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II it*- "Alj, i'S. &"' .'..'M FOUGHT FLAMES WITH RED WINE San Francisco Italians Used Wine When Water in Well Gave Out. San Francisco, April 23.An incident of the^flre in the Latin quarter on the Blope of Telegraph Hill is worthy of note. The only available water supply was found in a well dug in early days. At a critical moment the pump sud denly sucked dry and the water in the well was exhausted. One who was not on that hill in the circle of flame cannot even imagine the situation. "There is a last chance, boys," was shouted, and Italian resi dents crashed in their cellar doors with axes, and calling for assistance, began rolling out barrels of red wine. The cellars gave forth barrel after barrel until there was fully 500 gallons ready for use. Then barrel heads were smashed in and the bucket brigade turned from water to wine. Sacks were dipped in the wine and used for beating out the fire. Beds were stripped of their blankets and these were soaked in the wine and hung over the exposed portions or the cottages and men on the roofs drenched the shingles and sides of the house with wine. And the wine won. All Friday afternoon and until 4 o'clock this morning those lads of the hill carried on the fight, much of the time using wine instead of water. They saved their homes. FIRE AIDS HYMEN Weddings Are Hastened by Exigencies of Situation in Frisco. San Francisco, April 23.Weddings In great number have resulted from the recent disaster. Women driven out of their homes and left destitute have ap pealed to the men to whom they were engaged and immediate marriages have Jee effected. After the first day of the disaster an increase in the number of marriage li censes issued was noticed by County Clerk Cook. This increase is getting greater. Saturday morning seven mar-' riage licenses were issued in an hour. 7 I don't live anywhere," is .the answer given in many cases when the applicant for a license is asked where his residence is. I used to live in San Francisco.'' DISEASE DIMINISHING Health Officers Report that Sanitary Oanditions Are Improving. San Francisco, April 23.The board f health reports a* very encouraging ealth condition, considering the cir cumstances. Sickness is constantly on the decrease. There are very few con tagious diseases and these are being at tended at Deer Lodge in Golden Gate park. Sanitary conditions in the resi dence districts are being improved. Most of the sickness is among the Jt ieople who are living out of doors, and is on these cases that the board of health is concentrating most of its attention. Hundreds of volunteers, doctors, dentists, nurses and helpers are at work allaying suffering. Ever since the fire broke out there has been no lack of volunteers for every kind of work. FTRE CHIEF DIES Was Caught by Chimney Thrown Down by Earthquake. San Francisco, April 23.Chief D. J. Sullivan of San Francisco's fire depart ment died yesterday from the effects of injuries received on the morning of the earthquake. Chief Sullivan and his wife were sleeping in the firehouse ad joining the California hotel on Bush street. The earthquake shook down the chimney of the hotel and sent it crash ing thru the firehouse. Chief Sullivan and his wife were carried with the debris two stories to the^ground floor, where they were extricated after great difficulty. It was found that Mr. Sullivan was suffering from a fractured skull, four broken ribs and other injuries. Eddie Graney, was with Chief Sullivan from the time he was removed from the fire house until his death. Mr. Graney to day stated that Chief Sullivan never knew there was a fire. Mrs. Sullivan, who suffered serious injury, has progressed satisfactorily, and it is believed that she will recover. CLIFF HOUSE SAFE ativtlv mt\f i ODD INCIDENTS OE A DAY IN SAN FRANCISCO Blight Damage Done Famous Resort by" "hearfof The^ty. the Sea. San Francisco April 23.At thoro in spection made by a representative of C0Pa-- PreS S Sh tha 8ta ^ma ge sua atiyely little damagte was done in the vicinity of theS Cliff. The Cliff house taine th Cl bu from the earthquake to this his sta *ement of Manager Wil- W $500. In fact, the esSJT of The Cliff house is one of thfamous San" 4rt%diaaSto%uWhichh K?i.-i an curious fea befallen Sutr baths, located near the Cliff house with its hundreds of thousands of sqSareleet the Sut ba pu lnf fen.*m IZ the widows were broken and the lofty chimney of the plant of theyformer eltab- wa racked onl slightly Wilkins of theablishmene Cliff houst notifiedl th* ffeneral relief committee thaf he woSd &TL est hl Ve nS homekss Hoe, was as wd as Ms resortrwhic lG S are "Z housin 6d 2 the tb m MILLET'S PICTURE SAFE "Man with the Hoe" Saved by Crocker's Butler. Journal Special Service. New York, April 23.Millet's ttous picture. "Ti^ with with Mr. fa- the the of ^eeS savedn after all th WillLn?"