New-York tribune., 1906-04-20

Developed. was burned 20 skeleton. The
building was worth SsO0Ooo and its furnishings
were of the finest quality
The great new Flood Building. built by James
Flood at a cost of S4O0OOOo and occupied about
a year ago the new Merchants Exchange Build
ing. in California street. erected at cost OF
S2.5OO.O0O; the Crocker Building. at Montgom-
cry and Market streets. worth S1,OO0Ooo; the
Mills Building. at Bush and Montgomery
streets. costing S1.OooOO0; the new shrsvs
Building at Post street and Grant avenue, cost
ing S2.0O0,OOO. and occupied on April by the.
largest jewelry store on the coast. are some of
the new structures destroyed by the flames.
The Shreve Jewelry Company carried a stock
worth 100000. .
In Market street the Phelan Building, one OF
the earliest attempts at a pretentious work OF
architecture in the business district. and cover
ing the most valuable piece of real estate in
San Francisco, is gone The great group OF
municipal buildings. standing on a piece OF
ground bounded by Larkin, McAilister and
Grove streets. erected by the city Of San Fran
cisco at a cost of 100000 and known as the
city and county buildings. are now a mass OF
: smoldering ruins. With the buildings were
probably destroyed the city and county records.
The Occidental Hotel. Montgomery street,
| for years the headquarters OF army officers; the
old Lick house. built by James Lick, the phil
gomery street: the Nevada National Bank block
| the Hayward Building. at California and Mont
gomery streets. a modern structure OF ten
stories; the severe gothic style California Ma
tional Bank, the First National Bank, the Ca
madam Bank Of Commerce. the London and San
Francisco Bank in California street; the Lon
don. Paris and American Bank, and the Bank
of British North America. in Sansome street;
the large German-American Savings Bank, also
in California street-these are a few of the
notable buildings destroyed in that region
The California Hotel and Theatre. in Bush
| street. near Montgomery; the Grand Opera
House. in Mission street. where the Conried
Grand Opera Company had just opened for
season of two weeks; the Orpheum. the Colum-
bia. the Alcazar. the Majestic, the Central and
Fishers were some of the playhouses destroyed.
| Among the splendid apartment houses de-
stroyed are:
! In Geary Street.-The ST Augustine. the
| Alexandria, the Victoria.
| In Suter Street.-The Pleasanton, the Aber-
deem, the waldeck, the Granada.
| In Pine Street.-The Colonial, the Iona visea
! and the Buena Vista.
/ In Ellis Street.-The Duferin, the Hamilton.
the Ellis the Royal. the Hart, the Ascot and
the St Catherine.
| In O'Farren Street.-The Eugene, the Knox
the St George, the Ramon and the Gotham
/ In Taylor Street.-The Abbey.
/ In Eddy Street.-The Abbottsford as
In Turk Street.-The Netherlands. Et
In Polk Street.-The Savoy. ;NgN
In Bush Street.-The Plymouth.
San Francisco was famous for the exreIhncs
of its restaurants. Among them were the
Pup and Marchand's IN Stockton street. ms
Poodle Dog. zinkand's and the Fiesta Thsy
are no more.
At the junction OF Kearney, Market and Gearyi
streets stood the three great newspaper build-
ings of San Francisco-"Ihe CaIY' CSpreckelsl,
.The Examiner and '-The Chronicle" an were
destroyed.
Two blocks north in Kearney street were The
Bulletin" and "The Post" buildings. They also
are gone.
/ Among the large department stores destroyed
are the Emporium and Hales and Frager's in
Market street: in Kearney street the White
house. O'Connor & Moffatt's Newman & Levin
son. RoOs Bros. Raphaels, the Hub and many
lesser establishments: in Geary street were
the Davis. the City Of Paris; Samuels. on Post
street; Vel Staruss in Sansome street. as well
as WaIlace's. Nathan, Dohrman & Co. and Bull
lock and Jones
BY the burning Of the ST Francis Hotel.
S4OOOOO0 went up in smoke This magnificent
building which at the time OF It's destruction
was being enlarged at great expense. was filed
with guests. Among those at the hotel when
the building was destroyed We're James Riley
and wife. Of the Hotel WOlcOtt New York City:
several members OF the Metropolitan Opera
Company OF New York. and many other Eastern
visitors. 1t was reported that no one was in
jured at the ST. Francis AdOlphus Busch and
party left the hotel when ii was apparent that
the building was doomed. and they are now
with relatives at the Presidio. The opera singers
at this hotel as we'll as those at the Palace
Hotel. lost their ALL with the exception OF sew
eral violins valued at $4,000. which were saved
from the flames at the eleventh hour By Nahan
Franko, the musical director Of the company.
Costumes scenery. personal belongings and
musical instruments. everything succumbed to
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