"HEAVEN'S ON FIRE!"
Husky Negro "Angels" Dislike Firemen and Cameras. FATHER DIVINES MANSION. (Received 0.30 a.m.) KINGSTON (X.Y.), November S. Father Divine's "Supcr-supc Heaven" was burned to the ground while husky negro "angels" chanted: "The Heaven's on fire; let her burn. Father Will build «iip more beautiful." "Angela" guarded rendu leading to the estate on which the yellow-painted, 80-room mansion ie situated and threatened sightseers. They »viMi endeavoured to block firemen. They seized news photographers' films, •xplaiiiiiig that "the Lord does not like this kind of stuff."
The fine came as ft climax to a «iM|iifiic<- of misfortune* suffered by Kiither Divine this year, including a fire in the "Minor Heaven" on March 24.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 266, 9 November 1937, Page 7
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