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New Hampshire Statesman And State Journal
Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire
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The Second Presbyterian Church in Lynchburg collapsed suddenly on a Sunday morning a few weeks ago, just before services, avoiding potential disaster. The recent brick-and-wood structure showed no prior signs of weakness.
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The Lynchburg Virginian says, that at about 9 o'clock on Sunday morning, a few weeks since, the Second Presbyterian Church in that town, the basement story of which is of brick and the upper part of wood work, suddenly parted at the top of the walls, and the rafters, joists, &c. fell in with a dreadful crash, and strewed the whole interior with fragments of the ruins. The building is of very recent erection, and had given no indications of its frailty. Divine service had been held in the church on the evening previous to the catastrophe; and it is fearful to contemplate the calamity that would have resulted, had the building fell in an hour or two later.
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Primary Location
Lynchburg
Event Date
Sunday Morning, A Few Weeks Since
Outcome
no casualties reported; collapse occurred before morning service, averting potential disaster
Event Details
The Second Presbyterian Church, with brick basement and wooden upper structure, suddenly collapsed at 9 o'clock on Sunday morning, filling the interior with ruins. The building was recently erected with no prior signs of weakness. Service had been held the previous evening.