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Earthquake That Wrecked San Fran
cisco Leveled Santa Rosa
in Dust.
Fire Follows Shock.
This destruction includes all of the
county buildings. The four-story court
house, with its high dome, is merely
5i pile of broken masonry. Nothing is
eft. Identification is impossible.
Wh at was not destroyed by the
earthquake has been swept away by
fire. Until the flames started there
was hope of saving the residence dis
trict. I was soon apparent that any
Buch idea that might have been enter
tained was to be abandoned.
Homes Deserted.
End
tifty Killed by Crashing Buildings in
San Jose-Insane Asylum De
stroyed at Agnew.
Ban Francisco, April 19.Reports S
from the interior are most alarming.
Santa Rosa, one of the prettiest
eities of the state, in the prosperous
county ovf
Sonoma, is a total wreck.
,There are 10,000 homeless men, women
and children huddled together.
Loss of Life Appalling.
The loss of life is not tfi be esti
mated. I will probably reach the
ithousands.
i A the last great seismic tremor
spent its force in the earth the whole
business portion tumbled into ruins.
The main street is piled ma ny feet
ideep with the fallen buildings. No
one business building is left intact.
This was appreciated by the citizens i
they prepared to desert their
omes. Not even their hoia^hold goods
jlwere taken. 'They made for the fields
find hills to watch the destruction of
W of the most- beautiful tities of the
!rest
Destruction Elsewhere.
Messengers bring the saddest tidings
f the destruction of Healdsburg, Gey
sea-ville, Cloverdale. Hopland and
iTkiah. This report takes the coun
try as far north as Mendocino and Lake
counties and as far west as the Pacific
i ocean. These are frontier counties and
ihave not as large .towns as farther
south.
In every case the loss of life and
property is as shocking as here.
SAYS HUNDREDS PERISHED
Traveler Brings News of Awful, De
i struction in Santa Rosa.
Sacramento, April 19.Oscar Lucas
arrived here last night from Santa
,Rosa. left there at 3 o'clock p.m.
yesterdav. says:
"There is not a briek or stone build
ing standing in Santa Rosa, and the en
Itire devastated territory has been
burned over.
"Dead bodies are being taken from
jthe debris of wrecked houses on all
sides. I is estimated that the death
roll will total from 200 to 500."
Big Loss at Napa.
A Napa ma ny buildings were shat
tered, and the loss will amount to $300,-
000. N loss of life is reported.
Valle-jo the damage was slight in com
.parison with that suffered in other 1
eities. The loss will be about $10,000.
FIFTY DIE I N SAN JOSE
^Every Business Building Reported De
molished in Flourishing City.
Oakland, Cal., April 19.At San Jose
he Vendome hotel and annex were
wrecked and ten or fifteen persons
.killed. The Doherty block was com
ipletely burned and one woman killed
there. Dr. Grow was killed, and
bis wife badly injured.
1 Every business building is demol
ished, martial law has been proclaimed,
|End 500 deputies and the militia are
[patrolling the town.
I is estimated that fifty were killed.
The postoffice was half wrecked. The
(First Presbyterian church was totally
demolished, and the courthouse ruined.
Passengers from other cities bring
itales of death and disaster at Santa
iCruz, Monterey, Gilroy and Hollister.
.The death list at Santa Cruz is report
led large.
BRAWLEY WIPED OUT
ffown of 500 Inhabitants Practically
Destroyed by Tornado
Los Angeles, April 19.Eeports from
tTJrawley, a small town on the Southern
fPacific 120 miles north of Lo Angeles,
state that the town was practically
wiped out by the earthquake of yester
tdav. This is the only town in southern
.-California known to have suffered from
the shock. Southern Pacific officials
here today say the following buildings,
.all brick structures were destroyed:
Braylew bank building, Paulin build
ling and the principal merchandise
Ibuildings of the town. I addition doz
rens of adobe houses were razed. S
:far as known there were no fatalities.
Brawley is about two years old and had
'a population of about 500.
ASYLUM WRECKEDMAN DEAD
hundreds of Insane Meet Dea th or
Escape to the Woods.
Los Angeles, April 19.One hundred
and twenty bodies have been taken
out of the Agnew insane asylum near
Santa Clara, and there are probably
150 more corpses in the ruins. The
magnificent structure was demolished.
