Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-23
EXTENT OF BURNED DISTRICT
Associated Press Representative Makes
Tour Of the City.
TwENTY-sN MILES AROUND THE TRACT
Area Includes Practically All of the
COMMERCIAL and Financial District
and Most OF DenseIy Popu-
lated residence District.

SAN FRANCISCO. April 22.-The fire,
having exhausted itself with the exception
Of the stiil flaming embers in a thousand
places here and there through the burned
district. the Associated Press, for the pur-
pose OF determining with accuracy the
boundaries OF the conhagration, sent out
an automobile today. which skirted the
fire on all sides The register of the ma
chine showed It had travelled twenty-six
miles, which, therefore. may be taken as
the length OF the line on which the flames
Travelled. This area included the CONNER
cial, financial and most OF the densely
packed residence district, with splendid
institutions and MANSIONS which had grown
mp With the progress of the city. The
start OF the tour was made from the Pa
cihc mail dock at the corner of First and
Brannan streets. Travelling along the
north line of Brannan the fire ate its way
to Second, where Il crossed the street and
consumed, the warehouse of the great wine
firm Of Lachman & jacob at the south
east corner OF Brannan and Second; thence
IT moved along the west side of King to
Townsend and along the north line Of
Townsend to Seventh On this particular
rum 1T AlAhtuH UP TIE bhlluluE Ol inc
Southern ERaciho at Fourth and Townsend.
This building was formerly the main office
of the system under the Huntington re-
gime, but Of late years has been used
for the auditors of the freight and passen-
ger departments. only the records were
saved.
spirit of city shown.
But directly in front Of the ruins there
was evidences of the undaunted spirit
that anirnates the citizens of San Francisco
at this time, for 100 men were at work
clearing away the debris from Fourth
street in order that the Southern Pacific
might run spur tracks north to Fourth
and Market for the purpose of carrying
away the immense masses of brick and
ruined material which filters that section.
In this connection 1t is noted that the
freight and passenger depots along the
southern end of Townsend as far as Third
street, though built in the most fragile
manner and of the most perishable mater
ials. were not so much as scorched.
Standing at tho corner of Fourth and
Townsend streets ones eye caught the
ruins of the great Catholic church Of st.
Rose, distant one block on Brannau near
Fourth, which some eight years ago suf-
fered visitation of fire and had only
lately risen on it's ruins in what seemed
TO be imperishable brick and stone.
From Townsend. at the corner of
Seventh. the fire burned along the east
line OF Seventh northerly half way to
Grammar. which - crossed and burned
half of the block on the south of Bran
nan between Seventh and Eighth. In
northerly direction II burned along the
line of Eighth to Bryant, thence along
the south line of Bryant half way to
Ninth, thence along the north line Of
Bryant to Juniper, a small street half
way distant between Tenth and Eleventh,
sparing the northeast corner of Eleventh
and Brysntyo thence along the east line
= of Juniper to Harrison thence along the
north line OF Fourteenth to Folsom, Jump
ing the street at that point to lick up
the building at the southeast corner of
Folsom and Fourteenth. thence half way
along the west line OF Folsom to Fiji
tenth, but leaving intact the structure
at the northwest corner of Fifteenth and
Folsom. Along the north line of Four
teenth II ate it's way to Shotwell and
along the west line of Shotwell to Fiji
tenth Skirting the orth line of Fiji
teenth, IL travelled to Howard and along
the west line of Howard to Eighteenth,
where Il again diverged northerly along
the north line of Eighteenth as far as