Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-19


far as it is possible, but the population
has no thought of anything but to es-
cape from the city.
Shocks continue at intervals. At 9:20
and at 10 o'clock there were heavy
shocks that did further damage and
brought INCREASED panic.
The Nevada bank block and the
Western Union buildings at Pine and
Montgomery are utterly demolished.
A lodging house at Second and Ste
venson streets buried many victims, six
having been taken out.
The flames famed by the rising
breeze swept down the main whole
sale business streets to within 100 feet
of the Union ferry depot, the high
tower on which stood at a dangerous
angle.
The big wholesale grocery establish
ment of Wellman, Peck e. Co. was on
fire from cellar to roof, and the heat
was so oppressive that passengers from
the ferry boats were obliged to keep
close to the waters edge in order to
get past the burning structure. 1t was
impossible to reach the center of theI
city from the bay without skirting thel
shore for a long distance so as to getl
around the burning district. At about
o'clock the Southern Pacific officials
refused to allow any more passengersl
the boats. The ferry and train service
of the Southern Pacific was entirelyl
abandoned, owing to the damage donel
to the power house by the earthquake
at Emeryville.
Ferry Tower Totters
At 9 o'clock this morning men from
the Preside arrived down town to pa
troll the city district The Thirteenth
infantry, 1000 strong, arrived from
Angel island little later and went on
patrol duty at once. The soldiers have
been ordered to shoot down thieves
caught in the act of robbing the dead
and to guard with their lives the mil
lions of dollars worth of property
which had been placed in the streets
that 1t may escape the ravages of the
flames. The First California artillery,
200 strong, two companies have BEEN
detailed to patrol duty on Ellis island.
Two companies are patrollingI
Broadway in the Italian district.
Safety Committee
At an early hour this morning Mayor
Schmitz, who has established his office
at police headquarters, named the fol-
lowing citizens as a committee of
safety:
James D. Phelan, Herbert Law,
Thomas Magee, Charles Fee, w. P. |
Herrin, Thornwell Mullaly, G. w. Nc
Emery, w. H. Leahy, J. Downey Har-
vey, ]. Dinan, John K. Mahoney, Henry
T. Scott, l. w. Hellman, George A.
Knight, l. G. Steinbach, G. C. Murphy, |
Homer King, Frank Anderson, w. j.
Bartnett, John Martin, Allan Pollock,
Mark Gerstle, H. V. Ramsdell, w. G. |
Harrison, R. A. Crothers, Paul Cowles,
M. H. de Young, Claus Spreckels, Ru-
dolph Spreckels, c. w. Fay, John Nc
Naught, Dent Robert, Thomas Garrett, |
Frank Shea, James Reed. Robert Pisis,
T.. Woodward, Howard Holmes, George
Dillrnan. J. B. Rogers, David Rich. H. |
T. Crosswell. Garet Howell Frank |
Maestretti, Glenn Tobin, George Tou- |
mey and William Watson.
Shelter for Afflicted
Mayor Schmitz sent out word to the
bakeries and milk stations throughout |
the city that their food supply must |
be harbored for the homeless. Provis- |
ion has already been made to place
tents in every park in the city, and |
in those people who have lost all will
be given food and shelter.
Early in the morning the prisoners
confined in the city prison on the fifth
floor of the hall of justice were trans
ferred to the basement of the struc- |
ture. Later they were removed to the
Broadway Jail. and If necessity arises
they will be taken to the branch county |
Jail on the Mission road.
Insurance VIII Be Paid
Commissioner e. Myron Wolf an
nounced at noon that the eighty-odd |
fire insurance companies interested had
decided to pay dollar for dollar to every |
one insured with them.
The companies will not discriminate |
between fire and earthquake, and |
every one insured will be paid to the
extent of the loss. But two of the
companies affected are Pacific coast
concerns. the others having principal