It is reported that the attaches of
he institution who -were about at the
time were saved.. The building is a
total wreck.
The ruins took fire shortly after the
FRISCO HORROmilNAR
HUNDREDS MM,
$
MA^V DEAD IN
NEAR-BY CITIES
LOSSES I N OTHER CITIES
SANTA ROSA Practically
wrecked from 200 to 300 killed.
SAN JOSE Many buildings
wrecked fifty killed.
AGNEWMagnificent insane asy
lum wrecked 120 corpses already
removed from ruins 150 more are
buried.
SALINAS Property damage in
and near city, $4,000,000.
WATSONVILLE Academy and
several buildings demolished.
DEL MONTE HOTEL (near Sa
linas) Three chimneys crash
thru roof, killing bride and bride
groom.
HOLLISTERBig warehouse de
stroyed woman killed husband
insane.
OAKLANDHeavy property loss
five killed.
ALAMEDALoss $200,000 several
seriously injured.
BERKELYExtensive damage, tho
university buildings are un
scathed.
PALO ALTOLeland Stanford
buildings all racked several
magnificent structures ruined.
Other losses not given.
MARTINEZBig bank building,
destroyed other damage none
killed.
SAN USATEOBursted watermaft
floods place exte nt damage not
reported.
HEALDSBURGBadly damaged
no definite reports.
GEYSERVILLEDeath and disas
ter no definite news.
OLOVERDALEDestroyed noth
ing definite.
HOPLANDProbably badly dam
aged nothing definite.
UKIAHDestruction reported
nothing definite.'
NAPAMany buildings shattered
loss $300,000 none killed.
VALLEJOLoss of $10,000.
SANTA CRUZGreat calamity
death list large.
MONTEREYDeath and disaster.
GILROYTravelers report heavy
losses.
BRAWLEYPractically wiped out.
LOS BANOSHeavy damage.
collapse. There "were about 700 per
sons in the building.
The above report has been officially
confirmed, and ttCis added scores of
the inmates who -escaped death are
roaming about the country in a state
of panic.
FIVE KILLED I N OAKLAND
Lodgers Crushed When Hotel Collapses
Many Buildings Condemned.
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Conflagration still rages, and destruction of every
building of value in tie city appears inevitable.
Flames invade the fashionable Nob Hill residence
section, destroying mansions of rich.
Every business building is totally ruined, eight
square miles being fire-swept,
The lowest estimate of the number killed today is
placed at 1,000. Some reputable California papers
place the death loss as high as 2,500.
Many of the dead will never be found, as many
bodies were incinerated.
Famine now threatens the city,
as scarce as food.
MAYOR E. SCHMITZ,
Head of the Civic Relief Work.
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a large number of tents from Vancou-
be at the disposition of the authorities
asked whether he needs additional
troops to assist him^ in his work and
if so Secretary Taft will give orders
EXAMINER BUILDING, T^IRD ANP MARKET STREETS BESJROYEDg^
Thz Situation Mihi^ricMnQM
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War Dejjarteflaent Iffakes. ..Evfry
Effort to Relieve Suffer
mg in Frisco.
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Washington, April 19."Prompt.,. ac
tion has been taken by the war depart
ment in extending to the earthquake
sufferers of San Francisco all the avail
able- resources at its command/* relieve i if
vide shelter for the homeless.
Two hundred thousand rations have movement in Denver.
been directed to be sent from Van-! *n,i-. +fQi\t
couver Barracks to San Francisco and
at the earliest date practicable. I
that they be sent to him.
Secretary Taft was awakened af
ter midnight to receive General Fun
ston's first report, and then held an
early morning conference with General
Bell, the chief of staff and Commissary
General Sharpe. General Bell remained
on duty all night, making his head
quarters at the White House offices
and sending orders in various directions
for dispatch of supplies to San Fran
cisco.
For the present it is the hope of the
"officials at Washington that the sup
plies to be sent to General Funston will
relieve all immediate necessities.
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The minimum estimate of financial loss in "San
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Country, Aroused, Pledges Relief
Fuofe for ^sm of
Catastrophe.
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General Funston, who is command presene neceesi-
of the army at San Francisco, has been
thruou th
calanilt
IRraneisco alone is placed at $200,000,000 today.
-JO BS is growing constantly.
