Lanterna Rally

Author: Susan Taylor Cromartie

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-10-06

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9781396661273

Excerpt from Pointing the Way: A History of the First Presbyterian Church Building; Wilmington, North Carolina, 1928-1978 Mickey then ran to the kitchen, 'where a few young people were still eating ice cream from the party. He told them that the sanctuary was on-fire. Mary Hannis Whitted was one of those young people, and she reports that they just kept eating ice cream until they had finished and then walked outside. Mr. John Hall remembers, Very soon, we heard tiles from the roof hitting the sidewalk. We knew then that the fire had started m the roof. There were wires running through the ceiling from the echo organ we had at that time. One of the wires probably shorted out and started the fire. Mr. John Hall and his two sons, Mickey and Frank, along with Mr. Martin Stevenson Willard, and others removed pianos from the building. Mickey Hall was so close to the flames that his hat was completely burned. Later, Mr. Marshall Shrier bought Mickey a new hat. The men were still carrying things out when the steeple caught on fire. Frank Hall was, the last one out of the building. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.