The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-24
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tinguish the flames before they had gain
ed too great Roadway was to have gotten
into the body OF the church before the
nre had gotten into the ceiling, and on
account of the Roadway which the fire
had when they arrived, It Is doubtful IL
they had time to do this. Chief Mcguire
was In bed asleep when the alarm sound
ed, but arrived on the ground at the end
OF the fourth round. After locating the
fire in the front of the building, he enter
ed the rear through the basement. in COM
pany with Assistant Chief Mouro and
Foreman Murphy OF the chemical engine.
The organ was blazing and the place was
h.led with smoke. They saw that the
only thing TO do was 10 fight the fire from
the rear or middle Of the church, and or
ders were Immediately given TO bring in
the chemical stream Two lines of chem
zeal hose were run in through the base
ment, one In charge of Foreman Murphy
of chemical No, !, and the other in charge
OF Foreman Toshach of engine No. 3. The
men managed TO get inside the church
ana discharge two tanks Of the chemical
fluid, one from each line of hose, when
they were driven out BY the heat and
smoke. Immediately afterwards the cell
ing burst into blaze with a sound which
many people took for an explosion. The
oil and varnish is supposed to have oozed
from the timbers Of the ceiling and TO
have given the flames a ready hold. After
that IL was impossible for any one 10 live
inside the building, and the only thing TO
be done was 10 pour in water from the ont
side. Had the volume OF water which was
poured into the building reached the
seat OF the flames there would have been
no difficulty in quickly extinguishing the
IRE, but, as has been explained. the con-
structlon Of the building made this inn
possible.
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cred In Johnson square witnessed an I'VE
inspiring sight when the flames reached
the porch ana ate through the ceiling
there. Columns OF dense, black smoke
poured out from under the porch and
around the massive pillars for a minute
. or TWO and then the flames burst forth
A meeting OF the Christ church vestr,,
was held at the residence Of The rector
heV. white. yesterday morning. Numbers
OF kilograms OF coincidence and sympathy
were received, among the number beins
one from Rev. Chauncov c. Williams ~
Augusta aud another from Rev. Il. n
Reese OF Macon. A letter was received
from Rev c. II. Strong of ST. Johns
church expressing sympathy. and Stain,
that the vestry would take action dnrins,
the day. A communication was received
from the Independent Presbyterian church
Offering the use OF the Sunday school room,
or the church as long as IL might H.
heened. a similar communication was re-
ceivod from Trinity Methodist church. ana
nlso communication from Prof. Mchr-
tens, oHcring the use of his han on Perry
street The offer OF the Independent pros.
byterian church was tho first received ana
the building being conveniently located
and arranged IL was decided to accept mis-
offor. '''''
A committee was appointed to look af-
ter the Insurance. The question OF re.
building was not discussed. II II is found
that the building can be restored practl-
cailv for the amount OF Insurance or a. /,
moderate cost in excess OF that, there a
hardly doubt that tho old building viii
BE- restored practically as before. Should
good offer be received for the prcsont
site there are many members Of the
church who win favor accepting aud