Build centuries ago by artisans with limited tools but with unlimited skill sets,The lord moves in mysterious ways
If they had stonemasons working there, maybe it was a chip off the old block that caused it? Mind you, a few weeks ago, I saw a small recruitment advert by ISIS for a stoneworker contract in France - only smokers need apply.
Seems the biggest issue is finding enough trees of sufficient size to rebuild it as it was. Terrible loss
Just waiting for Theresa may too come back from holiday and say the UK is donating 20Million, i kid you not.
Nope, can't find anything on Google - but I found this which is a bit funny never saw him on Spitting Image as it mentions though. He was a cleric and theologian and, for some people, the man who was to blame for the fire at York Minster in 1984. The Rt Rev Dr David Jenkins has died at the age of 91. He was known as the "unbelieving bishop" after expressing doubts that God would have arranged the Virgin Birth and the Resurrection. But here in North Yorkshire he was best known for being blamed for the lightning strike on the Minster which led to a huge fire causing serious damage. He'd just been appointed Bishop of Durham and the fire started a couple of days after his consecration inside the Minster. Many people believed that it was a sign of divine wrath at his appointment. Dr Jenkins held the post until 1994, when he retired and became an honorary assistant bishop in Ripon and Leeds. He had been living with Alzheimer's disease for a number of years and died in Barnard Castle, County Durham, on Sunday morning. His family said a funeral would be held at Durham Cathedral at a later date. Born in Bromley in Kent, he served in Durham during the miners' strike in the 80s openly criticising Margaret Thatcher. Dr Jenkins was satirised in television puppet show Spitting Image, being depicted in one episode persuading God to become an atheist.
