Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-04-21

me Estimates Of the Number Of Dead
Continue to Grow and 1t Is Now
Thought That Between 1000 and
1,5oo Have Been Killed In san
francisco.
New York, April 2o.-The Hrs.
encouraging news to reach the
outside world from San francisco
came In a Western Union buIIetIn
timed s:45 a. m. (san Francisco
tlme) and states that the flame.
are yielding to the persistent ef-
forts Of the firemer,, IL is now
thought that the section Of the +
cry north OF Market and West
streets on an Irregular line to Van
NESS and Broadway may be saved.
San Francisco, April 2o.-rhe
fire is now under control, II hav.
ing been checked at Van Ness a..
enue and in Mission street. Tho
fire is still raging north Of Rum.
sian hill and toward the bav. but
IT will not spread west. Probably
e. Il /, &c
The number Of dead is various.
~ estimated at from 1000 to 1900.
washington, D. o., April ! 7----sssll
Following telegram was received M
the war department at III o'clock thiH
forenoon from General Funston:
The burned district is now apnrnx.
imately as follows: From Water
front up Broadway to Mason street
thence south to California street.
tnence west to JONES' thence diagonal
~ to Van Ness and Golden Gate ave.
nues. All this line is now actively
burning. ~
Outside the following line prop
erty Is now thought to be
safe: From Van Ness west on
Golden Gate avenue to Fillmore,
thence south to Market, thence on an
irregular line to Valencia and Twenty.
sixth, thence on an irregular liue east
to the bay.
The indications are that the active
f1re line will advance west to Van
Ness and north to Union and Mont
gomery avenues.
About 100000 people are homeless.
Everything is quiet.
ToittIiS oScmS inevitable
"A famine seems to be inevitable.
All the large supply stores are burned.
The most energetic efforts from out
side only can prevent frightful suffer.
ing. No more troops are needed"
Thousands Sleep in Parks.
New York, April 20-The Western
Union today received the following
message from its chief operator at San
| Francisco at 1920 a. m, New York
time: General Funston is giving out
thousands Of tents and is doing every.
thing possible to relieve the suffering.
had an escort take me to the parks
last night. The people seeking safety
there were fairly comfortable.
Refugees Leave San Francisco.
"Ten of thousands of refugees are
| fiocking into Oakland, Alameda and
the other towns across the bay. They
have been without food or water since
the outbreak of the fire. The bakerie
in the small towns are being worked
to their full capacity. The scene In
the extreme west end of the city,
where 1000 people are camped in the
vacant land and parks, will be fright
full when the fire, which is fast ap-
preaching that section, drives them
out Of the shelter they have there
1920 to 1900 Dead.
Kansas City, April 20.-A staff cor
respondent of the Star telegraphs to-
day from Oakland that after making
the rounds Of the business district Of
San Francisco he places the number
of dead at 1900 to 1900, but he says It
Is humanity impossible for any one to
give definite estimate. In alone
cheap lodging house alone it ilionaid
that anywhere from 200 to 65mbi- We
killed by the collapse Of the lg in-
and fire insurance patrol offAd in
the correspondent that the tiNbli.
loss will reach $5O0,0O0,000. Albm-
Situation at Daybreas ante
San Francisco, April 20. sull.l
The fire, which heretoforeN MEA
around the base of TelegI
4 leaving few houses staItv r,,r,, ~
has crept back from the e oft,cas - .
now in full possession cwere ahopt :
on the hill and will no ditions of noli
lerything down to the warly rho ccsni
Van Ness avenue and 1t w.deYd Ydiscuss
The main fire has rs leiey The
street and is going atsreI go that Fl
There is no one in frqste grouLe memf
midnight. At that tirpW reHh Hhe memt
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