The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-21
MOHR FIRE LOSS
FIFTY THOUSAND
THAT is LOWEST ESTIMATE
BY THOSE DIRECTLY INTERESTED
IN THE CONFEDERATION.

There Was 500, 800 Insurance On the
Stock and Machinery of L. MOhr
& Sons and $4,000 Insurance On
the Building ItseIf-Adjusters
We're Wired for Yesterday and
Are Expected to Arrive To-day or
Commonwealth the Loss is Adj
justed, it VIII Not Be Known Ex-
actly How Great the Damage Was.
The extent of the damage at the
Mohr Bros. building fire Friday night
may be even greater than was estimat-
ed at the time of the conf1agration.
Those interested in the loss said yes
terday that it would amount to at
least $4,000, though they stated that it
might be much more. They are as
much in the dark as anyone else as to
the exact loss, and say they have no
way of telling until the adjusters get
to work. They thought, however, that
it would amount to $5O,OOO at the very
lowest
Adjusters were wired for early yes
terday morning and they are expected
to arrive to-day, or Monday. The
work of adjusting will be started just
as soon as possible. 1t will probably
require a great deal of time, as much
of the damage was sustained by wa
ter.
Amount of Insurance..
On the building itself there is 5000
insurance, while on the stock and ma
chinery there is 800 insurance. This
more than covers the loss, so the Mohrs
will lose nothing by the fire, though
the stocking of the pants factory and
the attending delay will very probably
incur some loss. There are about fif-
ty or sixty girls, too, who are for the
time being thrown out of employment.
Everyone, however, who has express
ed himself on the fire has regarded it
as remarkable that the entire build
ing was not destroyed. There was ev-
cry indication at the beginning of the
fire that this would be the result. and
it was feared that it would spread to
other buildings.
How Insurance Was Placed.
The insurance on the stock and ma
chinery of the pants factory, which is
owned by L. Mohr & Sons, was placed
as follows:
Through the Shulhafer Insurance
Agency-Traders. $4,000; Glenn Falls
$4,000; Pennsylvania, $4,000; Spring
field. $1,000.
Through Train & Merkle-Manches-
ter, IS, 600
Through w. M. Coney & Co.-North
ern Assurance, $500; North British
and Mercantile, $4,000.
Through Garrard & Son-St. Paul
Fire and Marine. $500.
Through R. NJ. Hull-American Cen
trail, $4,000; German-American, $4,000;
Hamburg Bremen, $500; London and
Lancashire, $1,000.
Through Rowland & Rowland-PhiI-
adelphia Underwriters, $500.
Through w. G. & r. c. Harrison
Rochester German, 81, 500
Through w. L. Wilson & Co.-Royal
$4,000; Aetna Insurance Company, ST.
500
Though Daniel & Carswell-Liver-
pool, London and Globe, $1,000.
Through A. c. Harmon-Continental
1000.
The insurance on the building itself,
which is owned by L. and Arson Mohr
is placed as follows:
Through w. G. & r. c. Harrison
Insurance Company of North America,
S.. 200.
Through W. D. Dearing-Southern
| Mutual, $1,000.
Through Daniel & Carswell-Liver-
pool, ondon and Globe, $500.
Through r. M. Hull-London and
Lancashire. $500.
Water Did Much Damage.
The fire was the worst that Savan-
nah has had in some time. The third
story of the building and contents
were a complete loss. The stock on
the second story was badly damaged
and the first floor and the basement
also suffered from the water which
was poured into the building
Chief Mcguire and his men were
congratulated on every hand yester-
day for the manner in which they
fought the fire. Acting Mayor Dixon
said the fire department deserved spe-
cial credit for the manner in which
the fire was handled. Mr. Dixon was
at Tybee at the time the fire was
burning, but he learned from a num-
Der of sources of the work of the de-
partment. When Fire Chief Mcguire
called at the Mayors office at noon
Mr.. Dixon congratulated him.
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