Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-04-23

8 endurable. The fire has now
& swept the city practically out
:, of existence and quarter oi
. a million OF homeless and
+ wretched people are this morn.
q ing in condition of absolute
: despair.
: Relief trains arrived durin.
. the night. and early today. and
r water has been secured, so
= that starvation. which threat
s' ened. is largely averted. but
= sickness and insanity stalk
= abroad.
: No one on the outside can
: imagine the awfm terror of the
. last As hours or the complete
- hopelessness of today
- Last night thousands of peo-
= pie slept in Golden Gate park
. and the public squares. and the
= cold fogs came down and al.
= most perlshed them. Families
3 We're divided members
: here. others there. No one
: knew whether the others were
3 dead or living.
= There are many scenes of
j. pitiful breakdowns of mothers
: frantic over the absence of
: their children, OF fathers
: searching for their families.
, The amount of sickness. the
: number OF deaths and the
3 human wreckage that must fol.
; low the days and nights of ex.
> posure can scarcely be calcu-
; lated.
3 Meanwhile at 8 O'Clock this
; morning the fire is stnl burn.
; ing. The ruin is complete. It
; has gone beyond the city lin
> Its and now. al this hour, 9
> O'Clock, the flames are in the
, vicinity of Golden Gate park.
; which, of course. will stay its
progress, as there is nothing
now upon which the FIRE can
, feed.
Utter exhaustion has taken
possession Of the people to-
day and they look upon the
seething ruins with a grim and
dry-eyed woe.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 20.
The estimated number of
dead is placed at 500.
The injured are estimated at
5000.
The homeless In a population
of 100000, is 300, 900.
Property loss estimated at
$1,000, 100000.
The area of fire. II square
miles-200 city blocks.
Nearly all of the fashionable
residence portion oil the city
is destroyed in addition to
Bfaihys seredisrlP lPfie,iti,n Pfeit. Everything
south of Market street to
Twenty-third street is gone,
and the fire is still burning.
Everything north of Mission
street is entirely gone up to
Van Ness avenue and past Van
Ness avenue west To Golden
Gate avenue up to Octayia
street. Chinatown and "Nob
Hill" are wiped out.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 20.
Three hundred thousand peo-
pie are starving and famish-
ing In the streets and hills In
the rear OF the city today.
There is no water. excepting
that which soldiers distribute
, in the park. Fabulous prices
, are being charged for food.
, Bread is 81 loaf and canned
goods are practically gone.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 20.
The United States sub-treas-
, ury building was destroyed by
, fire yesterday afternoon. The
, vaults, however. appear intact.
, A detail OF soldiers is guard
, ing $S0,000,000 in money and
, bullion. Treasurer Jacobs and
, Cashier Burns are believed TO
> be dead.
, SAN FRANCISCO. April 20.
, The morgues and iails naSe
; all been burned and little ef-
> fort is being made 10 recover
? the dead. They are left lying
; on sidewalks, and in many in
: stances are run over by We
; hicles carrying the injured. In
3 other instances they are tram
; pied under foot by panic-strick-
Z. en- refugees seeking escape.
3 The removal OF bodies has
!, become a thing of evident mi
: nor importance and practical
= ly no attention is being paid
3 to them. They are left where
3 tney fell.
: Stories are being heard from
3 every source about bodies OF
Z, persons who have perished on
3. every hand.
+ SAN FRANCISCO. April 20
3 This morning the military
= and civil committee is hard at
q work trying to systematically
3 extend relief to the thousands
8 OF sufferers. The task Is a
{, prodigious one, but the cry for