Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-19

p1n1<s Ihe CITY from D pztsr
frors 20 beyond TAlrd street Is xfire
This Il The sestoa % factories and
small c0ncernx. wlsh thousands cf
people taking refax~ ~ FERRY houses
and III pressure q ne moos has ne
oesslt1tea the rtepcaoe e the
boats Tho California hotel Il burn.
inx There sre nnconfirmed rum0rs
that - orpsaa s<yi1m I'll. killing
scores Il children - Francisco
was evidently the center o. the
shock. which ID Iis,le damage here.
nj " also rumssea that the Reno H.
c&l passenger train leaving ! ! the
southern Pacific e I ! n. eannot be
located
University osmeIished.
OAKLAND. Cal. April i6--Reports
JUST received from PsIo Alto say
Stamford University d practically de.
mollshed
Palace Hotel teilspsed.
San Francisco. Cal, April ls--An
rnconflrmed rurnor has III that the
Palace hotel has collapsed With 800
parsons. al of whom are thought 20
h. dead beneath the ruins.
Some estimates place the number os
fatalities from the earthquake Il over
1000.
The Riaito and The Southern Pacific
buildings 3 reported On fire.
e@@8& @#@GE rig S &%
Fsts on Asno Ii Doubt.
Oakland, Cal. April H.--There Ii
some fear for the fate OF Reno. which
10 $50 miles from San Francisco. In
confirmed ruraorx of severe damages
were received here ny wire. There
has been no communication with the
town since Sis this morning.
improvised Moreus Burns.
Oakland, Cal, April 1s. $50 b. m.
The Call and Chronicle buildings
are both blazing and the entire
block IL Quilted. FOR a full mile above
the Oakland ferry. San Francisco Is
In ruins and there II no prospect of
stopping the progress Of the flames.
Mechanics pavilion II doomed.
Many human bodies are In that build.
ing. which was turned into q temper
ary morgnc. ".
Foreign Settlement Devastated.
San Francisco. via Oakland. Cal.
April 1s.-sanguinetti.s restaurant,
the resort OF those OF the swell set
who lean ID the Bohemian. n on fire.
II N located on Green street In the
heart OF the Barhary coast. where
dwell Italians. spaniards. French and
The relics u the old settlers Of San
| Francisco.
Tho fire IS spreading rapidly 20 ths
westward. many OF the foreigners
have fled from their homes. leaving
everything behind.
Everything between Market street
and Green street Ii gone. the area
southwark from Market street TO the
water front. where are located the
Southern Pacific yards and freight
house In q mass of ruins.
Unless the fire Is checked II will
stroy the valuable shipping proper.
" around Meigg's Wharf.
craxed BY Fourth ehock-BulIdinos
SIN crumbIina. I
San Francisco. Via Oakland. Cal,
April 1s-At six O'Clock q fourth
shock occurred. which sent those who
were brave enough to remain In their
homes scurrying ID flight. This last
shock IL said to have created an I'm.
mense panic In San Francisco.
Men have begun dragging their
household goods Into the street. wo-
men are screaming and babies are
crying.
Many structures which had hither.
to withstood the previous shocks are
topping TO the ground. especially
those wooden buildings that were
supposed to have been built 20 with.
stand earthquake tremors In the down
town actions. II 10 said that many
Of the skyscrapers that were still
standing were toppled over BY the
latest shock.
Ex-Governor Adams o. Colorado Miss.
inss-Oynamlte supply Exhausted.
San Francisco. Cal, April 1s.-Alva
Adams, former governor OF Colorado,
d reported among the missing. He
was . guest OF the Palace hotel. and
nothing has been heard from him.
Already the supply III dynamite has
given out. The authorities are at d
loss to know where to get more.
Without the explosive II Is feared the
conflaeration cannot be stopped.
The entire supply or Oakland has
been exhausted. PInole, where the
works Of the Dupont Powder company
is located, has been ~telegraphed for
more, but no answer has been receiy-
"a. 1t Il feared that place. too. has
suffered from the earthquake.
Many have been Killed. Il Is rumor-
ed, in the blowing down Of the build.
ings by dynamite to stop the progress
of the fire. Fourteen persons. AZ.
cording 10 report, were killed hv fall
ing walls after an explosion Of nitro