The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-21
LOSS FROM FIRE
 IS ABOUT $6O,OOO
OLD STABLE BELONGED TO T. H. MOLTON AND WAS WORTH ABOUT $5ooo-WAS TO HAVE \ BEEN TORN DOWN.

Insurance adjusters placed the loss by fire early yesterday morning on the block bounded by Third avenue, Eighteenth street and Second alley at about $60, GOO. The list had not been completed in every detail last night, but it was said this amount would probably cover all losses to the property owners and occupants of the various buildings. The greatest damage was done to the Peoples Home Tele- phone company's building, which suffered a loss of abIAt $25, 900. The Alabama Penny bank building comes next, with a loss of about $13, ,00O while T. H. Motion, owner of the old building in which the fire started. will lose $5OOO,or the estimated value of the material in the building. which he had expected to rage in a very short while. Other losses will range from s100 to 5000.
 Early yesterday a great crowd flocked to the scene of the confagration, which started about midnight Sunday night in the one-story part of the old stable. which has three-story frontage on Third avenue. Many negroes were in the crowd, some of whom were depositors in the negro bank. Their anxiety was set at rest by a placard in front of the charred building which read: Money and books safe" It also announced that temporary offices had been opened across the street.
 w. R. Harper, manager of the People s Telephone Exchange, said the debris would be removed as fast as possible and that new switch board would be here as soon as the manufacturer could ship it. He said he thought everything would be in perfect working order within the next sixty days.
 MT. Motion said his plans for a new building had not been completed Owing to the fact that he did not place much value on the old structure he did not carry any insurance. All of the other persons and firms will continue in busi- ness in their respective places.
 Following Is the list of real and esti- mated losses, beginning at Eighteen tn street and Second alley and ending around the corner on Third avenue:
 No. 21s Eighteenth street. owned by Loveman Joseph & Loeb and occupied by W. c. Harris as a negro restaurant, rear end damaged by falling walls to the extent of several hundred dollars; in- sured.
 No. 215 Eighteenth street, owned by Loveman, Joseph & Loeb and occupied by Bond x Co. as a haberdashery, dam aged by smoke and water; insured
 No. PIT Eighteenth street, three-story building, owned by the Alabama Penny bank. which occupied the ground floor, to, i,,a, ro5 for about 5000. The second floor was oc- cupied by two doctors and lawyer, who suffered a combined loss of s66. The third floor was used by the Peoples Mutual Aid society; loss $500.
 No. 219 Eighteenth street, three-story building occupied by the Peoples Tele- phone company exclusively, with the ex- ception of suite of offices let to the Central Telephone and Construction com pany. The Peoples loss will be about 1925 OOo, said to be fully insured. This in- cludes damage to building and contents.
 No. 221 Eighteenth street. occupied by Jack Ryan as a book store. Water and smoke damaged stock considerably.
 No 223 Eighteenth street, occupied by S. Lee as laundry. Loss about $500, with no insurance.
 No. 225 Eighteenth street. corner Third avenue, occupied by Peter Parachis as fruit store. No damage to building or contents. Two small buildings adjoining the fruit stand on Third avenue escaped damage.
 No 1905 Third avenue, owned by Dr Cheek and occupied by the Hammille company. Building and stock slightly damaged.
 No 1897 Third avenue, occupied as 2 barber shop Slight loss to building and contents. No insurance.
 No. 1Sos-15 Third avenue, the old stabl, building, owned by T. H. Motion and oc' cupied on the ground floor by the follow ing: Birmingham Gun and Key company loss about $400; c. F. Jones, ehiropodist loss 5000, insurance $500; A. J. Odum barber shop, loss by water slight; | Bernstein, tailor shop. loss $500, no in | suranoe; R. Knauff x Co.,, plumbers | heavy loss to storeroom and shop, prin l cipally by water. and T. H. Motion, wh' | says he does not think the material il the building would have been worth owe l s50OO to him. The second and third floors 1 of the structures will add something tt l the loss They were occupied by negroes as a lodge room. sleeping rooms and a' | a club
 | No cause could be ascertaned yester | day as to how the fire started, and w. F 1 Walton, chief of the fire department, ad vanced the theory that 1t must have beer | of incendiary origin