St. Louis, Missouri
Second Baptist Church Fire
January 3, 1879
The Cold Snap Warmed Up by the Usual Fires
A Church and Institute Burned in St. Louis.
AT ST. LOUIS
St. Louis, Jan. 3. -- The Second Baptist
Church, Rev. W. W.
Boyd, pastor, took fire this morning,
and is now burning furiously with a good
prospect of being wholly destroyed. St. Mary's
Institute, a branch of Washington Irvings, is
now said to be on fire in the roof and upper
story. All scholars got out of the building
safely. Both buildings are entirely new, and
among the finest in the city. The church had not
yet been dedicated.
The weather is intensely cold, the mercury
standing at 18 [or 13] degrees below zero, and
the firemen labor under great disadvantage.
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern, Oshkosh, WI 3
Jan 1879
Transcribed by Jackie
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