Yukon Valley news., 1906-04-25

street and is now working westward.
 The third and most dangerous now is in the western section of the city be- yond Van Ness avenue, where it is sweeping the residences of that part of the city.
 Bremen are bending every effort in the latter section. Apparently every thing will be licked up through Rich mond until the open space mile from Golden Gate entrance is reached.
 Three hundred thousand formerly wealthy men, society women, working men, boys, girls and outcasts slept on the ground at Golden Gate Park and on the beach near the site of the Cliff House last night. The camp of the homeless is in charge of Major Mckee yer.
 The Postal last night re-established wire on the water front.
 Over the warm ashes bakeries are be- ing established. Fifty thousand loaves will be baked today
 After midnight the flames among the intlammable residences travelled so fast they licked up the debris of the dyna- mite before the thousands of workers could clear an open space.
 Nearly all the homes of the wealthy in Van Ness avenue were blown up. Fire leaped across the wide thorough fare as if it were an alley.
 A limited number of refugees are be- ing taken care of at Presido.
 Hartman wires the Southern Pacific to place ferry boats at the disposal of those who want to leave the city.
 Thousands are hungry and support less. Tents are expected today They will be taken to Golden Gate park and distributed.
 Watery supply is promised this after noon. Suffering from this cause is great. Oakland is sending water bar rels.
 Police have taken charge of all gro- cery stores. One person is sold only article of food at d time.
 Government transports and tugs are beginning to take refugees to Oakland.
 Not house in the city but is de- serted.
 Over eighty square miles are now completely devastated. All hope of checking the roaring furnace has been abandoned. People are becoming calm.
 Fairmount hotel is mass of ruins.
 SEATTLE.-The relief fund commit tee raised seventy thousand dollars yes terday Will double that amount to- day. A train load of provisions leaves here tonight. Governor Pardee wired Mayor Moore the people are almost starving. The city council appropriated ten thousand dollars.
 WASHINGTON.-The president has issued proclamation urging cities ev- erywhere to raise relief fund and send money to Charles Italian Keep, treas urer Red Cross Society, Washington.
 OAkLAND.-A courier from Santa Rosa says the town Is obliterated. Five hundred dead.
 Refugees arriving here. Whole husi- ness section collapsed. Many were inn prisofied in buildings and cremated,
 At the town of Brawley for Crawleyl a hundred buildings were wrecked. No lives lost.
 SEATTLE.-Following Alaskans are safe: C. B. Phillips, grand arctic chief, at Oakland; Judge Hannume, Nome, at San Francisco.
 Ed k. Dunn contributes five hundred His son at Berkeley k safe.
 Local WOodmen say the grand camp raised hundred thousand Local Elks raised four thousand and will add more.
 All associations, churches. banks and municipal departments are eontribu- ting. The local quartermaster was no,i- tied from Washington to purchase a hundred thousand tents CT and sup plies and rush south oa special trains
 All Oriental mail ordered via Seuttlg