The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-04
Residence at 6l4 South Lawrence Street.
OWNED BY MRS. HUBBARD
Building Occupied by Several
 Families.
Loss VIII Reach s15y0O0 and is Shared by o. E. Anent, Major Win
 ters and Judge JO-
 seph Carthel.

The handsome two-story residence at 6l4 South Lawrence Street, with practically all of its contents. was de- stroyed by fire, which was discovered at 1915 o'clock this morning, and the families of o. E. Ament, Montgomery Manager of the Standard Oil Company; Major E. E. Winters, General Manager of the Montgomery Traction Company, and E. N. Winters, were left homeless. The loss will probably reach s15,0OO, which is partially covered by insur- ance.
 The house. an eleven room structure, was occupied by the families of MT. Ament and Major Winters. Judge Jo- seph Carthel, General Secretary of the Alabama Sunday School Association. also had apartments in the building, as did Mir. and Mrs. E. N. Winters.
 Building Was Insured.
 The building was owned by Mrs. Mary c. Hubbard. It was valued at $7.000 and was covered fully by insur- ance.
 The loss of furniture and contents of the house was almost complete. MT. Ament said he had $2,500 insurance on his household effects. but he was not certain if $1,000 of this amount had not expired. Major Winters said all of his personal effects were a total loss. He carried about $500 of insurance and the intrinsic value of the property de- stroyed, he said, would probably be $1,500. although it included losses that could not be replaced, embracing the family silverware, representing col lection of thirty years.
 Judge Carthel included in his loss his valuable library and all of his personal effects He would not undertake to es- timate his loss. His insurance, he said. was less than $500. He could not re- call the exact amount.
 No one knows of the origin of the fire. Major Winters and MT. Ament were aroused simultaneously by the cracking of the flames. Members of the families were hastily awakened and before they dressed and left the fast burning building their condition was perilous.
 Adjoining House Damaged.
 The alarm was telephoned by neigh bors, but the building was doomed be- fore the firemen were notified. When the department reached the scene a strong wind was blowing from the northeast and the firemen directed their efforts to saving adjacent property.
 The residence of W. H. Rives, also owned by Mrs. Hubbard, next south of the burned building, was threatened. It is a large two story frame building and was saved only by hard work, the
 
 flames. The firemen, as an extreme resort cut a hole in the roof of the residence of MT. Rives and turned streams of water into the building The interior and the contents were severely damaged by water. This damage will probably amount to $500. The house which was destroyed by fire was built of wood. It was con structed about four years ago and was one of the most imposing dwelling houses on the street.
 At o'clock this morning f1remen are still at work at the scene, but the fire is under control. For the first time this winter water thrown on the build nigs and fences froze within a few minutes and the fire-fighters had a most trying experience.
 The ten or twelve half-clad persons who rushed from the burning building found warm sympathy among their neighbors and many of them were com fortable and asleep at other homes be- fore the firemen quit the scene of their work.