The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-20

San Francisco, April 19.-Old land 7
marks, made famous by association (
with the early history Of California, as
well as the new monuments to the COM /
merciaI prosperity of the California I
metropolis, have been wiped out of ex-
! istence by the dreadful conhagration. /
| One of the first to fall a prey to the /
/ flames after the destruction OF the (
/ business district was the Palace hotel, /
known the world over to travellers It |
/ was built i'm the seventies by James /
! Ralston at a cost Of S6,0OOOOO and was /
/ owned by the Sharon estate. Many or
/ San Francisco's wealthy residents made !
/ their home at the Palace, and personal
property losses in art treasures and
! other effects have been very great. The
Hopkins Art institute, located on Mob
Hill, owned by the University of Cali
fornia and built by Mark Hopkins, was
/ destroyed with its priceless contents
I Close by were the Stanford mansion,
/ the Huntington, the Flood and the two
/ Croker mansions. All were swept
away These were the handsOmest pri-
vate residences in San Francisco. and
/ were built by the men whose names
| they bear i'm the early days of the city's
/ greatness, and who played such impor-
/ tant roles in the development OF the
| Pacific coast.
Bohemian Club Gone.
Down near the business district at
/ the corner of Post street and Grant
/ avenue stood the Bohemian club. the
most unique and one Of the widest
. known social organizations in the
world. It's membership lists include
/ the names Of many men who have
I achieved fame in art, literature and
the commercial world Its rooms were
decorated with the works of artist
members, many of whose names are
known wherever paintings are dis
cussed. and many of them priceless in
J their associations.
Many of these We're saved. The. an
nual summer links of the Bohemian
club, amidst Sylvan scenes at Redwood
grove, is the most unique celebration
known among social clubs. There We're
on special exhibition in the links
room of the Bohemian club a dozen
paintings by the old masters, including
a Rembrandt. a Diaz, a MuriIlO and
others, and probably worth 800, 600.
These paintings. which were loaned for
exhibition, were lost.
Olympic Club Destroyed.
Further west on Post street stood
the home Of the Olympic club. the old
est regularly organized athletic asso-
citation in the United States. and ia
nous for its appointments and for the
number of athletes it has developed
The building was worth $500. 900 and
its furnishings were of the finest quail
ity. Nothing remains but a mass OF
steel and stone
Flood Building in Ruins.
The great new Flood building. built
by James Flood at a cost Of 81 600 600
and occupied about a year ago: the
new Merchants Exchange building on
California street, erected at a cost of
$780, 600; the Croker building at
Montgomery and Market streets. a mil
lion dollar structure; the Mills build
ing at Bush and Montgomery. costing
the same; the new Shreve building AT
Post street and Grant avenue costing
= $4,000, 600, and occupied on April I by
, the largest jewelry store on the coast.
are some of the new structures de-
stroyed by the flames. The Shreve
Jewelry company carried a stock of
100000 worth of jewelry.
5 All SmoIdering Wrecks.
On Market street the PheIan building.
one of the earliest attempts at pre-
ktentious form OF architecture in the
bus ness districts, ar covering the
most valuable piec estate II
5 San Francisco, s. some TIC Great
! group of build --1 ailer gail r &c
: of ground be p- Aarktn. So -
= ter and G. eet pi65-si 30 the
city of : i2eF - coAs 4 81
I 100000 sa- 1sls 800 site citS - coun-
t tn bf5ieir-s So SOW rsse Of sInolS-
' inc = the builo-
.ts r LIZ aor Dyed the cfts
fancis hotel ~
-rected al cost =
fI- Fairnlounf hoiSl o.
Powell the p1ost 80 ~ I
Jie.iS..r don in The city
m4fsl sile flames Tle r. gli .1l, !
scas BIZ Mrs Herman ssei - - =
Of s.. oo0.ooo. and named an i ns,lof 4
n father. the l.ate Selaat ut Soalies
r'air.
Churches Wiped Out
The 1nagniaeeat grogg 81 .,, eeil Gus
q !, 81 g - I.51skfft1s college and catAe~
o. the ,1lat3iy worth 5000 ooe, and St.
p Ils,L pLI church on Steiner street. :