The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-19
LOSS WILL REACH
$200,O0O,O00
Palace Hotel, With Thousand
Rooms, Is Gutted, and the
Fire Sweeps On.
ENTIRE FACTORY DISTRICT
HAS BEEN LAID WASTE
Fierce Glare fO Flames Illumi-
mates Country for Miles
Around.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 1S.-The Palace
hotel, a caravansary that has sheltered
famous people from all parts of the
world was burned clean. Nothing except
the gutted framework of It's 1000 rooms
now stands.
Theaters Destroyed.
Among the other notable buildings de-
stroyed were the Grand opera-house, on
Mission street, where the Conried opera
company had opened It's season Monday
night. The members of the troupe are
now at the St Francis hotel, one of the
few big hotels that arc still standing. The
Majestic theater. at Market and Eighth
streets, was burned; the Columbia
wrecked by the earthquake and the Cen
trail razed by the flames. The 5000, 600
Fairmont hotel Is still standing and suf-
fered little damage The odd Fellows
temple, on Market street; the st Nicholas
hotel and the Call and the Examiner
buildings and the Parrot building are
gone. while the big city hall caved In
completely when the earthquake shook
the city.
Factories Wiped Out.
Nearly every big factory building has
been wiped out of existence, and a COM
plete enumeration OF them would look
like copy OF the City Directory Many
OF the finest builings In the city were
leNeled to the dust by the terrific charges
OF dynamite in the hopeless effort to stay
the horror of fire. In this work many
heroic soldiers. policemen and firemen
were manned or killed outright
S2oO,OOO,OOo Damage.
At 10 o'clock tonight the fire was un-
abated and thousands OF people are flee
Ing to the hills and olamorng for places
on tho ferry boats at the ferry building
The damage is now believed to have
reached S2oo,00o,O0O. and $4,000 people are
thought to be homeless.
Under the fierce heat of the noonday
sun nineteen bodies lay In Washington
square, where they were taken at the
order of the Mayor when the morgues
and Hall of Justice basement held all that
could be cared for
Sky CLOVIS With Flame.
At o'clock tonight an Associated Press
representative who went to a high hill
overlooking the city noted that the sky
In the east and south sides was illuml-
mated for distance Of four or five miles
The illumination from the southern side
was of a duller glow, showing that the
flames were not consuming property OF
such great proportions as was the case
on the east side
Hall Of Justice Stands
In the business district toward the wa
ter front the flames were either checked
or burned out About Washington street
and the corner of Kearny the Hall of JUS
tice could be noted standing but IL was
Impossible TO determine what damage had
been done to the Interior. From the Hall
Of Justice to the south the fire cut its
way through some OF the choicest build
ings In the city. the Pacific Mutual and
the Canadian-Amcrican bank being re-
duced to ashes,
Flames Still Roll On.
Down Kearny street on both sides at 10
O'Clock the conilagration was still raging
with fury but the direction of the wind
prevented It's advance up the hills to the
west The greater portion OF the struc-
lures TO the west of Kearny up to Dupont
burned Az
Then came the destruction Of the West
ern Union building at the corner of Pine
and Montgomery streets.
Press Driven Out.
In this building was located the Office of
the western division of the Associated
Press. Earlier In the day the occupants
had been ordered out by the authorities
on account or dange: and the Associated
Press established a temporary station I'm
the Bulletin editorial rooms Then the
latter place was closed and this dispatch
Is being written on doorstep near China
buildings furnishing light for the writer
Strong Winds Blow.
1t appeared that the great Mills build
ing would block some of the southward
sweep OF the blaze as II had already
checked an advance northward early in
the night If this proves true the limits
OF the Are will be determined bur pre1
dlctions on this point are as unreIiahIe
the strong winds, which every few
minutes are changing from one direction
to another.
City Is Orderly.
The city tonight. In the face of It's an
pallinE disaster. is fairly quiet and order
the formidable presence OF Federal
troops, militia and naval reserves has
had Its efect on any element that might
be disposed TO be dlsorderly
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