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ommunication was interrupted. The
os will aggregate several hundred
1 housand dollars. Five lives were lost.
These victims were crushed to death in
rooming-house. The dead are:
OTTO WISHER, 45 years of age.
AMELIA WISHER, 13 years of age.
consumers and telegraph and telephone
MBS. EDWARD MARNEY, 25 years
of age.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN, about 25
vears of age.
JOHN JUDD, dropped dead of heart
disease.
Buildings Condemned.
One of the buildings to suffer most
was the Franklin school on Tenth ave
nue and East Sixteenth street, which
has been in course of construction.
The damage is estimated at $50,000.
At the Rose Brick company's works
the huge ninety-five-foot smoke stack
tumbled with a roar and demolished
the panroom and the kilnroom.
It is at present impossible to esti
mate the amount of damage to prop
erty in this city owing to the fact that
practically no inspection has been made
of the buildings except by Fire War
den George McDonald and this only for
the purpose of condemning those which
are unsafe and must be torn down.
Many of the structures show little
apparent damage on thejoutside, but on
closer examination prove to have been
badly twisted bv the shock.
LOS BANOS STRICKEN
Border Town Suffers Extensive Damage
from Earthquake Shock.
Fresno. *Cal. April 19.The earth
quake did no damage in Fresno altho it
was the heaviest shock ever felt here.
At Los Jianos, on the border line of
the county, heavy damage was done.
Several brick buildings were wrecked.
The loss i3 $75,000. No fatalities.
LELAND STANFORD DAMAGED
Magnificent Buildings Suffer During
Violent Earthquake Shock.
Oakland, Cal., April 19.Latest re
ports from Leland Stanford Jr. univer
sity, indicate1
that the magnificen
stone buildings of that institution have
suffered severe damage. Many of the
buildings were ruined by cracks that
split them from cornice to foundation.
The loss will reach scores of thousands.
Leland Stanford university, erected
by the late Senator Stanford as a me
morial to his son, is the richest educa
tional institution in the world, and
one of the best endowed, the will of
Mrs. Stanford giving it a total of at
least $30,000,000. The buildings are all
of buff sandstone, built in the modified
old Mission style, which is peculiar to
California, with arches and corridors
and covered passageways. The inner
quadrangle is the most beautiful spot
in. the whole estate, which in all com
prises 9,000 acres. The enclosure con
tains two and one-half acres, and the
cloisters running along two sides are
600 feet in length.
Since 1902, when the litigation that
threatened the existence of the univer
sity was decided in favor of the Stan
ford estate, more than twenty new
buildings have been erected, costing
more than $3,000,000. The cost of all
the buildings is more than $5,000,000.
The latest addition to the campus is a
library with space for 1,000,000 vol
umes. Probably the most beautiful
building of them all, however, is the
Stanford Memorial church, which Mrs.
Stanford built shortly before her death,
in memory of her husband. It is con
sidered the most beautiful church edi
fice in the world, the most famous Cali
fornia architects being employed in its
construction, as well as the foremost
decorators in America and Europe, and
the most notable sculptors and workers
in mosaics in Italy. There are forty
seven stained glass windows, the organ
has 3,000 pipes and the handsomest or
gan front in existence. Above the al
tar is the only copy in the world of
Romelli's "Lase Supper" in the Sis
tine chapel at Rome.
CALIFORNIA "IT* UNHARMED
Berkeley Suffers Extensive Damage,
but University's Buildings Escape.
J^Berl&Bley,
nothing like
highly of it.
Cal., April 19.The big
I university buildings that stand on the
3 campus elevations escaped harm in the
earthquake shock.
I Recorder James Sutton of the univer
1 sity said:
I I have made a personal examina
tion of the buildings on the campus
Land have received reports from the
I deans of the colleges, and it appears
I that not one of the buildings is
1 harmed.'
1 The town was not so fortunate as
"1 the university. No lives were lost,
&& Stubborn Coughs.
fill A cough which lingers on long after
I every other symptom of a cold has dis
1 appeared should have attention, as it in
I dieates some throat or lung trouble and
may result seriously. Mr. Alexander
McMillan, of Maple Ridge, Mich., re
commends Chamberlain's Cough Reme
dy for this trouble. He says: I
used this remedy for a stubborn cough
with the best results and think there is
it. I cannot speak too
nor were there any notable disasters
to buildings, but tne aggregate dam
age in the shape of twisted structures,
broken chimneys and falling walls will
be many thousands of dollars.
