The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1914-09-26
BY WARD PRICE
Of the London Mall.

I'm Five hundred fell between
sorlv morning and sunset in an area
~ several hundred yards square, and
soor street after street was lined with
ID hlazing houses and shops.
n "a German battery on the hill OF
q Noeent L'Abbesse, four miles to the
Eastward. made the cathedral a mark.
q Shell after shell smashed into the old
masonry. and avalanche after ava
Il ,onche of stonework that had survived
The storms of centuries and was good
n 10 stand as many more Numbered
down into the deserted streets.
scaffodine In Flames.
AT 4:3O scaffolding on the east end,
where some repairs were going on
before the war, caught fire, and soon
t the whole network of poles and planks
e was blazing. Splinters fell on the
roof whose old oak timbers caught
81 like tlnder.
soon the roof, nave, and transepts
Z we're roaring furnace. Tongues of
4 fame leaped up the towers on the
Y western end, and blazing pieces OF
carved woodwork crashed to the floor
II Of the cathedral, where the Germans
during the occupation had accumu.
lated great piles of straw. intending
TO convert the cathedral into a hos
pital"
other structures reported destroyed
L., 30 ha
cathedral, the twelfth century church
Of st. jacques, the fifteenth century
,rchbishop's palace, and the city hall
dating from the seventeenth century
Greatest Historical Loss.
The destruction of the cathedral of
q Notre Dame at Reims Is the greatest
loss in historical and artistic
sense of the present war. Begun or
the site OF an earlier church erected
by Robert De Courcy in 1912 and con.
tinued at intervals down to the
fifteenth century, 1t has been de-
scribed as the most perfect example
In grandeur and grace OF Gothic style
In existence"
The west front. which was begun
about 124l-42, is said to be the most
beautiful structure produced during
the middle ages, with its deeply re-
cessed triple portal and the wonderful
rose window that surmounts 1t. This
window. more than forty feet In diam
ster was reported in cable dispatches
yesterday as having been destroyed
by she'll
Scenes Of Coronations.
1t was in this cathedral that the
successive kings Of France from Philip
II to Charles X were crowned, and 1t
was there that the Maid OF Orleans,
after her victorious career, stood, ban
ner In hand. before the great altar
and saw the coronation of Charles VII
which marked the fulfillment OF her
vision.
After kneeling before the monarch
whom she had placed on the throne,
sne begged the gentle king to allow
ner to return to her focks."
The elaborate richness Of the sculp.
lure, its stained glass and statuary are
uot surpassed in any existing struc-
lure.
In the north transept over the sac
us'y was a clock said to have been
'He Oldest moving piece OF horology in
existence Among the priceless ca.
.uedral treasures we're some wonder.
wi church plate OF the early centuries,
wnquaries containing a thorn of the
"oy crown, the skull of st. Remy,
,Hu countless tapestries, some dating
uOm The fifteenth century.
IN chapel attached to the vestry
vas rare collection OF Roman and
medieval sculpture. including the ia.
mus sarcophagus of Jovinus, the
"omah project of Relms, who was con-
'ei'ed to Christianity In 366.
Palace Home Of Kings.
me archbishop's palace, also re-
sO,'ed as destroyed, is a double chapel
.auns from about 1890. There the
aOlarchs OF France were housed at
e" coronations and there Joan of
Nhou "nen she came to RelmS
crown Charles VII.
ine palace adioins the cathedral,
, ,au ABOUT quarter of mile to the
A." Is the church OF st. Jacques,
ia~ O reported destroyed or seriously
No. ased In the bombardment. Save
49,, w. antiquity, dating from the
Ii,un n' !, century, st. Jacques possesses
,r uo interest, all the valuable church
Iso,p la',les of Reims having been col.
'u III the cathedral.
city Hall Rare Structure.
,,' i"e hotel de Vile, or city hall, also
ss u 10 have been ruined or badly
N lese by shell fire, was commenced
presoS s but not completed until the
Hh,aI' century. 1t contained a fine
NAN with hundreds OF volumes of
vooa 'scrlpts, some antiquities, and a
'o"ection of paintings.
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