Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-19

SAN FRANCISCO. April 1s.-Reports
from outside of San Francisco indl-
cate widespread damage. San Sose. fifty
miles south, lost many buildings and from
fifteen to twenty people were killed. The
annex of the Vendome hotel collapsed and
fires broke out. Stanford university and
Palo Alto suffered. At Stamford many of
the handsome buildings were demolished
and two people were killed. One
of them was Junius Robert Hama of Brad
ford, Pa, and the other was Otto Curtis
fireman.
Six other students are lying in the Palo
Alto hospital with bruises, cuts and in
ternal injuries. These are Ross D. Howard
Of San Francisco. Henry L. Dearing OF
Thomas of Los Angeles, Robert Westwick
of Santa Barbara ana w. H. Masters of
Portland. Ore.
The court house at Redwood City and
other buildings collapsed Menlo Park, Bur
lingame and other fashionable suburban
towns suffered. Santa Rosa to the north.
Napa, Vallejo and all other towns around
tne Day were damaged.
Salinas Nearly Destroyed.
SALINAS. Cal, April ls.-1ls Miles from
San Francisco AT 5;15 a. m. today three
shocks of earthquake visited this town,
lasting, respectively, ., and AZ seconds.
They came from the northeast and south
west. The damage will be s2,5OOOOO. No
lives were lost but a number of people
were injured. Among the buildings de-
stroyed in this town are the Ford and
Stanbury building, dry goods; Elks' hall,
building. armory, Porter & Irving store,
Logan cyclery, odd Fellows building city
hail. Masonic temple and several other
smaller buildings. Spreckels' sugar factory,
about three miles from town, was entirely
destroyed. with a loss Of s1.5OOOOO. The
high school building was also wrecked
Another shock was experienced at 23
p. m.
At Watsonville the Moreland academy
was destroyed by fire and several build
ings collapsed. Shocks were also felt at
Monterey and Pacific Grove, but little dam
age Was oOnes AT lnS Del monte hotel
three chimneys fell through the roof. killing
a bride and groom and one of the hotel
help, and injuring several others fatally.
At Hollister the Grangers' Union warehouse
has been destroyed Mrs Griffith was
killed and her husband went insane from
shock.
Martial Law at San Jose.
/ Los ANGELES, Cal. April ls-At San
Jose the Vendome Hotel annex was badly
wrecked and ten or fifteen people killed
The Doherty block was completely burned
and one woman killed. DR.. DeGrow was
business building was demolished. Martial
law has been declared and the militia and
800 deputies are guarding the streets 1t
is estimated that nifty people have been
killed. The postoffice was yartly wrecked.
/ the Presbyterian church totally demolished
and the court house wrecked. Passengers
arriving from other cities in California
bring tales Of death and disaster from
Santa Cruz Monterey, Gilroy and Hollis
ter. The death list at Santa Cruz is re-
ported large.
Santa Rosa is a total wreck and 1000
people are homeless. The loss Of life will
probably reach hundreds. Main street is
piled many feet deep with fallen buildings
Not one business building is left intact
The four-story court house is a pile OF
broken masonry, destroyed by fire. Citizens
hed to the fields and hills TO watch the
destruction Of the city. The water system
was destroyed by the earthquake.
Hundreds Dead I'm Asylum.
Los ANGELES. Cal, April ls.-A long
distance telephone message from Salinas
ia miles south Of San Francisco at Il
O'Clock tonight gave the following informa-
tion:
"ons hundred ana twenty bodies have