Town Hall Wrecked.
The most damage suffered was the
falling of the town hall and the com
plete ruin of the deaf and dumb asy
lum. At Berkeley high school the fall
ing chimneys tore holes in the roof.
Most of the residence portion was
damaged only by the falling of chim
neys and the loss of a few odds and
ends which were hurled around in the
interiors.
The Homestead Loan Association
building is badly cracked. The steel
girders of the Masonic Temple, which
is in process of construction, tumbled
over, two of them falling thru the roof
of the University Laundry building ad
joining.
MILLIONS LOST AT SALINAS
Shocks Damage Property in Remote
CityDeaths Elsewhere.
Los Angeles, April 19.Salinas (118
miles from Frisco) 6:30.At 5:15 a.m.
today three shocks of earthquakes
visited this town, lasting respectively
five, three and forty-two seconds. They
came from the northwest and south
west. The damage will be $2,500,000.
No lives were lost.
Among the buildings destroyed are
the Ford and Stanburv building, dry
goods Elks' hall, Masonic building, the
Knights of Pythias building. Armory,
Porter and Irving store, Logan Cyclery,
Odd Fellow building, city hall, Masonic
Temple and several smaller buildings.
Every window in the city was broken.
Chimneys toppled over and crashed
thru roofs.
Big Factory Ruined.
Spreckel's sugar factory, about three
miles from town, was entirely de
stroyed. The damage there is a mil
lion and a half. The high school was
wrecked also.
At 2:25 p.m. another shock was ex
perienced. No lives were .lost. Several
persons were cut about the face by
flying glass. There is great excitement
and the people are tearing another
shock. Damage may greatly exceed
estimate.
Salinas is entirely cut off from com
munication with San Francisco and
the north.
At Watsonville the Moreland aead-
buildings collapsed.
At Monterey and Pacific Grove there
was also a shock but only slight dam
age.
Bride and Bridegroom Killed.
At the Del Monte hotel three chim
neys fell thru the roof, killing a bride
and groom and one of the hotel ser
vants and injuring several others
fatally.
At Hollister, Grangers union ware
house was destroyed, a Mrs. Griffith 1
killed and her husband made insane
BIG LOSS AT ALAMEDA
One Man May Die ,of Injuries Due to
Falling Bricks.
Alameda, Cal., April 19.The earth
quake caused a loss here estimated at
fully $200,000. No lives were lost. A
few persons were seriously injured.
William Cunningham, at the Leona
hotel, had his skull fractured by falling
bricks and may die.
The Methodist block has a section of
the roof torn off. Hundreds of chim
neys all over town are down.
Railroads aTe inactive, and all wires
are out of commission. Railroad tracks
across the marsh are twisted.
The tall chimney at the old oil
works fell across the South Side tracks
at West Alameda.
Over six hundred feet of the track
of the Oakland Transit company sunk
three and a half feet.
Big Bank Destroyed,
Oakland, April 19.A report comes
from Martinez that the Martinez bank
building, one of the finest structures in
the town, has been completely de
stroyed.
SAN MATEO FLOODED
Oakland, April 19.The- mains, of
the Spring valley Water company
broke and flooded San Mateo. It was
owing to the broken mains that the fire
gained such headway in San Fran
cisco.
San Rafael, despite its own troubles,
sent fire-fighting apparatus here.
Be pleasant until 10 a.m., then, if you
need any help, resort to good old Pick
wick Rye.
GREAT EARTHQUAKES
Killed.
270 I
1,000
10,000
30,000
1,000
Italy 1905Calaabrla,
1905India
1903Ferghana, Turkestan
1902St. Pierre, Martinique
1899Tlflls, Transcaucasia..
1894Japan 10,000
1893Persia 12,000
1883Ischia 2,000
1880Manila 3,000
1868Africa 6,000
1861Mandoza, South Amer
ica 12,000
1822Aleppo 22,000
1797Quito 41,000
1773Guatemala 33,000
1755Lisbon 35,000
1754Cairo 40,000
1745Lima 18,000
1731Peking 95,000
1726Palmero 6,000
1716Algiers 18,000
1703Yeddo 190,000
GREAT PILLARS ARE
TWISTED LIKE TIN
Stones Weighing Tons No Match
for the Mighty Earth-
quake.
San Francisco. April 19.Tho fires,
which burst forth in many sections im
mediately following the shock, quickly
obliterated the destruction of the earth
quake, evidences of the first calamity
are seen on all sides, where the fire
element did not break out.
