Weymouth church destroyed
Seven-alarm blaze hits Sacred Heart
![]() Firefighters assess the damage at Sacred Heart Church in Weymouth this morning. A spokesman for the Archdiocese of Boston said the building was ruined. (Globe Staff Photo / George Rizer) Globe Staff Photo / George Rizer |

WEYMOUTH -- More than 100 firefighters fought a seven-alarm fire last night and this morning that destroyed Sacred Heart Catholic Church, a towering brick edifice built by Irish immigrants in the early 1880s. (Full article: 577 words)
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