Show st judes chapel burned all of the woodwork on st judes chapel w was is destroyed by fire on oil monday and nothing but the walls and two lonel lonely y gables remain of that little episcopalian church the walls which were of brick not made very black although the heat caused them to crack some but outside of that they do not seem to bo be very seriously damaged the fire started between the ceiling and the roof the heavy wind that blew sunday ni night lit it is believed the stovepipe that run up through the roof and that is how it caught on fire the space between the file ceiling beilin and roof was all in flames when the fire was discovered tile the building lias has been used for school purposes as well ell as for a church ever since it was erected and it was occupied by A B cooks school at this time it was a little after ten and mr cool cook had just called the third class up to recite when one of the girls noticed pieces of burning 0 wood fall down by the stovepipe onto the floor she called the teachers attention to it and it was soon learned the upper lipper part of tho the building was well under way to destruction notwithstanding ca that tho the roof had snow on it causing tho the fire to burn slowly it could not bo be extin extinguished 0 the roof bein being so high also made it almost impossible to get at the fire without long ladders something they did not have water was also scarce As soon as the jiro fire was discovered the teacher and the children dren started to carry out tho the school furniture books organ etc so overy everything thili 0 in that 1 mo was saved there is no blame attached to auy any one lor for tho the disaster it is pu purely rely accidental tal when tho the ell chimney 1 in was abandoned and the stovepipe run up through the roof both mr ellis and the school board thought that it would bo be for tho the best mr ir ellis told a clipper reporter that ho he did not know whether the chapel was insured or not if it was lie he said it was insured in a lump bump with the krestof rest of tho the church property belonging k C to the protestant episcopal church in this state he estimated the loss at about 1 the house and land bad been offered for salo sale for 1200 some time ago tho the trustees rented the win A hido store buil building din and fixed it up so that school could again bo be started wednesday morning |