The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-19

Menon park Burngane and other fashionable places
ctr ARTERIES OF SUFFERER.
morning and tod how 1t The direction Of policeman whom he
did not but whose star number he gave as e1S . Ne hd cs
ST. katherine Hotel According the made by Hussey
M ne + a h 3D. i as j. M s
The officer handed ussey knife with instructions to cut
Chief 81 Police Oman directed that Hussey Be locked up
There has been opportunity T. his story but e
lie incident reported them had existence excepting II the
Imagination Of the who made the report
Of the sufferers attended Goldberg Bowen and Com
ay that tsy have placed al q ,ejr stores T. ta
disposal Of the city including the provisions contained therein.
TOWN or SAN MATE0 FLOODED.
The Southern Psc6s long wharf San Fran
Bay completely collapsed Many Of the bncrs tel inc
the bay carrying with them thousands Ct tons OF coal hc long
wharf Of the important shipping points about the
bay and freight traffic will be interrupted greatly
breaking q the mains Of the Spring Valley
i the broken gained such headay il San Fran
San Rafael its own troubles dispatched
From eary morning the Offices Of the
tai Telegraph eompanies in oakland ave been cd wt peop
Of in ctecies Of California which suffered
from the earthquake shock. &8
OPERA HOUSE DESTROYED.
The the rapidly chat IT was prac
Gcaly impossible anything in its i reached the
Grand Opera House Mission Street and IN moment nag burned
Metropolitan from New, York had Just
From the opera house the leaped building building
leveng them the ground quick succession Ing GaA edo
and mechanical departments IN lev MN
ues flames leaped Stevenson Street toward the
fecn-story stone building which with
its lofty notable ediice in San francisco lvo
small wooden buildings furnished ignite the splendid pile
Thousands OF people watched the flames ckng the stone walls
At first no impression but suddenly there was crack
fourth floor the first to Then as i ~ sneose
issued from the top dome This followed ny most
spectacular illumination The round WINDOWS OF the come hofle
like so many the long waving steamers Ct Hanss
bursting forth Women Wrung their haaos ana WsP
The m and slender structure witsood the forces
Of the earth appeared fall before the fire But after
time The light grew less intense finding nothing to
consume died out leaving building standing but completely
ARMY HEADQUARTERS BURNED
The Palace Hotel which constantly threatened
was much excitement the guests leaving IN haste
many with only clothing they Finding that the hotel
not il present danger made
Of their belongings though little could De taken
away owing utter absence Of transportation facilities
The Parrot Building, which located the chambers OF
the States Supreme the lower floors being devoted TO an
immense department store rained though its MASSIVE walls
all destroyed little t4rtse5 Gown alkst sI h
building and burned like much Under SPARKS caea
across ignted Phslan building and the army
headquarters Of California General funston commanding W
Nearing the bay the which did the hrenen good SER
vice along tie took the Fato building handsome
y-scraper. converted or ohd business ocS eo
snoulderng piles OF bricks
ROAR OF FLAMES HEARD AFAR
Banks commercial houses supposed TO be nreproo though
not Of modern burned quickly and the roar OF the names
could heard the hills which we're put out OF me oage1
Here many thousands people congregated and viewed the
rushed down some joining midway between the
sidewalks ga#.H .
was Francisco Bay Much Of the devastated
district was low arsy ground covered by water at