Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-04-27

ApIOIcr. eChICSlS a he7tikS icuiaAohbH
OF the handsome structure erected by
the Sisters uf the Notre Dame. At the
northerIy end of Dolores where it meets
the extension OF Market street, the
flames were diverted by the great bar.
rem cut at that point, eating eRsterly
thence along tue sou,hline Of Clinton
Park to Guerrero. running i'll their
curse the hail constructed hospital Of
ST. Katherine, whence they spread
along the southerly side Of that thor
oughfare e~asterly to Cough. Thence
along the east liue Of Cough to Page
along the north liuc Of Page half Nay
to Octavia, spariuG the ruS Of buildings
atong the e~asterly line Of Octavia us far
a. Fell, where they reached to the
easterly line OF OctaviI and along that
liue n%ortherly to Fiction, where I'll
the west siie they wcr. tronted by Il
halt burned block that had been cou-
sumet 10y a fire started 10y AN over
turned lamp ON the morning of tie
earthquakes.
Along the southerly line Of McAllistcr
the flames ma ie their way To- Cough,
stopping long enough tn consume The
northwest corner of Cough and Nc.
.AllSter. Iherce along the c~astcrly
line of Cough to Golden Gate avenue
thence along the southerly line OF Gold,
en- Gate avenue TO Van Ness and along
the e~asterly line OF Van Ness to Suffer.
where they crossed to the west side and
burned the blocks from the north line
OF Suffer and the east line OF Franklin
through to Clay.
In this district were included some OF
chief among winch was the majestic
home OF Claus Sp-ecicIs ut :he south
west cornc. Of Clay and Van Ness.
This splendid piece of architecture.
done III browrstouc in the chateau
style and adorned with all that wealth
and taste could gather, still stands.
though biackcned by the ordeal and
Invested OF all its beauty, u melancholy
testimony Of the futility nf human en-
deavOr.
Still burning along the eastern line
of Van Ness north toward Fort Mason
the lire reached Greenwich. along the
south line Of which it =prcad tn Lar.
kin and along the east liGe of Lar,
kin TO Lombari. Thence along the
south line Of Lombard to Hyde and
along the east line Of Hyde to Chestnut.
eastcrly thence along the south linr 81
Chestnut to Taylor; thence along the
east line Of Taylor to Bay, along the
south line Of Bay to Mason and dorr
the east side OF Mason to the city front
Within this vast waste Of smou Itci
ing embers were found three cases
where human beings still have their
habitatiOns us before the great con,
Migration. One OF these was TO be seer
on the very summit Of Tclcg raph Hill.
where perhaps a score OF homes still
stand. At the north west corner ~
Jones and Green the residence Of .. -.
Baldwin, the real estate dealer in tn,
Nill5 building, Is still habitable
Across the way at the northeast corner
Mrs. Edward Huber has preserved hcr
home.
Some 3O) houses lying on the sout!
and east slopes OF Telegraph Hill r"
main to attest to the efficacy OF the
grape in quenching flames when water
failed. for III this quarter the household,
crs many Of whom are Italians, save.
their abUles by a free use Of the r.,
wine stored in their cellars. The rru
walls OF the houses show the stain.
where the claret soaked sacks had been
used to cool tho heated walls Of In,
buildings.
The remaining spot unburncd within
the district is bounded by Montgomery,
Battery, Jackson and Washington
Within this district is the Appraiser.
building, in which is stored some hal
million dollars Of valuable wares be
longing to the supporting merchants ri
San Francisco, the saving Of tins an,
the aGjplnlng buildings is ascribcd {,
the herioIc eDdcavors 1T Captain VOL
and his men OF Company ID. Twenty,
second United States lutan'ry, who
with such means ~ they iai at hPu,
succeeded in fighting OIL the levOarmu
element.