The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-05-08
LOSSES OF
FRENCH CHURCHES
GIVEN IN DETAIL

Scy York. MAY Details Oh los
n thrilling incidents that mHrtru
the destruction ~ trtuUh Protestant
churches loo The formerly invaded &C.,.
riun have been received. 30 was on
ruuucnd TODAY. Dos the I~ufsr.thur.l
committee for Christian relief boo
FRANCO aud hvlrIuu. ESQ Fourth ave-
nue..
The facts were forwarded hy the
United Protestant committee OF
France % which ffoulri gruncr .a
president through which organigl
1hiuu D French rrutHstautH are act.
ing toscthcr boz their common omcr-
s"ncy The relief committee iH col
lecfiuF and forwarding funds for tho
urgent needs o. the french churches
ana estimates mat 80 100000 will be
Required 10 restore th,W and render
temporary help 90 their |consFcga-
ions.
The heaviest loss was sustained. tho
report shows, a. Rheims. where tho
church, itH mnnHo and v 81 q. A
luildinr there having been hlt hy
shells and destroyed hy fire
~ Nancy The reformed church aud
mHuso were damaged hy SEQ mIlliur.
ire shells, aud the Methodist chapel
Nas damaged by bombing causing
$50 GOO loss.
iNf AAihf fNAfiN Nt ~. QANUilnf
which was built boz ltts. lu the ,nrly
days of the Huruouot movement. and
other hulldinrs used Cor church pur-
poses there were destroyed. causing
10000 loss. The loss was $4,000 90
iargirourt near s. Quentin. An
asy lum Tor The aged Ht rumncU.
which was owned br Ono Reformed
church nt g. quentin was damaged
$4,000.
A. Ions both the baptist church
and tho Reformed church with lts
munHr were destroyed hy tla terrl-
Die rain VI shells which frll upon
hat eats HH tht conflict Cor pos pos
session rHrrI fur several years The
luss there is estimated ut 81. 600, the
%ilildinra having boon small aud mod
est iu architecture.
Tho Nprduu church. also "a CONT
IurutNc'y small building, was damage
I'd 9, 900. being subjected Co runtiu-
uai pounding with other buildings ln
tltt devoted rltN during the months
when thr Germans Nllulf struggled
with uIl Inp power ~ their military
machine 20 break down OBJ, resistance
OF General n,tllu.H ARMY.
GA thrIstWIs i've. iHls. tIo small
, Protestant church ut sui-suus wa. de-
stroyrd uy she'll. causing "a loss of
/ $1,000.
A. lille. uou1l ana Toureoiur. tho
ring uf cities Boz northern France
around which ruuIu ut the frrruai
fighting OF tho war took place. there
Was heavy aWHE Co church proper
IS ~ ull kiuds Tho loss tu the Prot.
oftuui churches Ht Tuur.HIur was
$40. 600. The church aud rIuap ai
Lille have since bono repaired Tho
loss 40 buuHl htH not been estimated.
Al SIN lu Nohlg u suburb eff huult.
tho church mlu-e y ~ g. a
hill wprc damaged $4,000, ana ul
Aulchy eight miles southeast u'
Nuull. tho smull Protestant church
was damaged $500.
On thr rUIrNhHrhuud NJ lunu
church uruptrtN tUlt tho tuIl force
of the great stfurslc Tor the Chrmir
dos uiues Tho small Protestant
rnurDh Boo lHou itself was damaged
81 GOO. AZ DhuuuN. uu tur pl-r d.
miles uurfhWcs t of iiHn. fhO Nlufis'
church wts damaged $4,000 H'
Tergnicr nearby, IL mission han ant
tvaugclists lodgiur Wrrc destroy ed
ruuHing loss 81 $1,000.
In tho vicinity OF nrthuue. Their
was also widespread destruction Tilt
Vhuruh. mJuHo and y 49, e. a. hal
At Hculn Laptird wore damaged fl3,
GOO. At i.lvNIu damage ~ nearly $40.
GOO WAS done 60 tho krfurmr'
cherch, mantc ANA hall, which w'r'
aid IN ruins.
The churches and mauscs a. Gun
erard, In tho department of th'
summc and 40 NIuruv ANA lc1ucouri
in the department of TIE AiHn' WorI
destroyed. the dHmtre iu ra.h clsI
being estimated tt $4,000.
Other estimates of luHa tu Protest
ant ,hurchcs embraced in tho rcpor
received hN tho committee are. Metz
ctal A.1cc $4,000, Nahncourl
German troops who burned tho pul
pit and Other fixtures, $4,000, Eprr
ray, nett the Marine nineteen mile
II northwest NJ Chalous, $1,000, TroissN
50. 0O0i M%OnnCnuN. 80 0OOi En- chHus
toe, SO. 600 IuriEuieg, So. 900.
Doan's Reguieta are recommends
by many who SAY thoy operate easill
without sriplug and without bad afto
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