▁came ▁to ▁be , ▁however ▁St . ▁Joseph ' s ▁Or phan age , ▁the ▁J MA ▁and ▁Notre ▁D ame ▁School ▁made ▁it ▁on ▁the ▁register . ▁ ▁The ▁Fire ▁May ▁ 1 1 , ▁ 1 9 8 2 ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁rest oration ▁of ▁the ▁church ▁while ▁sol der ing ▁metal ▁gut ters , ▁a ▁work man ' s ▁blow tor ch ▁had ▁accident ally ▁ign ited ▁the ▁roof ▁tim bers ▁starting ▁a ▁fire ▁in ▁the ▁south ▁ste e ple . ▁ ▁The ▁dry ▁wood ▁caught ▁quickly ▁and ▁with ▁no ▁fire ▁ex ting u isher ▁nearby ▁the ▁fire ▁spread ▁in ▁minutes . ▁ ▁Car pent ers ▁ran ▁to ▁get ▁the ▁Se xt on ▁and ▁all ▁rac ed ▁up ▁the ▁st airs ▁of ▁the ▁tower ▁to ▁try ▁to ▁put ▁the ▁fire ▁out . ▁ ▁Running ▁into ▁a ▁wall ▁of ▁thick ▁black ▁smoke ▁they ▁could ▁do ▁nothing . ▁ ▁Now ▁it ▁was ▁a ▁race ▁against ▁time ▁to ▁get ▁records , ▁the ▁E uchar ist ▁and ▁anything ▁else ▁of ▁value ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁church ▁before ▁the ▁building ▁was ▁eng ulf ed . ▁ ▁The ▁fire ▁department ▁respond ed ▁quickly ▁but ▁their ▁efforts ▁were ▁ham per ed ▁by ▁strong ▁wind s , ▁inten se ▁heat ▁from ▁the ▁fire ▁and ▁low ▁water ▁pressure ▁in ▁the ▁hyd r ants . ▁ ▁The ▁fire , ▁f anned ▁by ▁the ▁high ▁wind , ▁spread ▁to ▁nearby ▁buildings ▁and ▁soon ▁eng ulf ed ▁homes ▁and ▁business es ▁on ▁the ▁next ▁two ▁streets . ▁ ▁When ▁the ▁fire ▁finally ▁came