Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-20
Horrors Of Inferno
Doom Of Beautiful Queene City Of the West Writ
ten IN Letters Of Fiercest Flame. 6toutest
Hearts Quail and Heroic Mayor Abandons
All Hope OF Saving . Single District

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sAh FRANCISCO. CAL APRIL fs-AT s0 > =. TIE FLAMES
nsI asrNl Dlsra,cr ALONG eosr. csAss. ELLIS. surrsR
BUSH. AeAIusTga AND TURK sTREEra.
THE rLAAss ARE swGGpino noRrnwAaD AND NAVE MACH
rns nSAlpEcx aosptrAL % NOW THREATENED AND the
NURSES AND DOCTORS ARE CARRYING THE PATIENTS FaoM THE
suiLoisc AND AM ATTEMPTING 70 CIT THEA INTO PLACES o.
SAFETY ALONG THE sEAcH AND ~ the RICHMOND otsrRicT.
NOTHING NOW CAN STAY THE FLAMES AND THE eEoetE.
PANIC STRICKEN. ARE FlEElhc N ALL DIRECTIONS 70 the
HILLS. the BEACHES AND re Parks.
THESE ARE SCENES or PANIC. DISORDER AND MAErchEo-
NESS. AcoNizNc TO sEnoLo. DEAD Lie IN THE GUTTER uN.
CARED FOR. soolEs At POINTS m THE SUMMED cisraicT rLL
THE STREETS. rHE rGRaisLE swIrThgss WITH WHICH FLAMES
HAVE SWEEP MIRO SECTIONS or THE CRY. UNTIL ONLY a FEW
HOURS AGO CONSIDERED SAFE. HAS INCREASED THE LONG LIST
or DEAD.
70 SAVE THEIR sFFEcrs FROM Stunning sutLoINcs WE'VE BUR.
,go ssnsArH THE FALLING WALLS
THE MoRcuEs AND IAiLs HAVE ALL BEEN susNEo AND LIT
TIE EFFORT rs NOW BEING MADE 70 RECEIVE THE DEAD. THEY
ARE LEFT LYING ON SIDEWALKS. ~ MANY INSTANCES RUN OVER
Nv VEHICLES, IN TIE STAMPEDE. AND PANIC or STRICKEN Pso
PIE. M@.% . ~ ;
WHAT WAS SAN FRANCISCO rwsNrvFoua HOURS AGO IL
NOW A ROARING FURNACE IN THE NORTHERN PART or THE
CITY EFFORTS ARE srLl BEING MADE TO SAVE THE RICH resi-
pgNcE DISTRICT AND m APARTMENT HOUSES MEN ARE WORK.
ING WITH THE MADNESS or SHEEN pEspERArioN. IT,
the wALpEck sANTARiuM IS NOW ON FIRE AND THE Nua.
SIS AND Docross ARE MAKING HEROIC EFFORTS TO SAVE THE
PATIENTS. ON sTRErcHERs, on coTs AND ~ the HANDS Or
ATTENDANTS THEY ARE BEING CARRIED FROM THE BURNING
suilpinc, BUT WHERE TO TAKE THEM is THE QUESTION, ron
EVERYWHERE IS A SEA or FLAME. H.
NO WOhUH AS bGGN S6AwG 60Ni0HA ~ IT. SS0NAN
HOSPITAL AND " Is FEARED " IS GONE IN THE SWEEP or
FLAME. TOGETHER WITH THE THREE OR FOUR HUNDRED
SICK ONES IT ALWAYS HAS UNDER ATTENDANTS. )
TWO THIRDS or SAN FRANCISCO IS ALREADY IN FLAMES.
WHEN THE REST Will GO is ONLY 4 MATTER or cAlcuLA.
TON.
THAT THE CITY IS DOOMED THERE rs NO DOUBT.
pyNAMITiNc or VAN NESS AVENUE FROM THE BAY TO
GOLDEN GATE PARK HAS HAD Little EFFECT. FOR 4 BRISK
WEST WIND HAS BEEN SLOWING ALL EVENING, WHICH HAS SENT
THE FLAMES scuaRyihc OVER THE SECTIONS THUS FAR uh.
TOUCHED Nv FIRE.
MlLlosAsIs, LIKE pAupEas. Aas FACING STARVATION
EVEN THE FORMER. WITH ALL THE WEALTH THEY MAY COM.
MANp, CANNOT OBTAIN FOOD. TO THEM, As 70 THE HUMsLgsr
sAsiruE or sARsARy COAST, THE FOOD SUPPLY oEPoTs ARE
REsTRicrEo-oNg MEAL 70 EACH PERSON. -
THE NATIVE SONS AND THE NATIVE DAUGHTERS AND THE
eLKs TRIED UP TILL THE LAST POSSIBLE MOMENT. TO PROVIDE
sHELrER AND FOOD ron EVERY UNFORTUNATE. II WAS WITH.
OUT AVAIL. ~ ~
ALMOST AS RAPIDLY AZ THEY CAME TO Ask AIMs-FoR II
"a AIMS WITH EvERxsoDy IN SAN FRANCISCO THIS @TiME-THE
FLAMES on THE scLDiERs on THE cRAsHlNc WALLS DROVE
THEM AWAY. r. "s 80
90. SHORTLY, THEY WERE DRIVEN AWAY TO WANDER AIM.
LEssLY THROUGH A DEsoLATE CITY, HOMELESS, hungry.
sERkELY Is rHRoNcED WITH INJURED. WHICH HAVE BEEN
RUSHED rHiTHER TO ESCAPE THE FLAMES EvERYWHERE
HOMES, COLLEGE CLUBS AND THE sulLolhcs or THE UNIvER.
slTY HAVE BEEN THROWN OPEN 70 ACCOMMODATE THE HURT.
DYNAMITE ~ THE TON HAS BEEN USED TO STAY THE Pro.
caEss or THE FLAMES. SUIT THE DEBRIS HAS sURNED ALL THE
MORE FIERcELY THE CITY TO NIGHT - 4 PICTURE or WOE
AND oEsoLATioN. " - A sHAMGELs PURE AND SIMPLE,
WITH rHousANps UPON THOUSANDS FLEEING TO oAkLAND,
WHICH CITY is TONIGHT CARING FOR NOT LEss THAN $1,000
. experienced / distinct earthquake shock Of short duration. Abso =
I III $1,000 a.ue~n rS Aomo h< thnneands@ IN nnnnln Unrn hadlv Do =