The front of the Bailey and LaCoste
building, on Clay street, near Mont-
fornery,werel
fel in. Three men and seven
orses killed.
The stereotypers and pressmen of the
Examiner and the Call, as soon as the
shock was felt, rushed out of their
buildings and found that the coffee
house at Stevenson and Third street
had collapsed. They immediately set
to work with axes and anything in the
way of an implement they could find to
rescue those inside.
At Golden Gate park the immense
building covering a portion of the
children's playground, was shattered
beyond repair. T"he pillars of the new
stone gates at the park entrances are
twisted and torn from their founda
tions. $ome of them, weighing in the
neighborhood of four tons, were shifted
as thq they were constructed of tin.
In Union Square park, the great Dewey
monument has been shifted from its
base. It leans at an angle of 10 degrees
and there is danger that the immense
stone structure may fall.
REFUGEES PITCH
TENTS IN PARKS
Oakland, Cal., April 19.Thousands
of refugees, rendered homeless by the
terrible calamity which has overtaken
San Francisco, have come to this city.
On learning of this, the Realty syndi
cate offered Idora park for the use of
those left without shelter by the earth
quake. The offer has been gratefully
accepted by the police and the fire de
partment and 200 cots have been placed
for the use of the refugees. Relief
stations have also been established at
the city hall and at the various public
parks thruout the city. Other relief
stations have also been* established in
such of the churches as are considered
safe.
Ma of Western California, Showing Area
Affected by the Earthquake of Yesterday
THIS MAP SHOWS EVERY-PLACE MENTIONED IN DISPATCHES UP TO DATE WHERE
DONE BY THE SEISMIC SHOCKS.
LIQUOR STORES
ARE PILLAGED
Vagabonds Get Drink and Drunk,
Despite Vigilance of
Police.
San Francisco, April 19.Despite the
vigilance of police and soldiers many
Slaces
were pillaged in the wholesole
istrict. Liquor stores were broken
into and stripped clean. As a result
scores of vagabonds are lying dead
drunk in the streets.
The ruin of the commission and
wholesale district is complete, the
flames having completed the paralyzing
work of the early morning.
Under the fateful shock all the rook
eries used as commission houses, many of
them relics of the days of '49. collapsed.
Under the debris were killed and
buried hundreds of horses hitched to
the vegetable wagons, which were
drawn up to receive the day's supplies.
The dead horses were piled high and
the wreckage blocked the streets until
the advancing conflagration turned all
that section of the town into a vast
funeral pyre.
WAS
TOTAL RUIN IN
BUSINESS AREA
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mains intact.
The Cliff house Btood on a rocky bluff
overlooking the Pacific ocean. It was
fifty feet above the water and was a fa
vorite resort for thousands on bright
days both winter and summer. Visitors
there could sit on the west verandas and
watch the hundreds of sea lions and
seals which congregate on Seal Rock,
about 200 feet from the mainland. In
stormy weather the waves frequently
swept over the building.
One hundred yards north of the Cliff
house are the famous Sutro baths which
were built into the rocky bluff. The
baths are constructed of steel and glass
and are said to be among the finest in
the world. They were built at a cost of
about $250,000 by the late Adolph Sutro,
who gave them io the city of San Fran
cisco. The great structure is about 800
bv 300 feet and the top is probably 200
feet above the ocean.
TRY VAEJLY TO REACH FRISCO
Railroads Unsuccessful in Attempt to
Get Trains in.
Chicago, April 19.The Southern Pa
cific company, which has the largest
transportation interests in San Fran
cisco, has-teen trying to establish rail
and wire communication with San
Francisco for over twenty-four hours
without success. Tfy&\ communication
on the north is cut #ff above Santa
Rosa, which is sixty -gules above San
work was pushed with a desperation
that will live as one of the features
of the disaster.
Cliff House Swept into Sea.
From the Cliff house comes word that
the great pleasure resort and show
place of the city, which stood upon a
foundation of solid rock, has been
swept into the sea. Not a thing re
mains to tell where the monster stone
building once stood. It has been lev
eled to the foundation and only the
rock foundation lining the seacoast re-1 of supplies can remain in the stricken
the officials up most of the night, with
the object 01 getting provisions and
tents to the San Francisco sufferers.
Secretary Taft's great anxiety is to
Set
LELAND STANFORD UNI VERSITY, PALO ALTO.
