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Show I I Baltimore Fire Loss Now Placed at $40,009,009 . ,ravv;ri-ri.'vnTKTre1 TITT I 11 ITf 1 -I III I 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 111 1 1 I II I I II 1 1 1 1 1 1 I I I I I I I MM I I sRUIH OP THE JOHH E HURT BUILDIHQ - WHERE FIRE STARTED.-, u ! TQaLTIMORB, Feb. IS. Insurance cx-w' cx-w' I - ports wero In an optimistic frame of ! mind today over tho prospect that tho ag-i ag-i prepato Insurance loss will bo much Kmallcr than was at nrst anticipated. They '. are now confident tho loss caused by the conflagration will not exceed SIO.OOO.COO, and that It will not be under SC.OCO.OOO. Tho first doflnlto estlmato they wero able to rnako on totals was through nn Associated PrcPfS dispatch from Albany printed today, Klvlng the losses of companies doing busi ness In New York, reported officially by them to the Insurance commissioner of New York. This list Included sixty-eight of the largest American and foreign companies, com-panies, and tho total of losses reported by them officially Is a little over $1G,KK.0. Talcing these official figures as a basis and adding the approximated llyurcs of ( the companies authorized to do business In Maryland, but not in New York, Insurance In-surance men say they cannot see how the total Insurance loss will exceed S35.000.WO. Tho authorities hero report that unemployed unem-ployed persons, particularly mechanics, aro Hocking from other points to this city by hundreds, and Indications are that tho volumo will steadily Increase from day to day. Those who have arrived say they camo because they were Informed that there Is a demand for workmen here, and finding nothing to do and being without money, manv of thorn havo already applied ap-plied for transportation back to their homes. Tho city charities department and tho bureau of Industrial statistics have requested tho Associated Press to send out a warning that there Is only enough work to glvo employment to Baltimore Bal-timore workmen and that tho home workers work-ers will bo awarded tho preference In every Instance. |