Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-04-20
HUNDREDS LOSE LIVES
| IN QUAKE AT FRISCO
Shock Reeled City And Fire I'm.
mediately Broke Out.
cry AT MERCY OF THE FLAMES

property Collapsed In the TwlnklinS
Of an Eye-euslnsSs Section Of City
s. Practically In RulnS-pynInnitlns the
Structures to Check the Fire.
San Francisco, April 19.-San Fran.
+ cisco was practically wrecked by an
earthquake at $40 o'clock Wednes'
day morning.
The shock lasted three minutes and
thousands OF buildings were damaged
and destroyed. The loss Of life Is
reported great. There Is no water
and fires are breaking out all over the
city. All wires with the exception
OF one are gone. The city hall, cost
ing 100000. is In ruins. Modern
buildings suffered less than the brick
and frame.
The confusion and excitement Is In
describable. Most people were asleep.
and rushed int the streets undressed.
The buildings swayed and crashed.
burying the occupants. There was a
panic in the down town hotels. The
Lick House Is badly damaged. but no
loss Of life there Is reported,
The Palace and San Francisco ho'
Gels withstood the shock. The people
Aocked to the telegraph Offices TO send
messages to friends and were frantic
because there were no wires, The
greatest damage was south OF Market
street, where mostly frame buildings
and tenement houses were located.
There are fires In every block In that
district.
At $3.50 O'Clock Wednesday morning
q disastrous Ore broke out on the south
eide OF Market street and is now with
in one block OF the Palace hotel The
water mains have burst and the fire de
partment Is practically helpless, The
utmost confusion exists, All business
Is suspended. AT this moment there
Is only one wire out OF San Francisco,
Postal Telegraph Company wire. The
Postal Telegraph building Is badly
damaged. The operating room Ia to-
tai wreck. The power ~ eSAy kind
Is gone, and there are no lights, either
gas or electric. Neither the Palace
hotel nor the 81. Francis Is gone; tina,
~. as far as the outside goes, but the
inside platering. etc, Is greatly dam.
aged.
Between the Postal Telegraph Of
flee and the water front thore has
been great damage by fre. which Il
burning aercely. and there Il little or
no water The are IL burning both
On the east and the south side Of the
Postal Telegraph building
The damage by the earthquake ap
pears 20 have extended all over the
city. The streets are bIOckAded with
.debriE They are blowing up build
AnES The residence districts are safe
10 far a. heard fra
The business section OF the city from
Marks, stree, 10 MisSion street and
from Bay back has been almost com
ple,ely wrecked.
The Call and EKAmineT buildings are
destroyed May buildings along Mar
Act and Mibslon streets. Including the
department stpres. are eollapsing
Hundreds bf people in the cheap tsne
msnt dastricts are reported kiilsd
The oRess Of The Postal Telegraph
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