The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-04
FIRE LOSS
IS $2O,OOO
Court Street Furnitur
Store Burned.
STORE OF TENNILB !
Adjacent Three-story BuiI1
ings Were Damaged.
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A IRE which broke out at II O'Clock
last night n the rear az tn rsnnirYo
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A1 Solupauy seoso - zs' 49,.
Court Street, caused loss 81 about
s20. 900 before ii was under control II 1
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the Tennilie Furniture company sne-
taineu Loss 81 anout sIS,vvv ~ ~
STOCK Frank Tenn1ites o. the I'LL, $40
tnat ne carried between S5soV0 enq
$4,000 insurance. Tho buiiding y owned
ny Mrs. 3. Y; bragg ana ne as ~
TO 4 Is roughly estimated e 4t00es on
which there was 1900 Insurance. ..
The adjacent building at ~ South
Court. occupied BY George B. wfasg -
furniture store, was damaged ~ Wa
ter ana smoke. M. Wraggs loss VIII
PROBABLY pe between sl.ooo ana 3i.boo-
ne SAID that ne nad apous $1,000 insur-
ance. This building IL owned By tbs
Roquemore estate and the loss Ii about
$500. covered by Insurance..
The building to the north OF the
Tennille Furniture Company was also
considerably damaged by water and
smoke. The lower moor Of this build
ing IL occupied by the Allen Grocery
Company, whsch sustained d loss e.
timated at $500 on which the Arm had
$4,000 insurance The second and third
stories Of this building were occupied
by Jennie Walker, white woman. Her
loss Will reach $500. She had no tnsur-
ance. The building, which Is owned BY
w. a. Riley and MT. Sanford. was dam
aged TO the extent OF 5000, ON which
there was insurance
Orfgin Unlxncwn.
The origin o. the fre Il unknown.
II was discovered ON Lee street In the
rear or the Tennilie Furniture Com
pany's store by a negro women who
lives In the adjoining building. The
woman says that she saw the FIRE first
on the first floor and that she screamed
for assistance. The alarm w1s turned
In ~ Tobe smfthey, a white man. who
lis employed at a Lee Street livery
stable
1he hremen arrived quickly but
found shat tney had q hard fire to COM
pay. me naHes seemed to De connned
~ ..,, tms cv os1 ana thifd noors or tho
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49, ss.s o,.s,, 49, ~ . aoor was
~, te..s $500 ~ - y nknttng tne
s ,ns pS ~ a .aom me rear 81 the build
b,,s snfsccsfirg sr,<,s. 49, ,n.,s,,
srnn, the h,,r,in~ h,ssi,,t,,s, IT, ,sl.
a. hose were rn,, ara II, ss,,,,s. $3.50 l-ne
sion two hasvv atrear, ~ ~. - $3.50
pouring into the buiidfny s,,t ,sts
was not sufsfcieut Tho haa,t - az
fire was still cut Of the reach AZ ths
fIremen END the front door of th~
bull ling was broken m. there MOI t.ss,s ~ =
a member OF the arm nresent a. the
time to unlock the entrance TIN &C.
men carried a lIne 81 laosa tbrc,,s, ~.
front and I'M the stairwav whsrs thass
most effective work heran 1ste h,,tsSs
ing was ID Iugcd with water ana ,,tths,.
a comnstativeiy short lime AM a..
was practically under controi
The IRE was nrohabIv cna - -.
most difficult ana are r,o.t a.,....
to handle that the danartn,e,st ~ ,.S
in recent years Ths ara,,,..s &c ... ..aa
Compelled Is fars chan.,a. -. ~,1o
their way throuvb fha dsr,r 49, ~
the hurning huiid,,,sr ss q
crovvd ~ hvsta,.5ss.. ne .sss
them for tbair dar,,, 3 Jnpii''ieheea
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49, Sr.s. sn ,e =. arI ...,s soon 1Lter
hro.av us us % ne Suii ",,n naa neen
get into his offIce inf he soon .ha,,