Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-19
APPALLING HARVEST Of
D[ATH|N SANfRANC|SCO

81 structures and i~aped n doben
directions 10 The resadence portion.
They had made their way over into
'lhe north beach section AMI spring
ing ND 10 the south they reached out
along The shipping section down The
hay shore over the hills and across
toward Third and Townsend streets,
This completes the destruction Of tho
entire district known as '.south q
Market street"
Property loss Tremendous.
san Francisco. April is.-Aftei
darkness thousands Of the homeless
we're seen seeking their way with
blankets and scant provisions 20 the
Golden Gate park and beach toshnd
shelter.
Down town everything II In ruin
Not business house stands: theatres
are crumbled into heaps. factories and
commission houses iie smonldering IN
their former cites. md NIL the news
paper plants have been rendered We
less.
The estimated loss III san Francis
60 win reach from si5o.0o0, 600 Il
no 900. These figures are In N,
rough and nothing else can be told
until partial accounting Ii taken
On every side there Is death and
suffering. Hundreds Of persons wer'
injured. either burned. crushed q
struck by falling pieces from huild
ings. The number Of dead Is no
known. hut II Is estimated ~ leas
300 met death.
During the night hundreds of troop
patrolied the streets and drove bacl
the crowds. while hundreds NOR
were set 10 work assisting the iirl
ana police departments. During I'M
afternoon three thieves met death h'
rifle bullets while At work N IN
ruins. # #
The water supply was entirely en-
lon, and throughout the day blasts q
dynamite were heard every few mo
ments as the firemen tried thli
means OF checking the flames. Bn
through the gaps flames leaped am
the work utterly failed.
Asks FOR Tents and Rstions.
washing ON, April 1s.-The war de
partment has received the followins
telegram from General Funston date
at San Francisco.
Impossible now to inform you as e
the full extent or the disaster. cit.
practically destroyed. Troops have
been aiding police III patrollinE ani
maintaining order. Martial law has
not been declared, working Iii CON
Junction with the civil authorities.
You cannot send too many tents 81
rations. About two hundred thousand
people are homeless Food Is yer,
scarce. Provisions In houses an de
stroyed All government buildings 4
city gone.
contributlng Money for Relief.
New York, April Is.-The National
Park bank today transferred to San
Francisco through the sub-tressury be
tween s3.0O0.000 and 100000 In gold
Guggenheimer Sons notified Gen
eral Funston that they had contribute
$50, 900 for relief Of San Francisco
Possibility " Tidal Waves.
Rochester, N. VI, April a. Another
and even graver disaster than the
earthquake threatens san Francisco
a tidal wave would not be an unlocked
FOR accompaniment of the present
seismic disturbances SAYS Prof H. 4
EairchiId or the University Of Roches
War Craft Safs.
Washington. April ia Telegram
received at the navy department this
Pacific squadron sent since the earth
quake reports that all Is well with
this squadron.
Government Sends Aid.
washington, Apr. Is.-The secretary
Of the treasury authorized telegraphic
transfer Of SIC, 100000 from the sub
treasury at New York 10 San Fran
cisco. The cash vii be deposited II
New York and Immediately paid out
On the order os san FrsDcisco hanks
entitled I'd the same.
Refugees 60 To Oakland.
Oakland. Cal, April TO- Thousands
of refugees rendered homeless by the
terrible calamity which has overtak.
en San Francisco. have come 70 this
city Relief stations have been estab'
lished at number Of places. Al
present It Is Impossible to estimate the