The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-04-21
FIRE DIES HARD High Wind Springs Up and Spreads ConAagration Along the Water
 Front. UNDER CONTROL ELSEWHERE GREAT YORK OF RELIEF NOV
 UNDER WAY.

Flood of Money and Supplies Pouring in From All Over the. COuntry---Canadi-
 an Government Appropriates $1OO,OOO --DestitutiOn and Suffering Inde-
 scribabIe-Thousands of Members of Families Separated With No Means
 of Learning Each Others Where
 abOuts--RecOvering of the Dead
 Seventy Five Bodies Taken From
 One House--MOre Than 15O Reported Dead in One Hotel.
 San Francisco, April 2O.-Plunged into absolute darkness tonight at 10 o'clock, San Francisco had not seen the conclusion of the devastating work of the confagration that followed the earthquake of Wednesday morning.
 The fire that started at Mob Hill and worked it's way to the North Beach, sweeping that quarter clean of build itgs, later veered around before fierce wind and made Its way southerly to the immense seaWall sheds and grain ware houses.
 The flames were heading directly for the immense ferry building, the ter minal point by ferryboat of all over land and local trains of the Southern Pacific road.
 The wind, which at times amounted to gale, and darkness added fresh ter TOTS to the situation. The authorities considered conditions so grave that 1t was decided to swear in immediately LOGO special policemen armed with ri- fies furnished by the federal govern ment, In addition to this force, com panies of the National Guard arrived from many interior points.
 Two Chinese were shot and killed on Market street for refusing to obey or- ders of the soldiery.
 Reports of babes born in the refugee camps were frequently received. Five babies were born in Golden Gate park.
 Tonight the main remaining fire was confined to the east of Van Ness avenue and north of Union street, but was DuIIllLIS 1IC WcJ tO IllC GllOl Og
 Late this afternoon the police broke open every saloon and grocery in the saved districts and poured all liquors into the gutters.
 At o'clock tonight a fire was rag ing over fifty acres of the water front lying between Bay street and the end of Meiggs and Fisherman's wharf. To the eastward it extended down to the sea wall but had not reached the piers, which lie a quarter of a mile toward the east
 The cannery and warehouses of the Central California Canneries company, together with 10000 cases of canned fruit, was destroyed as also was the Simpson and other lumber companies yards.
 Fourteen men were killed last night by soldiers guarding the mint and Po- liceman Joseph M. Myers was bayonet- ted and killed by a national guardsman over a dispute as to authority,
 The men at the mint were killed for attempting robbery
 From a three-story lodging house at Fifth and Minna streets, which col lapsed Wednesday morning, more than seventy-fve bodies were taken out to- day. There are fifty other dead bod les in sight in the ruins This building was one of the first to take fire or Fifth street. At least one hundred persons were killed in the Cosmopolitan on Fourth street,
 The only building standing between Mission, Howard East and Steward streets is the San Pablo hotel, which is occupied and running.
 Many persons dropped dead Of heal and suffocation.
 More than 15O persons are reported dead in the Brunswick hotel, Seventh and Mission streets