Did God Set Fire to York Cathedral? - John A Halford - January 1985

John A Halford

INTERNATIONAL DESK - EARLY in the morning of July 9, 1984, York Cathedral caught fire. The wooden vaulted roof of the south transept was destroyed. The interior suffered extensive damage. Only the determined efforts of more than 100 fire fighters saved one of Europe's largest Gothic cathedrals from being consumed. The official explanation was that a freak bolt of lightning touched off the fire . But many in England are not so sure-not so much about the lightning but its being accidental. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library