^3 i WiIliam^H. Crocker. Mr. Crocker re from Wellington ceived telegram entirely California street houses destroyed. Head saved tapestries and chairs Head is Mr. Crocker said: "la^much gratified at the devo tion Head displayed saving my mc tures and tapestries at such a time Besides, the "Man with the Hoe have pictures by Tenniel, Troyon Paul Potter, Corot, Monet, Pissaro and Con stable. The tapestries consisted of six Flemish pieces dating from the six teenth century, of which the finest is a 'Resurrection.' It is a splendid ex ample of tissue d'or work and was once the property of the due d'AIbe." paintings, Crocker's butler. Mi-. J'- -*ito^rS-*4fe5i|.."7 *$* -X.~% Monday Evetimg, 'i&k&M% CORPSES BURNED TO STAY DISEASE Two Hundred Bodies Found in One District Are Recon signed to Flames. San FTancisco, April 23.Two hun dred corpses found in the Potrero dis trict, south of Shannon street, near the Union Iron works, were cremated at the Six Mile house Saturday, by order of Coroner Walsh. This information was obtained at the board of health head quarters today. Some of the dead were victims of falling buildings from the earthquake shock, some were killed in the fire, but it is believed by the health officials that the majority died from ptomaine poisoning. So many dead were found in this limited area that crema tion was deemed advisable in order to prevent the spread of disease. The names of some of the dead were learned, but in the majority of cases identification was impossible, owing to mutilation. A systematic search for bodies of vic tims is being made by the coroner and the state board of health inspectors. The city has been divided into sanitary districts, and squads of searchers have been sent to each quarter. The body of an infant was found in Union street near Dupont this morning. It was supposed to be that of one of a party which camped near the spot. Three bodies were found in the ruins of a house on Harrison street between First and Second. They had been burned beyond all possibility of identi fication and were buried on the north beach. The body of a man was" found in Sil ver street between Third and Fourth. A bit of burned envelope in^a pocket bore the name "A. Houston. At noon today deputies reported to the board of health the finding of twen ty-three bodies in various parts of the citv. The bodies were buried in va rious places and the graves numbered. CHILDREN DRANK WHISKY Famishing Little Ones in Fire Zone Driven to Use of Liquor. Los Angeles, Cal., April 23.A frag mentary accost of the terrible suffer ings endured by the little children of San Francisco in the earthquake was brought to this city Saturday by Mr and Mrs. Huskey anobservation," Mrs. Kate Land said who lived together on Pine street. T.r ow ?*e ou u-,8:, huskey, "was the case of one child, ill of diphtheria, who was car ried into the streets Wednesday night by her parents and died in agony on a lawn that morning." Utter lack of water in some districts peopled by the refugees set the chil dren to moaning and pleading for drink. Men of ruined families made every human effort to satisfy the thirst of their little ones. Failing at last and in desperation, they invaded the neighboring saloons and brought whis ky to the women, mothers poured small quantities of the fiery liquor into tin cans and other available receptacles and gave to the tots to drink. The natural result was to increase the pangs of thirst twentyfold, and the sight of staggering children was often witnessed. CHINESE IN DANGER Government Relief Only Hope of Chi natown Celestials. San Francisco, April 23.One of the first problems facing the relief com mittee on both, sides of the bay is the sheltering of the Chinese. Most of them, former rich and poor alike, are absolutely penniless and destitute. It has long been a question in San Fran cisco what should be done with China town, and moving the Chinese in the direction of Colma has been agitated .Now they are without homes and with out prospects of securing any. Thev can get no land. The limits of Oakland's Chinatown naVe alreadv been extended, and the strictest police regulations are in force to prevent further enlargement. On this side of the bay they are camping open lots, but, of course, this is the merest temporary shelter. Unless the government undertakes their relief they are in grave danger. Those who have money cannot purchase property, as no one will sell to