%V -San Francisco at 5 p.m. yesterday was completely
cut off from communication by telegraph. Messages
now received are taken to Oakland by boat and relayed
from there.
^Heroic efforts being mader$b relieve the suffering.
Th war department is rushing tents and hundreds of
'thousand rounds of rations to the city. Governors and
mayors of several states are offering aid. Congress is
-rushing thru bill appropriating $500,000 for immediate
^relief..
f. Governor Pardee has ^proclafmod 4he day a state
Tfholiday.
-.-Railroads, express and-telegraph companies will
carry all relief articles and messages pertaining to
Relief free of charge.
booksa withf
them for ther*o purposde ohfe starting relie
fund for the California earthquake suf
'ferers. Appeals of the same nature were
also made by the mayors of--Allegheny
and McKeasport.
BURLINGTON, IOWAA ftthd for the
relieft of San,. Francisco ^sufferersJ. wast
|tarted last' aight, oag, ct*|^en heading the|
[subscription with$iW -*.:'%o 15 i
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San Francisco sufferer?.
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issued a prdclamatior caMing^ a mass^ci^** T*aJteik
meeting tonfght to aifange relieHfor the i**
DBNVBRAnticipating the suffering
that will follow the earthquake and fire
disaster in San Francisco yesterday and
the need of outside help, Governor Jesse
H. McDonald will appoint a committee
today to start a relief fund on b&half of
Colorado in behalf of the. sufferers in the
stricken city. The governor telegraphed
Governor Pardee of California to that e
Mayof Speer^and A. J.
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Wants of the distressedlandWpro-!Spengel of the chamber of
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co-operate wKh the governor the Sch fl
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ver Sad other military points.. The |Francisco by the, relief committee of this
supplies will be forwarded with all the committee of Los An-
expedmon POS9ibl ttat they ,es, realizing the severity of the disas-
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trustIn that this-action will stir a
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communitye country, av we realize th
othernea tiionaly character.- Kindly adviseb if an other meth
od by which we can co-operate, as we
stand ready and anxious to respond to
every call made upon us."
30LiDPIELD NEV.Goldfleld, in the
heart of the southern Nevada gold min
ing district, yesterday raised $4,300 for
the California sufferers. It is expected
that the fund will amount to $10,000 by
night. Twice that amount is promised
if the need requires.
NEW YORKM. Guggenheims Sons to
day notified General Funston that they
had contributed $50,000 for the relief of
the San Francisco sufferers.
STOCKTON, CAL..Failing to reach
San Francisco authorities by wire, Mayor
Gardner of Stockton left here for San
Francisco this morning personally to offer
Stockton's aid. Little or no damage was
done here.
PHILADELPHIAThe citizens' per
manent relief association met today and
decided to send $25,000 to- San Francisco
for the relief of the earthquake sufferers.
Barclay H. Warburton, publisher of the
Evening Telegraph, today sent a telegram
to Mayor Schmitz of San Francisco, that
he is preparing a relief train and that he
would notify the mayor when the train
would leave Philadelphia,
NEW YORKPresident M. K. Jessup
of the chamber of commerce has called
a meeting of that body for tomorrow
afternoon, when plans would be formu
lated for the relief of San Francisco. N
action can be taken in such matters with
out the sanction- of the fulT organization.
Madison, Wis.Mayor, Schubert today
called a mass-meeting of citizens and
Issued a proclamation in aid of the San
Francisco sufferers.
Lincoln, Neb.Governor Mickey today*
issued a call to the people jpf Nebraska
to contribute to a fund for tne benefit
of the sufferers in San Francisco. The
governor sent a message to Governor
Pardee offering a fund.
Madison, Wis., April 19.Madison,
is going to the assistance of the San
Francisco sufferers! Mayor Schubert
appointed a committee today to solicit
money. P. Spooner, a brother of
Senator John C. Spooner, contributed
$100, and the Madison Gas & Electric
company the same amount.- ^Vf-5*
NEW YORKPresident Clowhy of the
Western Union Telegraph company made
the following announcement today:
"The Western Union company will
transmit free domestic messages relating
to the relief of sufferers at San Fran
cisco when offered by duly constituted
relief organizations or public, officers in
.their official capacity. When destined to
San Francisco messages W'.U be subject
to. such delay as tlie conditions at that
point impose,"
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THURSDAY EV^ENING^ ^AFRH- 19,^1906. 20 PAGESFIVE ^O'CLOCK. gtg|.
