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Show It PREACHER VICTIM OF FIRE B I . Itov. William John McCaughan, formerly pas- B-v "P "IgS. lor of 1,10 Tulrd Prosbytorlan church of Chi- . firzj-h cago, and his wife, woro victims of a flro which I ifjf swopt tho Kelvin hotol in Belfast, Ireland. Itov. I 1 5i Mr McCaughan resigned his charge In Chicago I (S&'&tito'i VJ throo years ago to accept a pastorato of a church ' ir fy Bolfast. Tho fire spread bo rapidly that guests y&ft vti au cwploJ'008 wero cut off from escape. Throo a employees woro burned to death and many of tho JffiC ' 1 guestH wero Injured, perhaps fatally. Tho Mo tl&- 7 CaughanB occupied rooms on an uppor floor of tho yMp2&- J hotol and whon tho flro started, tried to oscapo &2&Lvdis' by a stairway. Thoy woro hommod in by tho Sr-PA flames, woro soveroly burnod and at last Jumped f Ji&' Jwwi- from n window. Rcv Mr" McCauBhan was born in Moycralg. 1 1 ((" nallycastle, Iroland, in 1SG9, and was educated nt Mugoo collego, Londonderry, and at Now collego Unlvorslty of Edinburgh. Ho 1 was ordained to tho ministry in 1S84, and occupied pulpits in Belfast, Toronto ! and Chicago. For many years ho was actlvo as an editor of Presbyterian pub- i Mentions and at ono time was high chief ranger for Ireland of tho Independent I Ordor of Foresters. Ho has boon prominent also In Masonic clrclos. His wlfo Lv ' foVmerly waB MIbb Sara A. Cooper of Philadelphia. ' As n minister Mr. McCaughan not only possessed unusual talents for preaching tho Gospel, but ho had groat strength nnd breadth in dealing with human nffalra. Ho waB greatly Interested In industrial probloniB, and had MioreEpect and confldonco of tho laboring men of Chicago. Beforo coming to this country ho was Instrumental In Bottling a great strike in tho shipbuilding yards in Belfast. ' |