them. Few, however, even the richest merchants in China town, saved anything of value, for their wealth was invested in the orien- th prnn VIGILANCE COMMITTEE AT WORK Asiatics.and Caucasians Put in Separ ate Camps. San Francisco, April 23.San Fran cisco has a vigilance committee, the first organization of the kind since the early fifties. Dr. Donald McCulloch Gedge is the chief. He fought in the French army, the United Str/es navy and China war. His chief-pf-staff is ex-Auditor Harry Baehr. One hundred and thirty persons have joined the or ganization. Applications for member ship are coming in rapidly. The co-* mittee has charge of the Golden Gate valley district, near the Presidio. The military authorities in the North Beach district are separating the Asi atics from the Caucasians and putting them in camps of their own nationality. A number of large manufacturing com panies have arranged to receive and care for refugees at their respective plants along the eastern shore of the bay. Two thousand and fifty persons can be accommodated. The San Francisco real estate board met yesterday and took measures to protect tenants who have suffered thru the fire. HIS HAIB TXTBNHD WHITE Texas Man Thought End of the World Had Come. Pueblo, Col., April 23.B. K. Coff man, a traveling salesman from Fort Worth, Texas, arrived in Pueblo from San Francisco last night. He says he had nothing to eat or drink from Tues day evening until Thursday morning, and that when he looked out over the city and saw the falling buildings and the flames shooting into the sky, he fell upon his hands and knees and bur ied his face in the sand, believing the end of the world had come. As a result of the strain to which he was subjected lilr^Coffman's hair is now almost perfectly white. The fact that many whiskies are represented to be as "good as Pick' wick Bye" shows that Pickwick, is th standard of whiskey quality. *ev '?re HUNGER BANISHED DISEASES CHECKED Abundant Supply of Good Food Believes Suffering in San Francisco. Journal Special Service. San Francisco, April 22.--Th relief work is being accomplished magnifi cently. The great problem of sanita tion is being met with energy and foresight. No case of serious illness has been reported from the chief refu gee camps. There are no hungry people. The gaunt specter of starvation has been banished by the magnificent response of th# people of California in particu lar and by the entire nation in general to the appeals that went out for assist ance. So great was the volume of food stuffs Drought into the general depot at Oakland that the general committee has made an appeal for skilled labor in the handling of these supplies. Gro- cers,'' butchers and commission mer chants have been requested to secure men who are familiar with the handling of foodstuffs in order that the .distribu tion at the scores of stations estab lished might go on without confusion. Oranges Are Welcomed. The homeless people are no longer obliged to subsist upon bread and canned stuff entirely, as they had been during the previous days of their try ing experience. Hot coffee, canned meats and even cakes are given with every meal now. Oranges have come in in plentiful sup ply from southern California, and the sight of California's famous pfoduct was everywhere hailed with words of delight. It must not be understood by the charitable people of the country that there is a surfeit of food for the suf ferers. While the supply is abundant at this writing, it is well for the public to remember that the homeless thou sands must be fed or cared for by the organized relief committees for an in definite period. It is desired therefore that contribu tions be continued everywhere until the people who have been rendered helpless and destitute by the city's misfortune can care for themselves. Water Situation Mastered. The water situation, which caused inconvenience to the people, is no longer such a problem. About two-thirds of the remaining section of the city is being supplied with sufficient water for the pressing domestic needs, but, of course, there is not yet enough to be had for fire-fighting purposes. Because of this fact the most strin gent orders have been issued that no fires shall be built within any house and no lights, not even a candle light, can be shown at night indoors. All cooking for the present must be done on the sidewalks or the open streets and in daylight. Eighteen Babies Born The health of the scores of thousands camped in the open air is, under the circumstances, remarkably good. There have been several cases of pneumonia' reported, and colds are quite common, but there is nothing like