Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-04-23
San Francisco
Horror
Thursdays Dispatches


nas escaped destruction or damage
The loss of lie there is now estimat
ed at over 500. All but two OF tn,
Stanford university buildings are re
ported down.
Every business block in San jose
is destroyed and martial law has been
declared there.
Santa Cruz. Monterey and Hollistcr
suffered severely.
SAN FRANCISCO, April I3.-At 9
O'Clock this morning the flames are
eating up the Mob Hul' palaces, the
fairest homes in the West
The military and firemen are pret-
ty well exhausted after night OF
tremendous work and today, while
making little effort to save the beau
titul residences, are protecting ana
caring for the half-crazed women and
children VINO find themselves not only
homeless, but hungry to the brink OF
starvation.
General Funston has taken all the
supplies at the Preside and is feed.
ing today the women and their little
ones, who yesterday were the most
pampered in the town.
Inc desolation seems complete. for
the markets and the provision houses
are all destroyed The situation is
frigntfully alarming.
BY tonight 1t is plainly evident that
The proud city OF San Francisco will
be swept out of existence. 1t does
not seem that possible miracle
could save it. Is;g8
Los ANGELES, April 19.-NeWs
has reached here from the California
coast towns showing that disaster to
some OF them is as complete as that
which has overwhelmed San Fran
cisco.
Reports from the vicinity of Santa
Rosa up to noon indicate that the loss
of life there may be greater than at |
San Francisco.
The pretty town of Somona, with a |
population u 12,0OO, was struck and
all communication is stopped. 1t is
only known that the city is almost
completely wiped out and that 10000
people are homeless and that the loss
OF life is likely to reach 1000.
The news today is meagre. but
alarming, from many sections along
the coast
OAKLAND, apir IJ.-IJ- 10 Il. MI
The fire on the northwest side OF
Oklahoma street is spreading south
residence sections and north towards
the waterfront. Tae town is already |
a mass of ruins and may be wiped of |
the map altogether. Wornout fire
men and volunteers no longer make
any serious effort to stop the conlla-
grafton, realizing it is futile.
The Hopkins Art Institute and the
Stanford residence have burned.
Half the town camped out over
night from necessity. The parks,
open lots and sandy stretches along |
the ocean are filled with refugees.
Soldiers continue to shoot down
ghouls.
OAKLAND, April l9.-Nany of the
injured were burned to death as they |
lay helpless in Mechanics Pavilion in
San Francisco, which had been made
into temporary morgue. over 100
were killed by the burning of this
building. The nurses were forced to
desert them and fee for their lives
WASHINGTON, April 19.--Super
intendent Leach of the San Francisco
mint, in a telegram sent at O'Clock
last night, reports that the building.
which contained s3O90O00O0, is saw
ed His report states tnat the mint
is the only place standing for blocks
around. The building is slightly
damaged by earthquakes. however.
Treasury officials here are not CON
vinced that the mint is not destroyed
however.
WASHINGTON. April 19.-(West-
ern Union Bulletin. 1.-The Western
Union and Southern Pacific buildings
at San Francisco are totally destroy
ed. The fire is burning in a diagonal
line up hill commencing at McAlester
street and ending at Battery street
and on Mission street as far ont as
Sixteenth street. There is no water
and the wind is rising.
The military authorities have for
hidden any one to enter the city. The
situation is unimproved and thou.
sands are lined up awaiting the dis
tribution of food by the soldiers"
WASHINGTON, April 19.-The
commissary general has ordered 400,-
900 army rations rushed to san
Francisco. 1t is expected to have a
million rations there within 10 days.
WASHINGTON. April ia tele-
gram from Gen. Funston at San Fran
cisco timed at 9:15 a. M, says:
The city is still burning and mat.
ters cannot be worse"
WASHINGTON. April 19.-The fol
lowing was received from General
Funston this morning:
San Francisco, April 10, 1906.
Military Secretary. Washington.
Your dispatches received. Have al
ready filed several to you. 1t is I'M
possible to inform you now as to tae
full extent OF the disaster"