Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-04-06
A CHICAGO CHURCH PANIC.
The Pastors Voice and Tho Rear OI
The Organ Have No EG.Cl.
People rrappiins upon Que Another
tn Insris to I.csps fsom
butnipE iuiiding.

CHICAGO, Apui G-Eighlecn lun.
lfed people were 10 The seats aui aisl,s
NJ tho Second Baptist church, Morgan
sud Monroe streets last nlr ht,aud Rev.
d. W. 81. Lawrence, paiof " %,
venefablg aud historic placr Of wof.
ship. wa. IN tue midsl Of an ol.qurut
sermon, when It was noticed by - few
In the congregation that the ccllipg
was on IRE. BEFORE word could tv
said, however, a blazing ufanI frn
among tue nlwrts wuIuu tuftounutd
tho pulpit Instantly There was a Iu,h
VI TIE dtOT.
Ds,pits the assurance u tho past 2
inst there wHs ~ danger, tho worship.
pos uid MT pause. Again iii the pas
tor cry out. "ii yUu viii resume y VI
srnts, / vii II DISH my .efmpu," tut W.
lac uttered tue ltsl wuIu the hyauiuthr
~ his side csuRni snutuvf luE'us
ufand aud the Rtoat chandelier, VITA
IT. 100 u rts, totiefrd to one siuU auu
sheet VI u ,mB rolled over the past0f't
hoad. The tsTuued wotsuIpI ers
waited for no TURNER counsel. rhsy
-toTmei through the aislcs, O,or the
Jews aud Woro wrdgeI Ia "a ztrugyl.
ing mass at the doors. q gauisi
Howard Wells nov attempted 10 queli
ne panic. The yUics " the IssiO'
y na lot In the lumuii, Tut the gfeAl
fOaT Of the organ could be- heard. IL
melody, however, had no effect. A
woman vino 10y upon thr thfssnoli,
was being tfamplcd upon When Patrol.
man WuOlsry dragged her up u the
steps. she was iaHUu away bleeding
nn1 In n swvOn by ffIeugs VINO wuTt
summoned,
Yang iUicD In some ms ances and
calling b iht PEOPLE 10 take theif time,
tue y llctmAn luught bis wpy into tue
auditorium, where We picked up three
UtLet women who had tainted,
MuCu Tue tumult was al its height,
Captain George Cressry mtohtu the
boys' uTigAuo down the Aislta aud Of
uofcd them 10 save tue follower, and
pulpit chairs. Then the beautiful
H. ,sler decorations were torn from the
altar, anu following tuem came the
pulpit itself, leaving the pale but calm
tacrI pastor ttiil standing IN n d. WI.
pour vi glogiug emhsfs, ana Ofgsutsl
Wells running his hI.ofs over TIE
key board IN n Numbering fot 4 ton Of
the hymn, "OawRtd CnIlsliau sJI'
dirfs."
Sexton IA ilison had not been un'
min iui u his charge during all tbs
uanic. When the " tshiprfs arose ani
slotmrd the doors, he rAu To tue ualcO'
ny, climbed "a lauder which led ~ the
ui,,c, aaI hguliug hie way through
the heavy smoke, reached the bIg
/ q "a al d
~ making Their way to the root. lie
wa. accompanied by David Murray,
Without waiting tot the hfemtn N, whom
UsneT Wm. fOaIe' was makiug haste
20 summon, the aged sexton stripped
himself VI bis coat and sought u
smother the liimcs with tho gaimeut,
| HUI tue ilTs nad gained aucn hcauwAy
| that II not only destroyed the coat bu
| severely burned tue nan = OF tue oOui'
ageOus lighter. The stXtpn's vest WI
| l. On u,ed 10 whip tne Il imel, but this
/ TOO, proved VI no avail, nud II was NJ
until wafer was brought In rails iron
the auditorium that the Ere was eEtlu
/ guishtd.
Then the fifemen dashed up bsforl
the hundt,d u II ghteuoJ people " b.
It'll husd the slfteIT, aud utaggtt
| turlT utAds Of hiep through EaHgul
lints, palms Aud hyscinlh' TO tue gsl
lufy, que mao biagkonru, stripped o.
coat aud yo.t,and 10 ually burned tha
he could scarcely olutch tue rounds vi
tue lauder, GENE down IL m ulOiI,
! was tue s'N On.
cine nFe ~ out, boys" he gAspe,
out, tor he was all but tullUcaIed b.
umYbe.
But the hremen hammered away II
the Iath uul plaster g. make sure tnel
setylces were not ue, deui Atd whel
they lett the plsce, gtVa', ragged no.
In tue ceiling, whicn completely gu
q rolled the chandelier, told VI tho uaf
row e,cApe Of tue Nruofahlp structure
seAtun A llis0n saii that the iire va
unloubtrdIy causeh by leak IN u
big .ts pip,s WI In tuppliou the cnau
d,llers. TIE iulufits VI tnuas NUT II
| The ttAmIUub are not serious.