an epidemic of pulmonary troubles. The board of health reports that there is very little contagious disease. For the treatmen of such cases hospitals have been-prot vided. The Golden Gate park district yester day reported the birth^of eighteen ba bites. The mothers and children were removed to the various maternity hos pitals. Vigorous measures are being taken by the board of health and the board of public works to improve sanitary condii tions, which, while not entirely satis factory, in general are not as yet a seri ous menace to health. ONE SKY SCRAPER ORDEREb Contractor Told to Rush 18-Story Struc ture. Fresno, Cal April 23.C. 0. Lind gren of the San Francisco-Fresno con tracting firm of Lindgren-Hicks com pany, has returned from San Francisco with definite news that the disaster is to have no deterrent effect upon con templated sky scrapers for San Francis co and that many of the great buildings reported destroyed can be rehabilitated, some at no great expense. The Lindgren-Hicks company has the contract for building the Humboldt bank building on Market street, be tween Third and Fourth streets. The plans call for an eighteen-story struc ture, to overlook the Call building. Iiindgren Saturday called upon the president and the cashier and asked what they proposed to do in view of the crushing disaster. "Build the structure according to the original plans without a single change," saidPthe president, "only rush It as fast ass it is possible. In the mean- t? P & tll?Ar $6,000,000. The front of the lialto building will stand, But tlie rear was dynamited. WILL BLOCS BUILDING Scarcity of Structural Steel Will Re tard Reconstruction. Journal Special Service. Pittsburg April 23.Pittsburg steel men fear that the rebuilding of San Francisco will be seriously retarded by the inability of the mills of the Pitts burg district to meet the enormous de mand for structural material. The mills of the district are now so crowded with previous orders that it is next to im possible for them to take on additional work. Owing to this crowded condi tion it is feared that San Francisco will be forced to turn to the steel mills of Great Britain and Germany for their structural iron. Red Wing Families Safe. Special to The Journal. Red Wing. Minn., April 23.County Attorney Albert Johnson and family, who were thought to have been in San Francisco or vicinity, have been heafd from at Seattle. They delayed their visit to California. A telegram was received today from E. B. Peck and family that fhey were "safe. News is anxiously awaited from several others believed to have been in San Fran cisco at the time of the disaster. The Marquis de Castellane, Count Boni's father, has written a drama, en titled "For the Fatherland," which tells of Naooleon's love for the Polish Countess Walewska, whom he met at Warsaw. rnJ ILVE rariI mmVpu a structure on Third street." Herbert Low is going ahead with the repair of the Fairmont hotel. Lind gren-Hicks company also has a contract for building a $500,000 annex to the JHairmont, containing the largest thea ter San Francisco. Lindgren says the Haywards building at the corner of Montgomery and Cali fornia streets is only slightly dam aged and can be repaireh at small cost, from $5,000 to $10,000. The Merchants exchange, while'20( ^WTost badly gutted, can be repaired at an00expenditure of about nnJ THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL HEROIC BATTLE -SAVED THE MINT Efforts of Little Band of Em ployees Save Building Hold ing $200,000,000. San Francisco, April 23.A land mark of San Francisco that escaped de struction, tho every building surround ing it was destroyed, is the United States mint, at the corner of Fifth and Mission streets. Harold French, an em ployee of the mint, gave a graphic ac count of how the flames were success fully fought. He said: "Nearly two hundred million dollars in coin and bullion are stored in the vaults of the mint, and for the preser vation of this prize a devoted band of employees, reinforced by regular sol diers, fought until the baffled flames fled to the conquest of stately blocks of so-called fireproof buildings. For seven hours a sea of fire surged around this grand old federal edifice, attacking it on all sides with waves of firey hate. Its little garrison was cut off from retreat for hours at a time, had such a course been thought of by those on guard. The United States mint was constructed in 1874 of granite and sand stone blocks, massive monoliths, well calculated to resist fire from without. Within, however, were enough inflam mable materials to feed a lively confla gration. Iron shutters shielded the low er floors, but