Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-04-20
Reno, flew Apr. IL, 1906,
INDEPENDENT. Elko, Nevada.

destruction. Dufing the niLht the
flames had consumed many Of the city,
finest structures and skipped in II dozen
They had made til, ir way over into til,
North Beach section and s%pringinE anew
to the south they reached ont along the
shipping section down the bay shore
over the hills and across toward Third
pud Townsend streets. Warehouses,
wholesale houses and manufacturing
concerns fell in their path. This com
pleted the destruction of the entire dis
trict known rs the South 81 Market
street. How far they are reach ne to
the south across the channel cannot be
told, as this part ot the country il shut
or. After darkness thousands of the
hOmcl, IS wer" making their way will
their blankets AMI scunt provisions to-
Golden Gate Park and the beach to tind
shelter. Those i'll the homes on th,
hills Just north of the Hayes Vale,
wrecked sections piled their belongings
III the streets and express gon and
automobiles were hauling the throngs
away tn the sparscly settled regions.
Down town everything is IN ruin,noi l.
business house stands. 1t Is estimated
that the loss iii San Francisco will reach
between ~sl50,OO0,C0) aud S20O,O00.' %
These figures are i'll the rough and moth
ing can he told until partial acco Intlnr
lis taken. On every side there WAS
death and suffering. Hundreds were
injured. either burned, crushed or
struck by falling pieces from the build
ings and one often died white on the
operating table at Mechanics Pavilion,
~improvued rs a hospital for the comfort
and care Of three hundred Of the injur
ed. The Der OF dead is not known
but it is estimated from tive To ten
thousand.
There il not a brick or stoue building
left standing il Santa Rosa and the
entire devastated area has been burned
over. Dead bodies are being taken
from the debris Of wrecked houses on
all sides. # il estimated that the death
roll will loot up from 2C0 to 800 with ten
thousan homeless.
BY Il seeming miracle the big %univcr.
sity buildings at Berkeley, Standing on
the campus elevation, escaped harm III
the earthquake shock.
The Western Union received Il report
that early this morning the fire sprea d
into Mob Hill section OF San Francisco,
This Is the section in which are 10.
Gated many fine residences inCluu.
ing the Crockcr and Huntington homes.
The fire burns rapidly into the various
residence sections and it is feared that
the entire city Is doomed. To adj t.
the horror the store u dynamite il
giving ont. The railroad supply is
exhausted aud every pound has been
removed from the Government arsenal.
No II if permitted I" enter the burn
ing city. The militia is IL charge and
persons caught Iootmg are instantly
shot. Three thieves were iii patched
last night 10y soldiers
4 Western Union bulletin to the War
Department from San Francisco say ::
Tho Western Union mud Southern Pa
Ciiic buildings have been tUially lie
stroycd. Tho tire il burning rapidly in
Il diagonal line up the hill. commencing
at McAllistcr and ending ut Batter,
street aud un Market street IA far ~
Sixteenth street Tho water SUPPLY has
given out, the wind is rising aud the
military authorities nave just for hi Idcu
anyone To cnrrr tho city. They have all
they can handle without attempting ANY
moro. Tho situation has not improved
and already there IL great suffering for
food and water. Thousands Of I.cnpl,
lined up in u pack awaiting soldiers to
dist ributG water.
III" tire in San Francisco in rnnbnicd.
The st. Francis Hotel and McrrlInnia
Exchange are gone. The Fairmount
Hotel il also threatened. \ portion Of
the Mark Hopkins Art institute ia dee.
troycd. Tho entire structure will
probably go. Tho Chronicle building is
u skeleton. Tho James Flood building
on Market md Powell il leaning. En-.
tire district up ma far na the New Fair
mount Hotel on top u Mob Hi, Cali.
fornia street between Powell and Mason
streets, all gone. II is reported that one
hundred thousand arc homeless and al
G:3O u. M. Snr Francisco time, the fire
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