The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-19
TUSCALOOSA HAS
 MOST DISASTROUS
 FIRE IN ITS HISTORY
Plazae Said to Have Started in Jewelry Store Tester day Spreads, Entail
 ;ng $250,000 Loss
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l Tuscaloosa. March fs.-t SpeciaI.) Maxwell Jewelry company's store and Miss wiidmnn's millinery establish ment nre this morning fn ashes; the | buildings and stocks of Jack Hardin, Brown Brothers and the American 1 Sales company, are seriously damaged, !, the equipment of F. E. Shide's photo- graph gallery practically ruined, and plate glasses are broken in half a | dozen oti.er stores ns a result of the fire that originated in nm outbuilding in the rear of the MuxwelI-Raiford about ! o'clock.
 The aggregate loss will run close to s25o.00o.
 The origin of the fire is unknown. The Rosenau company is the heaviest loser. their building and stock. valued at sl5o,o00, completely destroyed. Their loss l is covered by insurance. The building was worth d little under $5000O. The Maxwell -Raiford Jewelry company $ loss is estimated at $35,ooo, with about $l5Ooo insurance. All portable jewelry was in the vault, and is believed to be safe. The building. which was owned Ny | .. N. Maxwell, is included in the loss. l Miss Wildman was today unable to put an estibate on her loss, but it will run , into the thousands of dollars, with little insurance. The building was owned by C. w. vanHoose.
 l Brown Brothers sustained a loss of ! about slo,0oo. fully covered by insurance. 1 The American Sales company sustained heavy loss from fire and water, out nave not as yet put an estimate on their JOSS. 1t wlli be partly covered by insur- 1 ance.
 l Jack Hardins loss, stock and fixtures, | IS estimated at slVvV, with insurance. l The ilrelnen were serlousiy ilanulcappeu 1 py low pressure ana iaci oI eqdlpnienl. AS 1t Was, the oniy pressure was lna. oIl ls.nally put OH the mann al the pumping l .ioLse, winch was greatly reduceu by tne | tune IL reached the city, and even with l ms IL was impossible tu put on hisn 1 pressdre Tor lear oI DuI sung watei l man. | N non 1t appeared that the local lire de- partment couiu not meet the situation,
 
 | mIngnam, and was sent at once, but the l ire was controlled before 1t reached acre l and 1t was carried back to Birmlng ham. | The fire was checked by the ueaa wall between Hardin's place and Miss Wild. man $ and part of Mr. Hardins stock alu l fixtures were removed. No damage was l done beyond Mir. Hardin's store, where l two dead walls and an open space be- tween were encountered. l The firemen received able assistance 1 from the large number of people who were attracted to the street by the fire. ] With their assistance. some goods were saved that would otherwise have been destroyed.
 l Some excitement was caused by the fall l ing of one of the walls of Miss Wild mans store, which came near catching some of the volunteer fire fighters. NO 1 injuries of any consequence were sus- tained as result of the fire.
 Other Fires Break Out
 Fire fighting was made more difficult 1 by the fire that broke out at different places, which required the firemen to move their hose to stop the newly caught l fires. n
 1 Tanned by the higb wind sparks were carried quite Il distance from the fire and it is almost miracle that the fire I did not spread to other parts of town. ! The fire was under control in about two \ hours after it's discovery
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