the windows of the upper story, on which are located the refinery and assay office, were exposed. Also, a tarred roof over the refinery constituted a weak spot in the defense. Tanks of wood and other inflammable material scattered about the roof and upper story were a serious menace. Tore Off the Ruff. ''After the fire had swept past the Mission street side, and the certainty of its returning from the north became apparent, Captain of the Watch Laws ordered everything on the roof that could burn thrown into the yard. Sol diers and mint employees worked with utmost haste throwing great timbers and tank staves into the court.n Heree are located some thirtwyh tanks of blue ISV T?t^ covered with debris into ing showers0 of SELT 1 wo ^r ic which, increas- cindersP fell. Fortunately,- a ffood well an En Pumpedd wa %KMa S?^+? st ra "i=t em- on The wer efigh^0rsr rSL *yassemble! i th ployees and they were aided by a com pany of coast artillery. As the fire swept up Fifth strept the heat increased to a dangerous de 63? ."*.ti Metropolitan hall and the historic Lincoln school burst into flame, reinforced by the roar mg furnace of the Emporium. On th west the block bounded by Sixth ?eS Market streets on the north Sve tho STtft fir0nCern's I' fr KS I&nZed om th?s femeonfteAhouses ar^ quar te the fire wa certain to rage in it* hy taring Sortherlv tM^urt 'S th intervene MiS a?en breath^f th Diaze of fire burst the northwest likon 5 ftfiZmint Flames Broke Thru Windows. tfwtfdrWe fighters under '.'4l 2E? T^tftfW&ri1 driven from between tottering chimneys un water ,,r.i ^VRowing buckets of JSn^^.^e blazing roof over the rennery. it is larcrelv perieace of former S theirwindotave-aSs6-hrty+iidnX+needuTf tU W frames W^ftf """^d i* the irames Seventy-five feet of an inch hose played a slender stream updn the blazing window sill, whilf the fiW was awash with diluted sulphuric arid Ankle deep in this, soldiersTnd em ployees stuck to the floor until the wi dows shattered. With Sf"tt"*} necessitate r^ flf'^d sSpeedilyX''inneeerthrsmokgroa^naffoca" an necessitatethemthe abandonmentd of. the fiffhters retreate to the floor below The roar of falling walls the thunder of bursting blocks oi stone, the din of crashing glass swelledlle^s to an unearthlvv, rflnODK rJ unearthl diapason? If 13.3 shells were crashing against mint for, *n! ffdetonationsthe a ni tendent Leach, who, by and the torce of their impact would scarcelv have exceeded theory of the Sac/ Down in the deepths, where i3\A wealth is so well safeguarded artmery men, ringed with blanket rolls and The Battle Won. came a lull thee walls of ad was yet a Aohtimr story thf PP tb all fallen. Thee h\ 0 firfT'J0 fire fighters returned, led by Superin- examplae wa Tne jL aid swe by hose guish the blazing mner woodwork of tne refineryf. l!- nex cooling the copper-sheathed surface un til it became passable for wet, acid soaked feet. An army of fleer, 'ax in hand, tore up sections of a blazing tar roof, beneath which a stream of water was directed At ^ength,t asr 4 o'clock drew near, the mint pronounced out of danger anod a handful of ex hausted but exultant employees stum bled out one the hot cobblestones to mv owas hei fat homes sm The mint presents a scorched and glassless front on the north and west and the towering smokestacks are to be torn down, but the building is in tact and the plant is unharmed and ready for the resumption of work. "There were sensational rumors of an attack of thieves upon the mint in which fourteen were killed in the attempt, but it is needless to say that the garrison of the mint is equal to any emergency that may arise." RELIEF FEOM CHINA Foodstuffs Arrive at San Francisco Just in Time. San Franeisco, April 23.The Pa cific mail steamer, China, with a cargo including a large quantity of food stuffs, arrived from the orient and was docked at Oakland in order that the supplies might be distributed there. The shipping of San Francisco is at a standstill and such will be the state of affairs while the city is in the least en dangered. The United States cruisers Chicago and Marblehead are stationed off Meiggs' wharf and prevent every vessel, whether foreign or domestic, from sailing out of the harbor. The vessels are being held here to be ready for any emergency that may arise. The federal authorities removed all' the customs restrictions from the cargo of the steamer China, and as soon as possible the rice, ^tea and other food stuffs from the orient were taken off the# vessel and sent to the aid of the Our entire line will be included In this sale. 25c Mattings reduced to, yd.... 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