The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-10-13
BIG FIRE IN SELMA
AMERICAN CANDY FACTORY DE-
STROYED BY FLAMES.
Blare Broke Dat In Tailoring Estab-
ushment aad Quickly spread
ThroughOut Building-lsOss
VIII be Over 1900.
Advertiser Bureau,

Advertiser Bureau,
Selma, Oct. IL.
Candy enough to make happy every
child in Alabama. went up In smoke
here this afternoon, when for the sec
ond time within the past two years the
plant 81 the American Candy Factory
was destroyed soys by tsd hard ., the fire
for several hours and II was only with
great difficulty that the flames were
kept from spreading to adjoining build
Tonight, It In estimated that the loss
from the fire will be in the neighbour
hood Of $4,000. which is covered by
very little. insurance. ,.
noon the negro fireman In the engine
building owned by w. M. GIN at me
Streets. saw sheet Of flames coming
through the wall in the rear OF the an
CINE room.
The flames spread over the building I5.ns
flames before the fire department
reached the scene. The rear Of the
was a mass OF flames as quick as was
the front part Of the building. where
the fire originated and as soon as the
fire department reached the scene, they
every plug In the neighborhood and
soon there were six or seven streams
Of water playing on the burning puild-
But with all Of the streams. the IRE
was hard to extinguish as it had 10
gated itself in the ceiling beneath the
Tin roof and up until clock tonight
four streams Of water were playing
upon the building.
After tho fire had gotten under head
way there was great danger OF the
ing space and setting fire to block
of buildings In the rear. which faced
Broad street. and in which was To-
Gated many retail stores. are located
After q while the department got con-
troll of the fire and tho wind changed
and the danger was passed.
The fire originated in small room
on the western side o OF s sns irS snree OF
This place was occupierd by b. .
Rarteram. who runs tailoring and
pressing establishment. In the back
room of this place. there was gaso-
line stove. which was used to heat
irons.
Shortly before the negro fireman In
flames. he says he heard an explosion
in the tailoring establishment Int
stove had evidently exploded and NE
burning gasoline had set fire to the
From the tailoring establishment the
flames reached out both to the rear
and front of the building and complete
~ Every firm located in it suffer
In the candy, factory. there was many
hundred pounds of stick candy, besides
hundreds Of barrels of sugar and glue
This with many boxes for packing.
made ready fuel for the flames. ana
was quickly destroyed .,
In the corner store. which is occn.
pied by the Alabama Roofing anu
plumbing Company. the damage to their
stock was not 50 great.
Their loss will amount to several
hundred dollars. While the building
was mass Of flames. the side on
Washington street presented grew,
that side is occupied by hevert Bros.
was given from the boiler room next
to them they began pStns tne as p"s
sible. and soon the street was lined
In the tailoring establishment OF
Bartram many Selmians lost suits or
clothes which had been left there to be
pressed.
The fruit rooms Of B. p. Watson on
Washington street who does whole, whole,
but the room he occupied was flooded
with water and his loss will amount to
a hundred or more dollars. The build.
ing was completely destroyed, ana
nothing but the walls was left stand
The loss to the building will amount
to about $4,000 upon which there is no
insurance. The loss to the American
Candy Factory is the heaviest. as their
plant is completely destroyed. The
factory carried only small lamount OF
Insurance. The Levert Bros; loss is
small and is covered by insurance.
Bartram's Tailoring establishments
loss will lamount to several hundred
dollars which Is not covered by insu-
rance.
The fire this afternoon is the big
gest day light fire that has occurred
mere in several years. and the dense
clouds of smoke from the burning
building make it Impossible for the
spectators to stay In the neighborhood
and also greatly retarded the firemen
in their work.
Property Rights Question.
The nuestion of whether railroad