Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-19

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and ok<r basI<1axs Collapsed
osshelaos Destroyed
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rrisdini bsiidines esssross1 o. an.
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csIl bulldog. ~nureiy Destroyed.
ciass spreeksa bsIldssg. gustsd "
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Hearst buildIng. coslapsed
Me- ckroaiele buildinx. hardly aam-
ass1 q ".
N whine HOUSE. walls badly
crsck<d; an Plate slass windows are
son<.
Ksery piec> a ssnck II buIidins r.
noved before 81 n
wIseA<sfer hotei. Third street. 10
tslir destroyed.
GRIND Opera hosse. entirely De-.
fr0yed
cl.ss spreeaers hoase ana stables.
b.diy damaged.
o. Lakes Episcopal church. Van
Nsss asens@. Yin have % " pulled
down.
aseehasicsf Library building. Post
street. cornices fell: building slightly
damAeed. H.
crocher building. Market ana Post.
silghtly o1nased.
Lick hosse. walls and roos largely
caved IN.
Uphan building. Pine and Battery,
totally destroyed. loss ssso,o00.
Fire house adjoining California boz
sei On Bush street, CHIEF Sullivan and
wife. sleeping ID ne engine house,
were severely injured By bricks
crashing through the roof Of them
crashing through tho ROOF iron The
hotel
Gala hotel. Bush street, upper
walls and upper floors wrecked.
The building IN course Or ccnstruc.
tioa 70 b occupied 81 the Hannah
baths win have 10 be- rebuilt II 10
located on Post street near the oiym-
pin club. The walls Are badly warp
"a and twisted and the roof has fallen
%.
San Francisco Gas q Electric com
pany's Post street plant. only slight
Nv damaged.
ST. Dominics church. Pierce street.
total loss.
Palace hotel. entirely destroyed.
ST. Francis hotel. exterior slightly
cracked and scanned. but not serious
ly damaged. !
Pacific Union club. Post and Stock.
Ton. front damaged and assures In
rear wall.
Sc Dominic's church. Pierce street,
10 total loss. Tho interior of the
church Ii wrecked and there are large
assures in the walls. The structure
will have to be pulled down.
Flames Reach Chinatown.
San Francisco. via Oakland, April
is.--The flames are now reported to
have reached Chinatown, q yeritable
fire trap. It will go like a flash with
IT. wooden buildings. saturated with
the grease Or Chinese filth.
The Dewey monument In ussRbn
square Is said 10 have been broken
squarely In two BY the earthquake
and the fierce heat.
Indescribsbie Ruin.
Los Aiamos. Cal. April 1ss-Los
Alamos. which has been the scene Of
more destructive earthquakes than
my other community OF California, IL
In q state OF terror.
An earthquake which happened here
about 3 O'Clock this morning sent
the inhabitants tumbling from their
beds. Adobe houses came rafting
down, streets rocked and the very
hills swayed. The town was rocked
from fore to an. 1t Is d scene Of In.
describable ruin tonight. That many
have been killed there is almost nc
doubt. Hut the ruins are thrown
hither and thither In such q way that
IL is impossible to determine the "a.
talaties. II 10 reported that several
score we're killed and hundreds In
jured. The town II In darkness.
Las Alamos was visited IN 1899 by
one OF the most destructive earth
quakes In the history o. California.
Al that time II was thought to have
been caused by the boring Of many
oil wells In this vicinity.
state University Ii Ruins.
Berkely. Cal. April 1s.-Indescrib'
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