The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-16

brought up a good load of freight for the merchants of this city. After stay ing at the wharf several hours the steamer left for Mobile with a cargo of about l,500 sacks of fertilizer.
 Heavy Loss by Fire.
 One of the meanest fires that the Selma Fire Department has had to subdue in years was discovered on the second oflor of the building on Broad Street between Selma and Alabama, and which was occupied by the Young Shoe Company, this evening shortly af- ter o'clock No blaze was visible from the street hut the smoke that came from the building was intense and greatly retarded the department in their work at first. The department answered the telephone alarm prompt ly and when the fire was reached the chemical engine was used first in the hope of extinguishing the fire. but as the smoke continued to pour from the building four streams of water were quickly turned on and the place was flooded from garrett to cellar. The fire was located in the second story of the building and all four of the streams were played there. The water poured in torrents through the main store into the cellar and badly damaged the stock
 I HH ITOHI part Ol lHe btCOuQ StOEy ot the building was occupied by Drs. w :. F. and J. D. Allen, dentists, while the rear was occupied as store room by the Young Shoe Company. Between the dentists offices and the store rooms there are wooden partitions and in this store room is where the fire originated, The origin of the fire, Chief Blakely says. is rather mysterious, and is only accounted for by rats igniting some -a i,na ried and stored among the hundreds of boxes of shoes in the ware room. No f1ue or electric wire was In that part of the building. The closest figures that can he learned concerning the loss tonight places 1t at about S34,500
 The Young Shoe Company had a good stock on hand and were daily receiv- ing goods from the Eastern markets. The stock in the building Is figured between $30,Oo0 and $40.000. All of their goods in the building are dam aged by water and this is partly cov- cred by insurance. The Allen Broth CTS, dentists, tonight placed their loss at about S2.500. They have recently had installed some valuable dentists apparatuses and these with some costly stock in their laboratory is destroyed and is only partially covered by insur- ance.
  cured is the property of the E. Gilman estate. It is considered badly damage and ths loss Is placed at $2,00o, which is also covered by insurance
 The fire was in the heart of the re- tail district of the city, and at that hour both sides of the street were crowded with people hurrying home out of the cold. Just across the street diagonally from the fire when the alarm was given an aged woman was passing down the sidewalk and close behind there followed a young man and woman. From around the corner dashed John Tyrus. a negro man, who paid no attention to pedestrians. He ran Into the old lady and knocked her with great force to the pavement. The young man walking with the young lady in the rear grabbed the negro. Assistance quickly came to his aid. The old lady, whose name no one appeared to know. was finally placed in a cab and sent home. The young lady was calmed and the negro man was taken into a cigar store where he was guard ed until an officer carried him to po- lice headquarters.