Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-04-19

hotel, one block distant, will be en-
dangered.
| The rooms in the Palace hotel were
vacated early in the morning, and the
guests are now returning to gather up
, their effects. All sorts of vehicles
are being used to carry out of the
danger zone everything of value.
The loss of life seems to have been
confined to the poorer districts and
the manufacturing territory.
For the benefit of eastern people
who have friends visiting in San Fran
cisco, it is safe to say that they have
not been injured AS the hours. go
by, the excitement grows more intense.
Every few minutes explosions are
heard as buildings are blown up to
stop the progress Of the flames. On
lower Market street, the main thor
oughfare of the city, block after block
OF substantial buildings have been de-
stroyed. A big fire is raging on the
corner of San Some and Pine streets.
one block from the Associated Press
Office.
1t is impossible to confirm the differ
ent rumors of the loss of life.
No reports have been received out.
side of San Francisco, but the damage
about the bay must be enormous. Oak.
land is said to have suffered severely.
A fire which broke out in the Mack
Wholesale Drug company, threatens to
destroy the entire block.
Practically the entire water front is
on fire.
On California and Pine streets the
fire has reached to San Som street.
From Pine and Dupont streets fires
can be seen raging all over the down
town district.
A brisk wind is coming up, and the
destruction of the entire business dis.
trict is threatened.
Several persons are thought to be
pinioned under the wreckage of the
fish markets between Sacramento and
Clay and Commercial streets.
On Fourth and Tehema streets an
entire family was caught in the col.
tdpSe OF building.
The hall of justice is momentarily
expected to fall The city hall is al.
most an entire wreck. The damage
here is estimated at half a million dol.
lars.
The Mechanics Pavilion has been
converted into an emergency hospital
The Grand Opera house has suffered
severe damage.
The Santa Fe roundhouse and ma
chine shops at Point Richmond, across
the bay, have collapsed
The facts SO far as known at this
hour may be summarized as follows:
Hundreds of people killed, and prob,
ably 1000 injured
The entire water front is ablaze
The postoffice is entirely collapsed.
BY order of the chief of police all
saloons have been closed.
The damage alreday inflicted is es,
simated roughly at forty miliIon dol
lars.
The fires ar espreading rapidly. and
unless the wind comes up from the
west and blows the flames toward the
bay nothing can stop the destruction
of the city.
The whole north end of the CITY is
wrecked, and the flames arespreading
in all directions.
The Postal company is preparing to
vacate, and this will shut off all teIe
graphic communication with the out
side world
From present indications the entire
business section, both wholesale and
retail, will likely fall prey to the fire
which is now increasing in intensity
and is being famed by stiff breeze.
At IL Wednesday morning. San
Francisco time, 2 o'clock New York
time, the employers of the Postal Tel.
egraph company had to leave their of
flee on account of the fire. At the time
they left, the Palace and Grand hotels
were not yet on fire, but were in Immi
nent danger
The militia is now in charge of the
town.