The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-04-27
A. CITY IN hlI''lR '1'R!'{{jiKN !{{jGiKN S. s:
Beautiful Santa Rosa Has Nbt'a
Building Left.
ONE THOUSAND DEAD.
AS Last Great Seismic Tremor Spent
lis Force the City Toppled to the
Ground. Many Other Towns
and HamIets Badly Shak.
en- Up.

| Gil Ops
Reports from the interior of Gal.
ifornia are most alarming, Santa
Rosa, ono Of the prstticst oitias of the
state, In the prosperous county OF
Sonoma, is total wreck. There are
10, 600 homeless men, women and
oh)ldren, huddled together. The loss
of life Is not to be estimated. IL will
probably reach one thuusaud.
AS the last great seismic tromor
spent Its force in the earth, the who'll.
bueiness portion tumbled into ruins
Tne main street is piled many feet
deep with the fallen buildings. N t
one business building Is left intact
The destruction includes all the coun-
ty buildings. The four story curt
houje, with It's high dome, is merely
pile Of broken masonry. Nothing
rs eft. Identification Is impos ible
What WAS not destroyed by th
earthquake hes been swept by hte,
Until the flames startd there wa
hope Of saving the real 'ence dis
trict. 1t was soon apparent that any
such idea that might have been en-
FER aimed was to be abandoned.
TAis was aprchended by the citi
zsns and they prepared to desert
their homes. Not evon Their house
hold goods were taken. They made
Tor the fields and bills to watch the
destruction Of one OF the most beau
ttful cities Of the West.
Mas cDgers bring the saddest It'd
trgs OF tho obstruction OF HaaldsburR,
GHisel Vile, Colv1rdale, Hopl4nd and
Ukiah This report takes In the
country az far Lorth as Mendocno
aud Leko counties, and as far west as
he Pacific Ocean. These are frontier
count1c9 and t,Gve not as large towns
.s farther south In every casf the
'oss CT life and property Is shocking.
| KILLED IN HOTEL.
! A report from San joe, SO miles
south Of San Fcancisci. says that the
! Vendome hotel annex was wrecked, 10
or Is persons being killed. Tne Do
laherty block was, burned aud one wo.
J l.ss;s u sfiS Ma !,
fkilled add his vie Injured. The
nayor deput'zGd 500 mtn 10 watch
property. 1t is estimated that 80
p rs,rs were killed ia San Jose. The
postoffice was half wrecked, The
First Presbyterian church Was de.
no.ished and the court house is q
wreck.
Passengers arriving from many
other cities In California, bring tales
OF d"at1 and disaster. Santa Cruz
Monterey, Gllroy and III blister are
fatally wrecked. The death list at
Santa C.uz ia reported to he large.
a report saY7 thaG Santa RNa Ia q
~reck, ten thousand being homeless
The loss Will probably reach into the
taou7ards. Main street is piled many
feet deep with fallen buildings. Not
one business Building Is intact. The
four story court house is a pile OF
broken masonry. | enJiiication OF
the dead is imposs!o WHAT was
not destroyed 10y earthquake was
swept ry lire. Citizens n3d to Il G
Iillis al fields to watch the desIruc-
tiou Of Santa Ro'a Tue water sys-
tenn was DESTROYED by the earthquake
BURIED IN TIE RUINS.
News mes from N les, y small
town In the Santa CLARA valley, about
10 miles from San jose. stating that
tho earthquake demolished the sta c
Insane asylum at Agaews, near SAr
Jose, burying many CT the inmates IN
she rulDs. Ii is stated that San Jose
suffered severely. This news war
brought by an automobile from Sa'
JDae to points which lmmunicati, r
had been esb- -bl.she TO Los Angelo.
temporarily.
| hu of 1
dled messSgas to Maypr Schmltz, OF
San Framcsco, Cfsrirg 10 render
any assistance p s3i Die and asking 70
advice as to the situation and whai
aid may be needed. Pres,dent Sum.
merland OF the city G uncil, called a
4psclal meetirg Of that body, anC
forwarded y telegram to the mayor
San Ffancisco, Offering In the namt
OF LIS Angeles to renocr any it
poisible 9th the mayor OF Lo.
Angeles and the president OF the ci;y
council request the Associated Pres
TO communicate, If pussibe, thel
tenders Of istance, as they do moi
expect to be able to reach then
through the ordinary channels O
cOmmun cation.
SllOCkS Al bAL1NAS
At s Is o'clock Wednesday mornln,
three shocks OF earthquake shool
Salinas, lasting respectively s, aut
42 seconds. They came from tn,
northeast and southwest. IRE dam
ago Is 81 500 900. No lives were lost
in Salinas.
Amoug tho buildings destroyed ir
Sallnaa arc the Flfd aud Stanbuiy
building, 6ry g0ons; Eks Hais, M.
sonic bull Sing, th9 Kulph!s Of Pythia
buildirg, PorE and Irvlngs store, L
gan CSolery DAD Fellows builaing
City Hall and several smaller hund
ings. Every window In tho city wa
: ofoken. Chimneys toppled over aut
crashed through rofs. Spreckle
Sugar Factory, thres n lies from
town, was destroy cd, causing damag
Of 81 500 Tne hph souools buildu
was wrecked. Several storcs los
tholr entire stocks. At 2.25 o'clocl
this afternoon, another shook vas *
perlcnced but no lives were lost
Several mon, women and childre,
were cut about the faco by flynn
glass. There is interse excitemen
, SWEET INTO THE SEA.
I From the Cliff House comes wor
, thai the great pleasure resort an
show place Of the San Francl C,
. which stood on foundation OF soil
rock has been sw3pb into the sea. NJ
o thing stands to tell where tn