The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-04-20
Story Of The Great Fight With Unconquerable
Elements Challenges The Ability OF
The Pen To Tell
Every Effort Is Being Made To Aay The Suerings OF The
Homeless And Desolate Hosts

San Francisco, that, a few days
ago was merry with music and glad
and responsive to song and play, has
come to be as If she had suddenly
been immersed in the very damp of
death. II has been one awful. heart
cruel night and day. Flash after
flash has been interspersed with the
rumblings of maddened earth-the
believing, brutal powers that ex-
posed not hand that human power
might grasp at to hold to check
to even see! The vanities of man
kind, which, in health and under
smiling skies, was pompous and AFRO
giant with claim and fashion were
pitiable to behold tonight--helpless
awed, terror-stricken.
The pride of the Pacific coast is as
city that never was. San Francis
co Is wreck. The two terrible earth
quake shocks that razed hundreds of
buildings scattered death, suffering,
horror, from one end of theftown TO
the other.
1t is city of death.
The estimate of the number killed
runs from 1000 to 1000. The faint
est idea cannot be formed of the num-
Der of injured. 1t will run into the
thousands.
Where Tuesday night the city of
the Golden Gate rose its head in
pride high above the surrounding
hills. tonight, San Francisco is in the
dust--a city of debris.
A thousand pens and pencils could
not begin to describe the wreck, the
carnage wrought by nature. the ut
ter devastation, the desolateness. the
woe and anguish that cover the
the smoke-enveloped city of the coat
In hundreds of places the flames
still roar sullenly while thousands
fight to check the onward sweep OF
destruction.
Added to the cracking of the
flames the noise of the crumblng
buildings. the screams of maddened
Threats. the cries of fleeing children.
have combined to make a picture that
yet IS being flashed red upon the real
canvass of San Francisco habitation.
Oakland, April 20 s a. m.-The
sun rose on the ashes of San Fran
cisco this morning. Two-thirds of
the business district has been de-
vastated, and the names are pushing
forward with a determination that
seems irresistible.
The aristocratic district of the city,
rs well as the tenement house dis
trict of the city, has been wiped out.
Every block in the city except
those on streets between Golden Gate
park and Webster street has been
wiped out.
The fire, which heretofore had
crept around the base of Telegraph
Hill, left but few houses standfns
there and crept back from West. 1T
Is now in full possession of the
houses on the Hill and will no doubt
burn to the waters edge. The main
fire has reached Octava street, going
at fast rate. At midnight it had
started afresh on South street burn
ing fast Ferry buildings present IA
pltiable sight. All people are leav-
ing the city by the first boat on which
they can get away.
New York, April 20.-The follow
ing bulletin was received by the West
ern Union today: General Funston
has given out thousand tents TO
the unfortunates and done every
thing to relieve the suffering. Peo-
Pile in the parks were fairly comfort
able last night. but heavy fogs. and
dew caused distress. Ten thousand
homeless people are docking 90 Oak
land and other towns across the ba7.
ihere is much suIrerlng Tor want OF