Bisbee daily review., 1906-04-28
0'ReiIIey and Kirk Dodge Five Tons of Plate Glass While Seeing the Sights on Market Street,
CORRESPONDENTS TELL
 OF RELIEF WORK,
Work of Finding Relatives and Friends of BiSbee People AL most Impossible Task - U, s, Mail Is SureSt Way,
Especial Correspondence hy R, A. Kirk. Representative of Bisbee
 Chamber of COmmerceD

Especial Correspondence hy R. A.
 Kirk. Representative of Bisbee
 Chamber of Commerce.)
 OAKLAND, April 22.-BrieGy and eoncisely. two-thirds of the residence portion and seven-eiGhts of the finan- cial or business section of San Fran cisco is in ruins. Reports sent out regarding the damage and devastation cannot be exaggerated. As regards she loss of life, they have been exag- Serated 10 large extent. Conserva- Byely. those who lost their lives from shc fire and burning buildings will nunlber from 900 to 400. But few of these have been identified, and the games of many will never be known. The most magnificent system of re lief work ever known in the worlds History is being prosecuted in San rTancisco and Oakland; the latter city t,avinc the most complete system i'm sriua5le. thousands of people in all walks of life Gevoting their entire lime and energies from early morn ing to late at night free of any remu- acrs-icl. IL is practically impossible 10 get any 5elC graphic news in or out uf the city: more than ten thousand messages are now awaiting delivery here in Oakland and fully that number senain to be sent. Only through the courtesy of the Associated Press man. -.Eer here and of the Chief Western Union operator have 1 been able to get anything out. Others are in the same fix; they are confining outgoing messages mostly to press and informa- tion regarding death or safety Of rel ziives It is advisable that any one desiring to communicate with their people do so through the medium Of the mails, addressing them at the old address in Frisco and also at Oakland. The general public may understand that they need have no fear because they have not received answers to their telegrams. They either have not seached here, or the parties cannot be found. Every one with the exception of those who have remained in Frisco in camps, or in their own residences. have left there and are domiciled either here in Oakland, or are at nearby points.
 No fears need be entertained as to the care being received by the refu- gees. The system here in Oakland and at Frisco is the most magnificent and far-reaching ever known in the history of the world; it is nothing short of remarkable and marvellous. To give you an idea: Here in Oak land, at the Chamber of Commerce, you can be housed, given supplies furnished employment, or transporta- tson secured, and in one portion of the building may be found a sign read. ing as follows:
 The old folks need not be alarmed at the loss of their glasses; call here and have them replaced"
 Twenty-six thousand names have been registered by the Information Bureau and 45,000 individuals have been provided with places of habita- tlon by the committee since last Thursday. The force at work here stiInber some two hundred people, all of whom are giving their services gra suito0siy. The postal authorities are mailing all letters, without the neces- Sity Of stamps being attached.
 h would be utterly impossible to give any pen picture of the scenes of devastation that greet the eye even krouf the ferry boat drawing into the mole at San Francisco. As far as the eye can reach in a circle sweeping fFoHz hay to bay and as far up as Van Ness Avenue nothing but a sweep of suins meets the gaze. Here and there outlined against the horizon may be seen the ruins of the big skyscraping 6gildings including the Hearst, Monad- nock. Chronicle, Palace Hotel and oth- CTS with the Fairmount Hotel on al most the highest point in Frisco, it's npper stories blackened and singed ny the disastrous flames.
 Fxsx- 4l Aouument in Union Square, some fur. liner tdea of the damage to the bust ness section of the city may be gath cred The new St. Francis Hotel is standing. although seriously damaged. as is also the City of Paris dry goods st0re, the Redmen's Hali and Peacock buziding and other large structures in The immediate vicinity are a mass of ruins Here in Union Square the greatest disaster so far as the loss of tie was concerned, came very nearly happening. The fire in it's cratic course had jumped from point to point, al first passing these buildings, and in the square were congregated thousands of people Practically with but few moments warming almost every building surrounding this square was on fire and had it not been that there remained one way of exit and that up Post street, perhaps thousands of people would have met their death in sight of the monument to our vic torious naval commander.
 Perhaps the best and most remark able view Of the disaster can be had from the reservoir on Mob Hill. Here the panorama of destruction is com plete. To the south may be seen the