MD St. Fire Marshal: Two alarm fire destroys historic http://twitpic.com/dnmdno 160 year old
Carroll County Church http://tinyurl.com/n5tt7da
According to a Maryland State Fire marshal news release on
December 3rd, 2013:
TWO ALARM FIRE DESTROYS LOCAL CHURCH
CARROLL COUNTY, MD (December 3, 2013) – Investigators from
the Office of the State Fire Marshal and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms and Explosives are currently conducting an origin and cause
investigation involving the Lazarus Church located at 5101 South Church Street
in Lineboro.
The 4:11 a.m. two alarm blaze was discovered by neighbors
directly across the street of the 160 year-old church. Nearly 60 firefighters
responded from Carroll and Baltimore Counties, as well as York County,
Pennsylvania to control the blaze within two hours after arrival on scene.
The church, originally constructed in 1853, received heavy
fire damage throughout the entire structure. Damage estimates for the structure
and contents is one million dollars.
The Lazarus Church is a union congregation church and was a
place of worship for both UCC and Lutheran members.
The origin and cause for the blaze remains under
investigation at this time. Anyone having information concerning this fire
should contact the Metro Regional Office of the State Fire Marshal at
410-871-3050.
The Office of the State Fire Marshal is an agency of the
Department of State Police dedicated to helping protect citizens from fire and
explosion through a comprehensive program of education, inspection,
investigation and fire protection engineering. For more information on fire
safety call 1-800-525-3124, log onto our website at: www.mdsp.org/firemarshal and/or http://facebook.com/MarylandStateFireMarshal.
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UPDATE December 4th, 2013:
UPDATE December 4th, 2013:
Lazarus Church has established an easy and secure way for
our community to donate.
Please be sure that all monies raised through this program
will be securely processed and will directly support the rebuilding efforts of
both congregations.
You may write a check and send it to the church's address: "Lazarus
UCC" fund, Lazarus Church, 5101 S. Church St., Lineboro, MD 21102. Thank
you for your generosity and your love - it is greatly and truly appreciated.
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in
trouble. Therefore we will not fear,
though the earth should change, though its waters roar and foam, though the
mountains tremble with its tumult.
(Psalm 46:1-3)
Community support 4 churches after disasters #CarrollCounty
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By Kevin E. Dayhoff, 5:12 p.m. EST, December 4, 2013
Labels: Carroll
Co Dist Lineboro, Fire
CC Depts, Fire
CC Depts 07 Lineboro, Religion
Carroll Co Churches, Religion
Lutheran
On the Mason-Dixon Line in northern Carroll County, the
historic town of Lineboro was awakened at 4:11 a.m. on Tuesday when the first
alarm rang out that there was a fire in the 160-year-old Lazarus United Church
of Christ and Lutheran Union Church. Two alarms and two hours later, the fire
was declared under control.
In spite of the efforts of approximately 60 firefighters
from Carroll and Baltimore counties and York County, Pa., the historic
structure was a total loss.
According to research by historians Joe Getty and Mary Ann
Ashcraft for the Historical Society of Carroll County, "Carroll County was
strongly influenced by German Baptists, also known as Dunkards and later as
Church of the Brethren, and by two denominations which worked closely together
during those early years — Lutheran and Reformed (now known as United Church of
Christ.)
[…]
Carroll has a history of natural disasters — snowstorms,
floods, tornadoes, fires — that threaten our safety, health and welfare. Too
often, these natural disasters find a church.
On June 19, 1952, a storm destroyed the St. John's Roman
Catholic Church steeple on Main Street in Westminster.
On Feb. 19, 1893, a tornado destroyed the steeple at St.
Paul's United Church of Christ at the corner of Green Street and Bond.
On April 9 and 10, 1883, an entire section of Westminster,
from John Street to Carroll Street to Main Street, burned to the ground. All
that was left of Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church at 21 Carroll Street was a
brick shell.
[…]
An
article in the Baltimore Sun last Tuesday by Blair Ames and Carrie Wells reported,
“The congregation itself dates to 1853, and was founded by members of Zion's
Church in Manchester… poor roads had made the five-mile route from Lineboro to
Manchester impassable for several months each year, so the faithful decided to
build their own church.
“According to a 1939
Sun article, the original sanctuary was built through donation pledges from
members — the largest recorded was $120 and the smallest ‘121/2 cents.’”
[…]
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