The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-21
End of Devastation is
 Not Yet. FIERCE WIND DRIVES
 FLAMES TOWARD WATER Ruins of Houses Toppled Into
 Streets by Gale. Thirty-Five Men Reported To Have Been shot While Tryins to Work Their Way Into the sub-Tress- ury-l.ooo special Poiice-
 men Are sworn In.

Oakland. Cali. April 2o.--It is re- ported at 11:30 p. m., that the lire m the neighborhood of the ferry building has been checked.
 San Francisco, April 2o.--Plunged in- to absolute darkness tonight at 10 o'clock, San Francisco had not seen the conclusion of the devastating work of the conflagration.
 The fire that started at Mob Hill and worked it's way to the north beach section. sweeping that section clean of buildings, was later lveered around by a fierce wind and made it's way south erly to the immense sea wall sheds and grain warehouses. The flames were heading directly for the immense ferry building. the terminal point of all cep- tral, overland and local trains of the Southern Pacific road. The darkness and the wind. which at times amounted to gale, aoded fresh terrors to the situation
 The authorities considered the situa- tion 50 grave that 1t was decided to swear in immediately 1000 special po- licemen armed with rifles furnished by the federal government. In addition to this. force. companies of the nation al guard arrived from many interior points.
 It was reported tonight that thirty five white men had been shot and killed while attempting to work their way into the ruins of the United states sub treasury on Commercial street. I've Chinese were shot and killed on Mar ket street for refusing to obey the or ders of the soldiery.
 Six hundred laborers from the ocean shore arrived tonight to look after the city's sewers to prevent an cpl deinic. The United Railways commence ed its efforts to clean up some of the streets. .r
 Reports of babies being born in the refuge camps were frequently recefv- ed. Five women became mothers in Golden Gate Park Tonight the main remaining fire was confined to tho east of Van Ness avenue and north of Union street. but was burning its way to the shore.
 Late this afternoon the police broke open every saloon and corner grocery in the saved districts and poured out all malt and spurious liduors.
 Fire over Fifty Acres.
 San Francisco, April 20.--At o'clock tonight the fire was raging over nfty acres of the water front lying between Bay Street and the end of Metggs and Fisherman's Whalf To the eastward it extended down to the sea wall but had not reached the piers which lie quarter of a mile toward the east.
 The cannery and warehouses of the Central California Canneries Company. together with 2o,0o0 cases of canned fruits, was totally destroyed. as also was the Simpson and other lumber com psnies yards.
 The flames had reached the tank of the San Francisco Gas Company, which had previously been pumped out, and were burning the ends of the grain sheds, which extend further out toward the point.
 Flames and smoke hid from view the vessels that lay off shore. vainly at- tempting to check the fire. No water was available except from the water side, and it was not until almost dark that the department was able to turn its attention to this point.
 At 6 o'clock it was believed that the fire had been checked at Van Ness Avenue and Hilbert street The build ings on a high slope between Van Ness and Polk, Union and Hilbert streets, were blazing fiercely, famed by a high wind but the blocks were so sparsely settled that the fire appear ed to have but a slender chance of crossing Van Ness at this point.
 Mayor Schmitz. who directed opera tions at this point, conferred with the military authorities and decided that it was not necessary dynamite the buildings on the west side of Van Ness. This would seem to assure the safety of what remains of the Western Addition. It is the only point of ex- nosure to which this section of the city was subjected. As much of the fire department as could be collected was assembled to make a stand at this point.