The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-20
HUNGER, THIRST,
NOW THE DANGER
Bread Is Selling at One Dollar
Per Loaf Until Relief
Comes.
THOUSANDS OF HOMELESS
SUFFERING FOR WATER
Expressmen Charge $50 for
Hauling Load of Property
From the City.

SAN FRANCISCO. April 19-Tonight
the suffering to many from hunger IS ex-
treme. On the water front what bread
that Is to be had is being sold for dollar
| a loaf and In some instances at a much
higher price.
AT O'Clock a mob of hundred or more
mobbed a bread wagon and took the con-
tents. The police made an attempt to In
ter1ere, but were powerless Bread Is be-
ginning to arrive from Berkeley and Oak
land and is being distributed In the north
end OF town by the relief parties organized
by Mayor Schmitz
Sleeping on the Hills.
Thousands of people are sleeping on the
hills tonight or standing gazing with
grim faces on the lurid scene below them.
Women and children and little babes in
arms arc huddled together with the In
tured In Golden Cate park the people
are huddled together. with gnawing hun
ger the companion Of all. Tho wall of
the injured and the calls OF frantic sur
Vivors for friends and relatives who are
missing are most pitiful. These crowds
are constantly increasing and the relief
committees are doing all in their power
TO get bedding and food for the homeless.
Must Have Relief.
Oakland. Berkeley and Alameda are
short of food and In q few days will
themselves be facing q serious shortage
unless relief comes from the outside.
ENpressmen are charging from $40 to 500
to haul u load OF baggage or give any aid
at all to refugees.
Liquor stores In the north end We're
broken into by thieves and hundreds OF
men were carrying away the bottled
liquors when the soldiers arrived. The
men had to be dubbed by the militiamen
before they would drop the bottles Sol
diers smashed the bottles on the stones
and drove the mob at the point Of the
bayonet.
Try to Save Treasures.
Fairmount and Mark Hopkins institute
were approached by the flames today
many attempts were made to remove some
of the priceless works OF art from the
buildings. A crowd OF soldiers were sent
to the Flood and Huntington mansions
and Mark Hopkins institute of art TO res
home and the Flood mansion canvases
were cut from the frame with knives. The
collections In the three buildings are val
ued In the hundreds OF thousands. Very
few were saved from the ravages OF the
fire flend
Orders to Shoot.
This afternoon at o'clock the cadets
of the University of California to the
militia and regular soldiers in their work
Of enforcing martial law, The young
collegemen have orders to shoot without
warning those caught looting In many
parts of town where the crowds OF sur
viyors are the widest II is almost I'M
possible TO get around save at pistol point.
The soldiers are dISarmlnE every person
seen with a weapon.
One Bank Is Left.
The only institution ON Market street
a BILE to do business. according TO reputa-
bic business man who reached the ferry
late tonight, Is the Market Street bank.
occupying the first floor of the Grant
building. at Seventh and Market streets.
Although the upper part OF this build
ing and every building near II. was wiped
out the space occupied by the bank was
practically undamaged sign posted IN
the window stated that the bank would
open for business as soon as 1t was con-
sidered safe,
Suffering From Thirst.
The greatest suffering among the thou
sands of homeless people today WIS fron
thirst Although the earthquake shock
had broken water mains In probably nun
dreds OF places strange 10 say, no water
or very little at least. appeared on the
surface of the ground Public fountains
located on Market street gave out no
relief to the thirsty thousands, AT tho
corner of Powell and Market streets
small stream OF water Spurted up tnrou:h
the cobblestones and formed a MUDDY
pool From this pool hundreds OF people
knelt and drank. women as well -
men.