The Topeka state journal., 1906-04-18

The gdSWOTkS south of Market street
have been blown up and started anoth-
ed big fire in that section of the city A
portion OF the Mission, several miles
from the business section OF the city, is
In flames
The fire began at Twenty-second
street and is rapidly moving eastward,
Should the wind increase 1T may sweep
the entire southern section Of the city.
In Oakland five persons were killed by
the collapse of the Empire building.
The Gore block, et the junction Of
Market and Pine streets, is in flames
and probably will be total loss
At 10 O'Clock.
san Francisco. Cal. April 1910 q.
m@The fire has reached Market
to the Claus Spreckels building at
Third and Market is in flames and the
fire extends along the south side or
Market to Fourth.
The following buildings on New
Montgomery street between Market
and Mission have been entirely de-
stroyed. Pacific States Telephone
company. Rialto building, Mission and
Market, the Natoma building on Sec
ond and Market, the II story Mutual
Life building on California and San
some have been entirely destroyed.
Coming Up Market Street.
san Francisco. Cal. April 1s.-The
fire is coming up Market street and is
now less than one block from the
Postal Telegraph building. The Palace
and Grand hotels are in great danger
of fire from Third and Madison streets.
The Postal Telegraph company and
Commercial Gable company will open
temporary Office at Oakland as soon
as a boat can be procured to carry the
operators across the bay The fire.
however, is so fierce between Market
street and the ferry as to make it i'm
possible to reach the boat at present
At 1918 O'Clock.
San Francisco. April 1s.=At 1915
a. m. coast time, the fire extends
from Ferry to Front street on one side
and pretty much all south of Market
street and out to about Seventh
street. with sporadic fires in the park
section and the western division.
There is no way of estimating the
number of the dead It may be hun
dreds, it may be thousands. There is
hardly any water and it is impossible
to say when the fire will stop. People
are moving out of the Palace hotel.
The Postal telegraph operators who
are at their posts are taking their
lives in their hands as the building
& block.
The Call and Examiner buildings are
liable to go at any moment
Call Building on Fire.
San Francisco. April is. 1o:25.=
Fire has taken hold of the sixteen
story Call building on the Third street
side and flames are now burning
fercely In the interior of the build
ing, but as yet the flames have not
spread beyond the fourth floor. The
building is also threatened on the
Market street side, only one building
separating it from the flames. which
seem present everywhere on the
south side of Market street from
Fourth almost to Third.
| The back Of the History Monadnock
building, now nearing completion. has
fallen out and the flames threaten to
cause great fire loss. The front Of
/ the Monadnock was badly cracked by
/ the earthquake.
/ Although the fire is raging on all
/ side of the Palace hotel. it has not yet
4 taken fire. The previous report that
! the Palace hotel had caught fire is
erroneous
The flames are rapidly nearing the
Postal Telegraph company's building
! and within a block of the Associated
Press and washington Union build
/ ing The Postal company is prepar-
ing to vacate, and this will shut CT all
4 teiezraphic communication with the
/ outside world.
From present indications the entire
/ business district both wholesale and
retail will likely fall prey 20 the
/ flames. which are increasing in inten-
sity. tanned by the stir breeze.