The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-19


to be occupied by the Hamman baths,
will have TO be rebuilt. It IS located on
Post. near the Olympic club. The walls
are badly warped and twisted and the
roof has fallen In.
san Francisco Gas and Electric com
pany, Post street. plant only slightly
damaged.
St. Francis hotel, exterior slightly
cracked and scanned, but not seriously
Pacific Union club, Post and stock
ton streets. front damaged and assures
in rear wall.
St Dominic's church on Pierce street;
total loss The interior of this church
in the walls The structure viii have
to be pulled down. The parochial house
in the same block is a partial wreck.
Loss to the parish, about 10000
The Concordia club building on Van
Ness avenue has several fissures in the
side, and rebuilding viii be necessary.
The Hotel Grande badly damaged
The latest reports at police headquar-
ters show that the entire district bound
1 ed by Vallejo, Howard, East and San
/ some streets embracing practically the
! entire wholesale portion Of the city, has
been swept clean by the fire Also the
district bounded by Second. Market,
Eighth and Folsom streets has been
4 devastat ted. In the latter district are
/ included most of the cityss finest and
most substantial buildings. The area
]
4 time is al bout eight square miles. or sew
| eral hundred city blocks. Very little,
if any, water is available and the blow
! ing up of the building by dynamite is
| the only means of checking the flames.
Most of the buildings untouched by the
/ flames have been greatly damaged by
the earthquake shocks.
All efforts to prevent the fire from
reaching the Palace and Grand hotels
| were unsuccessful and both were COM
49, H. = oil
contents.
All of San Francisco's best play
houses, including the Majestic, Column
bia, Orpheum and Grand opera house
are a mass of ruins. The earthquake
demolished them for all practical pur-
), poses. and the fire completed the work
4 of destruction.
The RiaIto and Caserly buildings were
i, burned to the ground. as was every
thing IN that district
Oakland shelters Homeless.
Oakland Cal April 19.@Thousands
of refugees, rendered homeless by the
terrible calamity which has overtaker
San Francisco, have come to this city
on learning of this the Realty Syndi-
cate at once offered Adora park for the
use of those left without shelter by the
earthquake. The offer has been CRATE
= fully accepted by the police and FIRE
departments and 200 cots have beer
placed in the theater. for the use OF the
l been esta blished at the city hall, and a
the various public parks thrOughou
, the city. Other relief stations have
also been established In such of thu
churches throughout the city as ar
considered safe for use as SUCH
A report comes from Martinez tina
the Martinez bank building, one of thi
finest structures in the town. has beel
{ completely destroyed. It is at presen
= impossible to estimate the amount o
damage to property in this city owini
, to the fact that practically no 1nspec
? ton has been made of the buildings
except by Fire Warden George w Nc
!, Donald and this only fof the purpos
of condemning those which are unsa1
: and must be torn down. Many Of tn
structures, which from outside howe
little apparent damage on closer ez
animation prove to have been badl
t twisted and racked by the shock.
= Mark Hopkins Institute Destroyed.
:, Oakland. Cal, April 19=The fire i
San Francisco is unabated. The S
: Francis hotel and Merchants eX
change are gone. The Fairmount no
: tel is threatened. A portion of tn
: Mark Hopkins institute of art is de
= stroyed The entire structure wi
+ probably go. The Chronicle buildin
: is a skeleton. The James F'loo
: building, Market and Powell, is lean
e Wind Is Rising.
Washington, April ia Wester
4 Union bulletin to the war departmer
:, from San Francisco says.
d The Western Union and Souther
Pacific buildings have been totally de
stroyed. The fire is burning rapid
in diagonal line up the hill com
g mencing at McAllister and ending q
Il Battery street and on Main street a
far as Sixteenth street. The waite
supply has given out the wind
Y rising and the military authorize
have just forbidden anyone to ente
the city. They have all they ca
y handle without attempting any more
The situation has not improved an
: already there is great suffering 70
y food and water. I saw a line of thou
d sands of people lined up in a par
awaiting soldiers to distribute water.
= Santa Fe Employees Rescue Many.
Chicago, April 19.-It was al
nounced at the Offices of the Santa F
- road in this city today that employe
" of the road in San Francisco had take
- a great many people from San Frar
y y cisco across the bay in barges, landin
q them at Point Richmond. Who the
!. are and their numbers could not b
y ascertained
Western Union Starts Supplies.
Chicago. April 19.-The Wester
Union Telegraph company sent toda
Y to San Francisco ten miles of aeris
cable and wire necessary to completed
equip their new office in that city. TIL
consignment went by special traiI
Il following a car load of telegraph ir
!, struments which went on the overlan
. limited. Chief Electrician McKissic
= and a number of assistants left for Sa
= Francisco last night. Salt Lake an
Portland Ore, have been drawn o
I for additional operators to man til
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