Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-04-25
Metropolis Wrecked
and Ruined.
PROCLAIM MARTIAL LAW
Man., of the Most Beautiful Structures are To-
day Mass of Ruins. Burning Before Thou
sands Of Homeless and Helpless Panic
Stricken People,

San Francisco, April 19. - Earth
quake and fire have put nearly half
of San Francisco in ruins. At least
200 people have been killed, a thous-
and others injured and the property
loss will exceed $100,O00,000. Thous-
ands of people are homeless and des-
titute and all day long streams of peo-
pie have been fleeing from the strick-
en- districts to place of safety. 1t was
Sis o'clock in the morning when a
terrific earthquake shook the whole
city and surrounding country. One
shock apparently lasted two minutes
and there was almost immediate col
lapse of fiimsy structures all over the
city. The water supply was cut off
and when fires broke out in various
sections, there was nothing to do but
to let the buildings burn. Telegraph
and telephone communication was
shut off for a time. The Western
Union was put completely out of bust
ness and the Postal Company was the
only one that managed to get wire
out of the city. About 10 o'clock even
the Postal was forced to suspend in
San Francisco. Electric power was
stopped and street cars did not run.
Railroads and ferry boats also ceas-
ed operations. The various fires have
been raging all day and the fire de-
partment has been powerless to do
anything except to dynamite the build
ings threatened. All day long ex-
plosions have shaken the city and add
ed to the terror of the inhabitants. Fol
lowing the first shock there was an
other within five minutes, but not
nearly so severe. Three hours later
there was another slight quake.
Reports from districts outside of
San Francisco indicate widespread
damage. San Jose, SO miles south,
lost many buildings and from Is to
20 people were killed. The annex to
the Vendome Hotel collapsed and fires
broke out. Stanford University and
Patio Alto suffered At Stanford many
of the handsome buildings were de-
molished and two people were killed,
one of them was Julius Robert Hanna
of Bradford, Pa, and the other was
Otto Curtis, a fireman.
Six other students are lying in the
Patio Alto hospital with bruises, cuts
and internal injuries. These are Ross
D. Howard, of San Francisco, Henry
L. bearing of Santa Ana, Cal, -
Frolli, Halbedt r. Thomas of Los
Angeles, Robert Westwick of Santa
Barbara and w. NJ. Masters of Port
land, Oregon
The courthouse at Redwood City
and other buildings collapsed. Menlo
Park, Burlingame and other fashion
able suburban towns suffered Santa
Rosa, to the north, Napa, Vallejo and
all towns around the bay were dam
| aged. These reports, alarming as they
were, created little interest in San
Francisco, where the people were in
frantic state. They did not stop to
dress, but rushed into the streets in
their night garments.
Los Angeles, GAIA long distance
telephone message from Salinas, lis
miles south of San Francisco. gave
the following information:
Zone hundred and twenty bodie;
have been taken out of the Andrews
lnsane-Asylum near Santa Clara and
there are probably $50 more corpses
in the ruins. The magnificent struct-
use was demolished. Eight dead
italians were taken out of the Presby.
terrain church, ST. Patrick's Cathedral
and the High School were DESTROYED.
The new Hall of Justice at San Joe.
just completed at a cost of 5000 600.
was also demolished. All but two of
the university buildings at Stanford
are in ruins. At Iona Prieta, 10 miles
from Santa Mruz, mine house slipped
down the side of mountain, buryina
| ten men in the ruins.
Washington. The war department
received the following second dispatch
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Both Arms Broken in Runaway.
Rich Hill No.. April is. = Mrs.
Selph Shepherd was seriously injured