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Thruout the United States, governors
i i of states, mayors of cities and various
commercial organizations^ are offering
jj i aid for the sufferers in California, as
indicated by the following dispatches
I received by The Journal today:
j' MARRISBURG, PA.Governor Penny
Is packer today sent the following, telegram
to Governor Pardee of California: "If
i any help is needed- In San Francisco that
Pennsylvania can render, let m& know."
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3 PITTSBURGMayor Guthrie, has is
sued a call to citizens for a mass meet
ing this evening and told them to bring
GEN. FBEDEBICK FTJNSTON,
Who Has Declared Military Law in San
Franciico,
CONGRESS HASTENS
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21 Washington. April 19.Soon after the
sena te was called to order today Mr.
Perkins- introduced a joint resolution
authorizing-the secretary of war to use
rations and quartermaster supplies for
the relief of destitute persons in the
region devastated by earthquake and
fire in California and making an appro
priation of $500,000 to relieve the suf
ferers.
The secretary of war is authorized to
use the steamers and other boats and
vessels belonging or now employed by
the government upon San Francisco bay
or adjacent water in the distribution of
supplies-furnished by the United States
or individuals to and among such desti
tute and suffering people.
The reading of the journal was dis
pensed with, to'permit the earliest pos
sible presentation of the resolution. I
offering it Mr. Perkins asked for imme
diate consideration, dispensing with the
formality of reference to a commit
tee. N objection was made and the
resolution was passed without comment.
On requestof Mr. Perkins an order was
passed ....directing the immediate tran
mittal-of the resolution to the house
of representatives.
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propriate $500,000 and Offer"
Other Aid to Frisco.
Washington", April 19.The senate
resolution appropriating $500,000 for
the relief of the San Francisco earth-,
quake sufferers was amended by the
house committee on appropriations, the
amount being increased to $1,000,000.
HALL 6 jOSTfCE, KEARNEY AND WASHINGTON 9TOEETS, RUINED
r*3 6Y0NO REPAIR.
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PAIR .TONIgfHT AND FpAYCNWLEB TONIGHT.
THE NUMBER KILLED
WILL NEVER BE KNOWN
San Franeisco,. April 19.It will be
ma ny days before the complete story
can be,to ld of the ruin wrought by the
fire in Sa Francisco.
The loss of life will never be known
as ma ny bodies have been incinerated.
Many corpses taken from ruins and
placed in other buildings, have had to
be abandoned to total destruction by
fire, as the flames swept on, consuming
the bouses in whi ch the dead lay.
MANY BURNED ALIVE.
Octavia and Golden Gate avenue" was
a mass of flames.
FIREMEN REPORT CITY DOOMED.
Washington, April 19.-The war de
partment has received the following
bulletin from San Francisco:
"Outside cities have been sending
fire engines to Sa Francisco to assist
in subduing flames, but it was found
useless on account of there being no
water, and they are now returning to
-Oakland and other points. The fire
men report the city doomed."
Oakland, Cal., April 19.The fire is
still raging thruout Sa Franciseo, and
there is no possibility of stopping it
until it exhausts itself for want of ma
terial. The city is doomed.
The authorities are still dynamiting
buildings in the vain hope of checking
the progress of the flames, but a new
misfortune has befallen the place.
The explosives for blowing up build
ings are becoming exhausted, even the
powder of the government arsenal* is all
gone. Every business building and half
of the residence portion of the city is
destroyed.
NOB HILL FERE SWEPT
San Francisco's Fine Residence Section
Devastated.
New York, April 19.The Western
Union received a report that early this
morning the fire spread into the Nob
Hill section of San Francisco. This
is the section in which are located
ma ny fine residences, including the
Crocker and Huntington homes.
There is no water and the march of
the devastating conflagration continues
unabated. Only a change of wind that
MINNESOTA Rfead the Wants
State I are many opportunities
ICnflfflyou on Today's Want
Every Downtown Building and Many
Homes Destroyed- Conflagra- ij|
tion Is Unchecked. /J
Destructive Flames Invade Fashion*
able Nob Hill DistrictMartial 1
Law Is Declared.
i. Oakland, Cal., April 19.The corre
spondent of the Oakland Tribune in
San Francisco says:
A 10 a.m. there seems to be prac
tically no hope of saving any of the
city. Those who were sanguine of the
success of the firemen in controlling the
flames have now given up hope and
are now fleeing from the flames in
despair.
