Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-04-27
San FranciscO'S Great Fire.

SAN FRANCISCO. Aprll 2I.-lne nte
having exhausted tSelt with the excep-
ton OF the still flaming embers Ill a
Thousand places here and there through
the burned district, the Associated
Press, for the purpose OF determining
with accuracy the boundaries OF the
conilagration, sent out an automobile
which skirted the fire on its o sides.
The register 81 this machine at the eud
O! the trip showed that it had travelled
twenty six miles which therefore may be
taken As the length Of the line along
which tine flames Travelled. This area
included the financial, commercial aud
much OF the NEST deusely populated
portion of the residence district with all
the splendid Institutions and great
mansions that had grown up with the
progress Of the city.
Tine start of the tour wus mHde from
the Pacific Mail dock at the corner OF
First and BraunRn streets. Travelling
along :he north line Of Branuan. tie tire
ate IL way Ia Second, where II crossed
the street and consumed the Warehouse
Of the great wine firm 81 Lachman Il
jacob, at the southeast corner Of Bran
nan and Second. Thence il moyei along
the west side of Second to townsend
and along the north line OF Townsend to
Seventh. On this particular front 1t
licSad up the great building OF the
Southern Pacific a, the corner Of Fourth
and Townsend streets. This bLilding
WAS formerly the main offices Of the
system TN Ter the Huntington regime,
but of late Years had been used b.they
auditors OF the freight ana passenger
departments. OF its contents, only the
the records were saved.
But directly in front OF the ruins
there were already evidences OF the
undauntcd spirit that nnimates the
citizens of San Francisco in this crisis,
for 100 men were at work clearing the
debris from Fourth street in order that
the Southern Pacific might run spur
tracks .northerly along tie liue OF Fourth
to Market FOR TIC purpose Of carrying
away the Immense masses Of brick and
ruined material littcriug the streets and
the sites OF the business houses that go
lately crowded the area.
And IN this connection il is noted that
the freight passenger dcpots along the
southerly side Of Townsend street us
far east as Third, though built III the
most tlimsy manner and OF the most
perishable materials, were not so much
as scorched. Standing at the corue OF
Fourth and Townsend streets ones eye
caught the ruins Of the great brick
Catholic Church Of ST. Rose. II block
distant ON Brannan near Fourth, which
some eight years = suffered "A vista
ton OF tire and had only lately risen on
its ruins III what secmd to he imperi-h-
able brick and stone.
From Townsend at :he corner Of
Seventh the tire burned along the east
liue Of Seventh nOrtherly half way 10
Braunan. where it crossed and burned
half the BLOCK OH the s~ortherly line OF
Braunau, between Seventh and Eighth.
Thence, crossing B%rannau, still i'll Il
northerly direction, it burned along the
east line OF Eighth to Bryant; thence
along the south liue OF Bryant half way
to Ninth, thence along the north line OF
Bryant to Juniper, n small street halfway
distant between Tenth and Eleventh.
sparing the northeast corner OF Eleventh
and Bryant. Thence along the east line
OF Juniper to Harrison; thence along
the east line Of Harrison to Fourteenth
and along the north line Of Fourteenth
to Folsom, jumping tle street at this
, point to lick up the building ut south
, east corner OF Folsom and Fourteenth.
! thence half way along the west line Of
, Folsom tn Fifteenth, but Leaving intact
the structure at the northwest corner OF
Fifteenth and Folsom.
Along the north live Of Fourteenth il
ate It's way to Shotwell and along the
= west line OF Shotwcll to Fifteenth, skirt
ing the north line II fifteenth, il
travelled to Howard and along the wesi
/ line OF Howard to EIghtccutb, where il
4 again divcrged northerly along the
/, north line 81 Eighteenth, IA FAR nR Capp
and thence along the west line Of Capr
In this Immediate distric it was notcc
/, that the block bounded 10y Seventeenth
and Eighteenth and Howard and Shot
well. though spared 10y the llnmca. had
been terribly shaken 10y the quake. II
q some instances the house wore II mas
" ruins. il being thou ,bt that OF all Tia,
u buildings in that squurr block the only
/ ones that could he saved were those uI
I the Lcycr Graves At 2lsJ Howard
Even the Catholic Church Of 81 Charlc,
at Shotwc!l aud Eighteenth appeared t,
be unsafe,
Tho streets III this vicinity were sunk
cu from six Ia eight fcnt in places ana
tho earth opened IN great gaps. Will,
tho rails ~ Ito street car systcm wore
twist ii and broken.
10 its progress the COuillgrHtiOn con
sumcd all the dwellings, nlorg In, west
limo OF Capp to u point halt way be
tween Nineteenth and TEcnticth, Leaving
intact tho row oi resi- lcncoE fronting %,
the northerly line Of T. ,ycuti"lh net wrpr
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