Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-21
Associated Pres Dispatches by Special Wire.

Associated Press Dispatches by Special Wires
Washington, April q Several i'm
portant dispatches came 10 the War De
partment at an early hour this morning
from Con. Funston, commanding &C san
Francisco
The first, dated at the Naval Training
Station, follows.
"So far as known. no casualties among
army and navy or families. except Lieut.
Pulls, Artillery Corps, who was seriously
injured dunng firing. Please cable Ma
uila
The second dispatch was dated at Fort
Mason. and said
"At this hour, $50 p M. a hard and
successful fight Is being made to save
the western part Of the city Fort Mason
where army headquarters have been estab-
lished, may 60 but that We will know in
On hour Supplies are being distributed
20 homeless people camped in parks, mill
tary rcsrveations and vacant spaces.
Troops, police and hrcmcn almost ex-
hausted by 36 hours terrible work The
conduct Of the people In general has been
exemplary, though In some cases looters
have been shot Admiral Goodrich has
landed al available from feet and placed
under my command. Seventy cavalry
men, under Major Benson. guarding ruins
Of banks, where there arc many millions
Of valuabes. Impossible as yet To learn
Of individuals for whom YOU have in
quired Most casualties were in poorer
districts south Of Market street Not
many killed in better portions of city"
The following dispatch from Cen
Funston, sent from the Naval Training
Station, came 10 the War Department
40 $40 O'Clock this morning.
Fire "a making no progress TO the west
from Nanncss avenue. West wind OF
considerable force now beginning In
dications now that all that part of the
city south of Nanness avenue and north
Of the bay will be destroyed Some CON
siderable apprehension Is felt as 60 the
post of Fort Mason, but 10 Is believed that
we can save t. Weather continues 6ne
and warm; practically no suffering FROM
cold IL will be impossible to at once
establish proper sanitary conditions Much
sickness must necessarily be expected II
the city 10 the west now standing remains
intact, thcro arc many good buildings
that can be used as hospitals Tho water
supply Is encouraging The Spring Valley
water people believe they can deliver
100000 20 l20O0OOO gallons daily.
hls, with other sources not mentioned,
VIII prevent a water famine
Gen Bell,the chief OF staff Of the army,
20 whom the dispatch was addressed. said
be thought the words of Gen Funston
south Of Nanness avenue should read
"east oi Nannoss avenue" as that
thoroughiare runs north and south
The War Department has received the
following Western bulletin. sent from
San Francisco a. 8 o clock this morning.
1T is ioggy this morning. with a
westerly wind. Condition grows worse
Last night 70 was windy. compared with
previous night, and accommodations In
Oakland are 90 premium Those that
are IN tents IN parks will suffer until they
can get into houses. think there are
plenty Of fats for rent, but the earth
quake put them in very bad shape Fire
worried ms last night by squirting up al
times and may get away from iiromen AT
any time and endanger everything on
water front, that is the sheds and ware
houses. There are very few left, prob
ably l6, and they are wood of the poorest
kind. Wind has died down and severa
warships and tugs are pouring waite
from the bay on the flames. which an
quite a distance from tho ferry building
where our office Is located. The super
intendent of ferry building tells us tha
the building is now safe and there is ~
danger from fire.