Many people are being burned alive,
imprisoned in the doomed buildings,
where the rescuers could not reach
the&v -i
The last bife structure to buVsl! into
flames was Grace church, at the corner
of California and Stockton streets.
The entire district from Channel to
Broadway and from the water? front to terrible Scene of Death and Destruc
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WHAT
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will drive the fire back upon its path
of ruin can save the destruction of
practically the whole of the city.
This morning the magnificent Fir-'
mont hotel, recently erected by Mrs.
Oelrichs, was totally destroyed at a:
loss of $2,000,000.
THTBST FOLLOWS FAMINE 1
Thoooisands Lined Tip in Single Park^J
Clamoring for Water.
Washington, April 19.A Western
Union bulletin to the war department^
from San Francisco says: '-J&
"The Western Union and Southern"
Pacific buildings have been totally de-/
stroyed. The fire is burning rapidly in'
a diagonal line up the hill, commencing
at McAllister and ending at battery
street and on Main street as far as
Sixteenth street.
The water supply has given out, the
wind-is rising and the military authori
ties have just forbidden anyone to en
ter the 'city. They have all they can
handle without attempting any imore.
The situation has not improved and
already there is great suffering for food
and water.
"I saw a'line of thousands of people^
lined up in a park awaiting soldiers to,
distribute water.
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tion at Daybreak.
San Francisco, A^prii 19.rDay, dawned.,
on a scene of death and-' destruction.
During the night the flames had con
sumed many of the city's finest struc
tures and skipped in a dozen directions
to the residence portions. They had
made their way over into the North
Beach section and, springing anew to
the south, reached out along the ship
ping section, down the bay shore, over
the hills and across toward Third and
Townsend streets.
Warehouses and manufacturing con
cerns fell in th6 path. This completed
the destruction, of the entire district
known as the "south of Market
street.''
How far they are reaching to the
south across the channel cannot be told%
as this part of the city is shut off.
Thousands Homeless.
After darkness thousands of the
homeless were making their way with
their blankets and scant provisions to
Golden Gate park and the beach to find
shelter. Those in the homes on the
hills just north of the Hayes Valley
wrecked section piled their belongings
in the streets, and express wagons and
automobiles were hauling the things
away to the sparsely settled regions.
Not a Business House Stands.
Downtown everything is ruin. Not
a business house stands. Theaters are
crumbled into heaps. Factories and
commission houses lie smouldering on
their former sites. All of the news-
{ess.
ape plants have been rendered use-
I is estimated that the loss in San
Francisco will reach from $150,000,000
to $200,000,000. These figures are in
the rough, and nothing can be told un
til partial accounting is taken.
Dea th and Suffering.
On every side there was death and
suffering. Hundreds were injured
either burned, crushed or struck by
falling pieces from the buildings.
The number of dead is not known,
but it is estimated that at least five
hundred met their death in the horror.
Martial Law Declared.
A 9 o'clock, under a special message"
from President Roosevelt, the city was
placed under martial law.
Hundreds of troops patrolled the
streets and drove the crowds back,
while hundreds more were set at work
assisting the fire and police depart
ments.
The strictest orders were issued and
in true military spirit the soldiers
obeyed.
I the afternoon three thieves met
their death by rifle bullets while at
work in the ruins.
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Curious Driven Back.
The curious were driven back at the
breasts of the horses that the cavalry
men rode, and all the crowds were
forced from the level district to the
hilly section beyond to the north.
The water supply was entirely cut
off, and it may be it was just as well,
for the lines of the fire department
would have been absolutely useless at
any stage. \':"f-
Dynamite Only Weapon.
Assistant Chief Dougherty supervised
the work of his men, and early in the
morning it was seen that the only pos
sible chance to save the city lay in an
effort to check the flames by the ^nae.
of dynamite. **j
During the day a blast Could be heard
in any section at intervals of only a
few minutes, and buildings not de
stroyed by fire were blown to atoms.
Flames Le ap Thru Oaps.
Bu thru the gaps made the flames
jumped, and altho the failures of the
heroic efforts of the people, firemen and
soldiers were at times sickening,' the
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