The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-04-24

| palntngS or the club. They rescued
also some of the best of its property
and LOO in cash. This was put for
safety in the Golden Gate Park MI
scum, which is becoming a kind of b
storage ware house for such things,
President Halt told us that he had
seen majority of the directors and
that they will throw together a shack
for temporary quarters as soon as
they can get the material. The fact
that they are already considering the
future of their club shows as we'll as
anything can the spirit Of the peo-
pie. They regard rebuilding as mat
ter of course. Some of the floors Of
the mills and the Merchants Ex-
change buildings are burned out, but
the walls are in good condition and
the framework remains solid and
true. About half the floors are burn
ed out Of the Hayward s building, but
the rest are all right.
&. Buildings That Can Be Restored. .
All these are modern structures Of
steel. The floors Of the Shreve build
ing are gone, but none of them fell
in and it can be restored. Shreve
is big jewelry firm. They lost their
bric-a-brac and their silver plate in
show cases, but the vaults are all
right. A military guard surrounds the
place. There is guard also over the
vaults all the bank buildings. The
bank vaults and safe deposit vaults
III the Crocker ,Woolworth Bank were
not even warmed through. Business
could be resumed in the ante-room Of
the safe deposit vaults. The Croker
Moulding, which houses this bank, has
all it's floors in place and the walls
are in fairly good condition. This
too, eau be restored without rebuild
ing. The same is true Of the Hobart
building, except for the top part Of
the top floor, which was damaged by
the earthquake. In the basement OF
this building are the vaults Of the
Union Trust Company, which are all
right. Assistant Cashier Rosenbaum
made an inspection yesterday and re-
ported that all specie and securities
are saved. Mr.. Coombs, the chief
engineer, has been through the build
ing and reports that it would be
safe to open it tomorrow.
The building of the First National
Bank was Quilted by the fire from the
ground floor up, but the directors say
that the vaults are all right. The
Mutual Life building on the oppo.
site corner Of California and Mont
gomery streets, was entirely ruined
by the fire.
The United States Mint.
is damaged, but standing. 1t is un-
der heavy guard Of regulars. The
damage in the Hibernia Savings Bank
at Market and McAlister streets, was
mainly OH the ground floor, which
was Quilted. All the vault securities
and specie are intact. The bank has
heavy deposits in it's vaults and six
teen cavalrymen guard it. The pay
ing teller says that the bank stands
ready to pay all demands in full
when it opens.
Sam Daniels, paying teller of the
Bank Of California, stopped the. au-
tomobile in which he was moving his
family from town to say that the
vaults of that bank escaped.
The Sloan building is total loss.
Strangely enough, the City Of Paris
dry goods store, which was in a build
ing comparatively old is in such a
state that it can probably be repaired.
None of the floors fell. The stock,
which was heavy, is, Of course, loss.
The White House
the biggest dry goods store except the
Emporium, is all gone. It's collaps-
ing walls caught fire engine. could
not learn whether any lives we're lost
in this minor catastrophe. The main
vaults of the Bank Of California ap-
pear to be safe. This is the center Of
the banking district. A heavy guard
Of regulars watched at this point and
allows traffic on California street
alone.
President 7. w. Hellman, of the
Wells-FarGo Nevada bank, says that
| his institution is safe and can resume
business when all the others are