Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-18

Building. on the Third street side, and
flames are burning fiercely IN the interior
OF theibulding, but as yet the flames have
not spread beyond the fourth floor. he
building is also threatened on the Market
street side, only one structure separating
it from the flames, which swept every
thing 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 sides
of the Palace Hotel, il has not yet taken
fire The report that the Palace Hotel
had caught fire is erroneous.
10 a. m.-The fire has reached Market
street near Third. The building next to
the Claus Spreckels Buildingl, at Third
and Market, is in flames, and the hre eN-
tends along the south side OF Market to
Fourth.
The following buildings have been de-
stroyed. Pacific States Telephone Co,
Rialto Building. Mission and Market the
Natoma Building, at Second and Market;
the l2-story Mutual Life Building, at
California and Sansome.
LARGE AREA IN FLAMES.
lO.15 a. m.-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 spo-
radio fires in the park section and the vest
ern division.
There is no way of estimating the num-
Der Of the dead. II may be hundreds; it
may be thousands.
There is hardly any water, and 1t is i'm
possible to say when the fire will stop.
The people are moving ont of the Palace
Hotel The Postal telegraph operators
who are at their posts, are taking their
lives in their hands, as the building is
colapsing and the fire is within half a
block
SUMMARY or FACTS.
1920 a. m.-The facts, so far as known
at this hour, may be summarized as fol-
lows
Hundreds Of people killed and probably
/ 900 injured.
The Mechanics Pavilion has been con
verted into temporary hospital, and
already several hundred victims Of the
disaster are being treated there by corps
OF volunteer surgeons.
The entire water front is burning.
The postofiice is badly shaken and has
entirely collapsed.
The fish market, at the corner of Clay
and Merchant streets, has collapsed, kill
ing six people.
Fire Chief Sullivan and his wife hav,
been badly injured.
The Grand Opera House is burning
hercely.
A l0-story building adjoining the Operi
House is apparently doomed; also, othe
big buildings between the theatre anS
St. Patrick Church.
Many people are fleeing from the Palace
Hotel, taking their personal effects.
The gas works, south OF Market street
have been blown up and started anothe
big fire in that section OF the city
A portion of the Mission street severa
miles from the business section of the cit,
is in flames.
The fire began at Twenty-second stree
and is rapidly moving eastward. Shoui
the wind increase, IL may sweep The entir
southern section of the city
! In Oakland five persons we're killed b
the collapse Of the Empire Building.
The Gore Block, at the junction q
Market and Pine streets, is in flames an
probably will be a total loss.
, There was another shock at SIS o 'cloc
which intensified the panic People staue
to rush into the streets, but the shock wa
( of short duration and the aldrm subsideC
2 The earthquake was not seriously fe
! at other points along the coast, so far a
, can be ascertained.