The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-04-25
fective or destroyed chimneys, gas
fixtures and the like.
&c. E. sCHMITZ Mayor"

light in San Francisco Wednesday
night The plant of one of the gas
companies blew up In the morning and
as measure Of precaution all the
other gas in the city was turned off.
Wednesday afternoon the ferry re-
sumed running from Oakland, and at
might thousands of homeless and pan
ic-stricken people are leaving the city
and are seeking shelter in Oakland
and other suburban towns. The suf-
,fering and hardship beggars descrip-
;tion. Countless numbers of residents
of the city, including the Chinese. Zap
anese and italian quarters, have been
rendered homeless and unless supplies
and aid reach the city within twenty
four hours starvation will add 30 the
awful calamity.
Nearly every historic Landmark; that
the world has been laid in ruins or
burned to the ground in the dire catas-
,trophe. Never has the fate of city
been more disastrous.
A Los Angeles special says: At San
Jose the Vendome Hotel was badly
wrecked and ten or fifteen people were
killed. The Doherty block vas com
pletely burned and one woman killed.
Dr. Degrow was killed and his wife
badly injured. Every business build
ing was demolished. Martial law has
been declared and the militia and 500
deputies are guarding the streets. IT,
lis estimated that fifty people have
been killed. The p9stoffice was partly
wrecked, the Presbyterian church to-
tally demolished and the court house
other cities in California bring tales OF
death and destruction from Santa
Cruz, Monterey, Gilroy and Hollister.
! The death list at Santa Cruz is re-
ported large. Santa Rosa is a total
wreck and 10000 people are homeless.
The loss of life will probably reach
hundreds. Main Street is piled many
! feet deep with fallen buildings. Not
one business building is left intact
The four-story court house is a pile of
broken masonry, destroyed by fire.
Citizens fed to the fields and hills to
watch the destruction Of their city.
The water system was destroyed by
earthquake.
4 A telephone message from Salinas,
Ills miles south of San Francisco, at
II o'clock Wednesday night gave the
following information:
One hundred and twenty bodies
have just been taken out of the Ag-
news insane asylum, and there are
probably $50 more corpses in the
runs. The magnificent structure was
demolished.
Eight dead Italians We're taken out
of the Italian hotel at San Jose At
that place the Presbyterian church,
st. Patrick's cathedral and the high
school were destroyed. The new Hall
Of Justice at San Jose, just completed
at a cost of 100000, was demolished |
At Iona, Prieta, eighteen miles
from Santa Cruz, a mine house slipped |
down the side of a mountain, burying
ten men in the ruins.
Latest reports from Leland STAN
ford university indicate that the mag |
nificent stone buildings Of that insti- |
tuition have suffered severe damage. |
Many of the buildings were ruined by |
cracks that split them from cornice to |
foundation. The loss will reach tens
Of thousands.
The University of California at |
Berkeley, by some remarkable freak. |
escaped serious damage The build
ings are practically intact sOnly few
structures collapsed in Berkeley, the
earthquake shock being slight there.
A Washington, ID. c., special says:
President Roosevelt manifested pro-
found interest in the news from |
San Francisco. Early in the day he !
sent kilograms to Gov. George C. Par
dee at Sacramento and Mayor Eugene !,
f. Schmitz at San Francisco.
The first message received from |
Gen. Funston arrived here at 11:40
O'Clock Wednesday night 1t was adj
dressed to Secretary Taft, who had |
already retired. The message follows:
Secretary Of War, Washington: We |
need thousands of tents and all the ra- |
tons that can be sent. The business |
portion of the city is destroyed and |
about 100000 people are homeless.
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