Francisco. On the south trains can
not run north of Fresno. On the east
the railroad wires are gone west of the
Utah line. It is believed that a train
can get from Sacramento to Oakland
or San Francisco via the long route,
thru Stockton and an attempt to get
this train thru is now being made.
E. H. Harriman, chief owner and
president of the Southern Pacific, has
issued imperative orders^ to establish
rail and wire communications with San
Francisco without regard t cost and
every possible effort is being made
simultaneously on the three lines of
the Southern Pacific from the north,
south and east, to restore communi
cation, but so far without result.
IN FRISCO NOTWITHSTANDING
Secretary Shenard Says Plans of the
N. E. A. Will Not Be Changed.
Special to The Journal.
Winona, Minn.. April 19.Secretary
Irwin^Shepard or the National Educa
tional association, who recently re
turned from San Francisco, says that
notwithstanding the news of the ter
rible destruction by the earthquake no
change is contemplated in the plans for
holding the next convention of the Na
tional Educational association in that
city in July.
When asked as to whether he thought
fear of a repetition of the earthquake
experience would deter any persons
from attending a convention in San
Francisco, he said he did not consider
this likely, and that he thought there
would not be the slightest danger to
any person in going to San Francisco.
TO SEND DETECTIVES
Chicago Offers Men to Protect Frisco
Against Thieves.
Chicago, April 19.Chief of Police Col
lins today telegraphed to Mayor
Schmitz of San Francisco, offering the
assistance of ten expert detectives of
the local force: Mayor Dunne approved
of the suggestion of Chief Collins. They
will leave on tonight's train. It is the
belief of Chief Collins that the local
men will be of great assistance in
watching thieves, who are expected to
flock into San Francisco.
food into San Francisco at the ear
est moment. The orders sent
duringto
the
ight are being supplemented
day. The revenue cutter Bervice has
placed at the disposal of the war de-
S[cCullochfivChetisitsHartley
artment of vessels, the Perry,
and Golden
Gate. The Perry is now at Astoria,
Ore., and will carry supplies from Van
couver barracks to San Francisco.
Instructions have been sent to Port
land and Seattle to buy rations in the
open market and hurry them to the
stricken city.
Commissary General Sharpe said he
had been advised that the supplies can
be shipped by rail to a point within
thirty miles of San Francisco, and he
is of the opinion that it is better, to
send them there, where, as a last re
sort, a cawp for refugees can be es
tablished, as all the* persons in need
city.
DEAD LEFT TO BE
BURNED IN MORGUE
When Walls Fall, Killing and In
juring Rescuers, Latter
Are Driven Back.
San Francisco, April 19.A falling
wall from one of the dynamited build
ings on Mission street crushed out the
Ufe of brav#" Fireman Max Fennex,
while countless others met a like fate.
At the nlt&gue, in the Hall of Jus
tice, fifty bodies laid on the slabs. The
flames rapidly approached this build
ing, and. the work of removing the
bodies to Jackson square, opposite,
began.
While the troops and police were car
rying the dead to what appeared safe
places, a shower of bricks from a build
ing dynamited to check the progress
North Facade of Main Group, Showing Heavy Construction That Suffered by
the Shock.
PROGRESS OF BELIEF WORK
Army May Establish Belief Camp Near
4 San Francisco,
Washington, April 19.War^depait-
ment officials were actively carrying on
today the work which had kept some of
of the sweeping flames injured many
of the workmen and sent soldier after
soldier to the hospitals.
The work of removing the bodies
stopped and the remainder of the dead
were left to possible cremation in the
morgue.
Each day brings in annoying petty
duties."Pickwick Rve will help you to
perform them with a cheerful, smiling
face.
Tents Sent from Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, April 19.Pursuant te
an order issued this morning by Sec
retary Taf of the war department, the
quartermaster department in this city
today shipped to San Francisco 3,500
conical tents, all that were available
in the Philadelphia depot. The tents
were forwarded by express over both
the Pennsylvania and the Baltimore A
Ohio railroads.
Money Is Provided.
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Washington, April 19.The secre
tary of the treasury has authorized the
telegraphic transfer of $10,000,000 from
the subtreasury at New York to San
Francisco. The cash will be deposited
in New York and immediately paid-,
out on the order of San Francisco
banks entitled to the same.
New York, April 19.The National
Park bank today transferred to Saa
Francisco, thru the subtreasury, be
tween $3,000,000 and $4,000,000 in gold.
"Could Not Be Worse."
Washington, April 19.The follow-?'
ing telegram has been received from
General Funston at San Francisco:
"The city is still burning and it
could not be worse."
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