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Published by btat928, 2017-09-19 22:41:13

Small Project 3

Small Project 3

Small Project 3 - Notre Dame
between 1870-1920

Brian Tatlow

THE UNIVERSITY OF
NOTRE DAME...

...IN FLAMES

(ND - 1870)

It was a warm morning at the University of Notre
Dame on April 23, 1879. Father Sorin had left a few
days earlier for a trip to Europe. The air was calm
and still…

…until suddenly panicked screams filled the
campus. “Fire, fire! The college is on fire!”

The six story Main Building was ablaze, as heroic
souls fought the flames and pillars of smoke, saving
any effects possible, from books to artifacts to
furniture.





No lives were lost, but many nearly escaped death’s
grasp, like student PJ Dougherty who jumped from
the third story, or others who dodged falling
debris. An unspeakable terror filled the campus as
their home at Notre Dame burned to the ground.

The fire spread through the infirmary, Music Hall,
St. Francis Old Men’s Home, and Minims’ Hall. It
raged for a few hours, and in the end there was over
$200,000 worth of damage to books, instruments, and
infrastructure. Insurance covered only $45,000 of
damage.





The future of Notre Dame was uncertain, and the
administration terminated the school year that
afternoon sending students home. President Corby
decided the school shall reopen in September.

Sorin was summoned and returned to campus, and
preached from the Church of the Sacred Heart, “If it
were ALL gone, I should not give up.” The fire set
buildings ablaze, but did not extinguish the spirit
of Notre Dame.



Notre Dame used its vast network and community
across the country to finance the new buildings. In
1871, there was a devastating fire that tore the city
of Chicago apart. They remembered, however, that
Notre Dame have a benefit performance in 1871 for
the victims of the fire, and



More than 4,350,000 bricks made from the marl in the
lakes were laid and the building was completed in
September 1879. Notre Dame became more modern,
ornate, and the Golden Dome stood tall.


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