tabernacle and
the Hotel Regent, which i mex, To the
church, ON Clinton avenuc. and in u
short space OF time that portion of the
hotel nearest the church va> burning
ticrceiv. The Regent is q faaiiy h1-
tel. The guests fed in di>may. Some
Of them stopped to throw their vliua-
bles AMI clothing from the Windows.
while others hurried 20 places Of
safety just as they happened TO II, APP
PARALLEL when the panic struck them.
At the time of the fire there were
eighty-iive guests ana ninety servants
in the hotel, and many 0f them had
narrow escapes. The fire extended "a
the hotel between the first and second
floors. Before the employees cave the
alarm, they attempted 10 get il uHGcr
control The fire soon spread mp 70
the third and fourth floors. however,
and the guests ana servants rushed
pell nell into the street.
There were two aides in the horcl
vino had To be carried out. on the
fifth floor Mrs. Loomis. of Savannah.
was living i'll with her young BABY. 4
few davS old. She was carried safely
from the burning motel and. with heI
child. was renoved imam ambulance u
the Homeopathic hospital.
Miss kean. the assistant houseHrep Dc!
of the hotel. was also carried from the
building. she had jus, passed through
a severe illness. bTt vas convalcscent
The flames spread rapidly throagE
the hotel and il was soon aiire from
cellar u roof. The firemen then lie
voted their efforts to save surrounding
property. i number OF dwellings il
the vicinity caught fire again ant
again. but the tircmcn each tim,
flooded them with water and extin
guished the flames.
The >ummertield VI. t. church ais,
caught fire from firing sparks. Jut th'
flames Were soon extinguished.
The numerous small fires continue,
until o'clock by which time the fire
men had gotten the flames in In
tabernacle and hotel under control
The tabernacle and Hotel Regen
were completely Quilted. No:hing re
mains but the walls. - 6 o'clocl. ppr
tions Of the rear wall Of the Ia oernacl
fell The total loss IS estimated al
little over sl,G00.090. The loss or IL