{"id":2264027,"date":"2024-06-10T13:24:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T17:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/historic-anglican-church-invaluable-artworks-completely-destroyed-in-fire\/"},"modified":"2024-06-10T13:26:07","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T17:26:07","slug":"historic-anglican-church-invaluable-artworks-completely-destroyed-in-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/historic-anglican-church-invaluable-artworks-completely-destroyed-in-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic Anglican Church and Priceless Artworks Totally Lost in Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhistoric-anglican-church-invaluable-artworks-completely-destroyed-in-fire%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2264027&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A 116-year-old Anglican church in Toronto, St. Anne&#8217;s Anglican Church, \u200dwas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wth-rino-dan-crenshaw-praises-liz-cheney-for-voting-to-impeach-president-trump-over-complete-lies-gets-roasted-on-twitter\/\" title=\"WTH? RINO Dan Crenshaw Praises Liz Cheney for Voting to Impeach President Trump Over Complete Lies \u2014 Gets ROASTED on Twitter\">completely destroyed<\/a> by a massive \u2063fire early Sunday morning.\u2063 The blaze occurred\u2063 just hours before the church&#8217;s scheduled Sunday service. Despite the efforts \u2063of Toronto Fire Services to control the fire, the building and all\u2062 its contents, including artifacts and artworks, were lost. Notably, the church\u2063 was known for housing\u200d early paintings from the Group of Seven artists. Fortunately, no \u200dinjuries were reported. The cause of\u200c the fire\u200d is still under investigation and has not \u2064been deemed criminal. The\u200b church \u200dbuilding, a historic site constructed from 1907 to 1908, was also locked and secure at the \u200ctime of the incident, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prince-harry-and-meghan-markles-private-garden-wedding-violated-church-law-experts-say\/\" title=\"Prince Harry And Meghan Markle\u2019s Private Garden \u2018Wedding\u2019 Violated Church Law, Experts Say\">parish priest<\/a>. Authorities and \u200bthe Ontario Fire Marshal continued to investigate \u200cthe \u2062scene the following day to determine the \u2063origin of the fire.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>A 116-year-old Anglican church, along with artifacts and artworks, in Canada was \u201ccompletely destroyed\u201d in a massive blaze early Sunday morning, according to Toronto\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-least-6-dead-as-tornadoes-devastate-ala-ga\/\" title=\"At least 6 dead as tornadoes devastate Ala., Ga.\">fire chief<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Crews responded to a four<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/11-alarm-fire-burns-n-j-recycling-plant\/\" title=\"11-alarm fire burns N.J. recycling plant\">-alarm fire<\/a> at St. Anne\u2019s Anglican Church around 8 a.m., just a little more than two hours before the church\u2019s Sunday morning service was scheduled to take place, City News <a href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2024\/06\/09\/toronto-st-annes-anglican-church-fire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>. Firefighters worked to stop the blaze as surrounding properties evacuated as a precaution in case the building collapsed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fire was deep-seated at the beginning \u2026 but as you can see the building is completely destroyed right now and as [are] all the artifacts inside,\u201d Toronto Fire Services Deputy Chief Jim Jessop told reporters at the scene.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Absolutely heartbreaking to see these drone shots of Toronto\u2019s St. Anne\u2019s church. It\u2019s completely gutted. So much beauty, so much history, destroyed within hours.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf7: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatMorrell_CBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PatMorrell_CBC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dRIf3UHiiW\">pic.twitter.com\/dRIf3UHiiW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lauren Pelley (@LaurenPelley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LaurenPelley\/status\/1799937752370495847?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>  No one was injured in the fire, and authorities said they have not yet deemed it \u201ccriminal in nature.\u201d The Ontario Fire Marshal and Toronto police returned to the scene on Monday to investigate the cause.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody was here, the church was locked, secure, all the lights were off,\u201d said Rev. Don Beyers, the parish priest at the church. \u201cIt\u2019s a real mystery to us how this even happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Construction on the historic St. Anne\u2019s building began in 1907 and was completed in 1908. It housed early paintings from the Group of Seven artists that were installed in the building in the 1920s, CBC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/toronto-fire-church-dufferin-dundas-street-west-1.7229569\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>. Some murals were displayed on the church\u2019s dome, which collapsed in the fire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe artwork was priceless,\u201d Beyers said. \u201cIt was murals, beautiful murals. They were stunning. This was the only church that featured artwork by members of the Group of Seven. And I\u2019m sorry to say that\u2019s been lost, from what I can see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Beyers also wrote a letter to St. Anne\u2019s congregants, saying,\u00a0\u201cYesterday\u2019s fire was not the end of the story, but rather the beginning of a new chapter. We will rise from the ashes stronger and even more committed to our mission to be a church for all people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1716990157394000&#038;usg=AOvVaw33qQydjIo8bet419amChif\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Around <a href=\"https:\/\/tnc.news\/2024\/02\/12\/a-map-of-every-church-burnt-or-vandalized-since-the-residential-school-announcements4\/#:~:text=100%20Christian%20churches%20in%20Canada,located%20near%20former%20residential%20schools.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">100 Christian churches<\/a> in Canada have been targeted by arsonists and vandals since 2021 \u2014 after researchers claimed to have found the remains of hundreds of Indigenous children buried near a residential school in British Columbia. Recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/canadas-mass-graves-narrative-that-sparked-church-burnings-crumbles-amid-dearth-of-evidence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">findings<\/a>, however, appear to show that the anomalies found on radar were not graves but a septic field.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, further research at two other locations in Canada that were once thought to be mass graves found that there were no graves of Indigenous children.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 116-year-old Anglican church in Canada, including its artifacts and artworks, was &#8220;completely destroyed&#8221; by a massive fire early Sunday, Toronto\u2019s fire chief reported. Firefighters battled a four-alarm blaze at St. Anne\u2019s Anglican Church starting around 8 a.m., shortly before its scheduled Sunday service<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":2264028,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-2156220398-scaled-e1718032455182.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2264027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-2156220398-scaled-e1718032455182.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2264027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2264027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2264027\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2264028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2264027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2264027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2264027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}