The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1906-04-21
JEFFERSON, TEXAS SATURDAY APRIL 21, 1906
CONTINENT Shocked BY EARTHQUAKE.
City San Francisco Suffered Appalling Damages
to Property and Life.

Dan FRANCISCO, ApTll Io.-odu
Francisco was practically wrecked
by an earthquake at 5. Is this morn
ing. The shock lasted three min
utes and thousands of buildings
we're damaged and destroyed. The
loss of life is reported great.
There is no water and fires are
breaking out all over the city. All
wires with the exception of one are
gone.
The city hall, costing 81. 900, 900
is in ruins.
Modern buildings suffered less
than the brick and frame.
Terror aud excitement is indie
scribable.
Most of the people were asleep
and rushed into the streets un-
dressed.
Buildings swayed and crushed
the hurrying occupants.
There was panic in the down
town hotels.
The Lick House is badly, dam.
aged, but no loss of life is reported
there. -
The San Francisco Hotel with.
stood the shock. The people flock.
ed to the telegraph Offices to send
messages to friends and were fran
tir because there were no wires.
The greatest damage to the bnil.
dings was on the south side of
Market street, where mostly frame
bull dings and tenement houses are
located. There are fires in every
block in that district.
The section OF the city from
Market street to Mission street and
from the bay back has been almost
completely wrecked. The Call and
the Examiner buildings were de.
: stroyed. Many buildings along
Market and Mission streets, in.
Guiding the department stores, are
i collapsing,
Y Hundreds of people in the cheap
t tenement districts are reported
killed.
j. Fires are raging, and owing to
the scarcity of water are practically
e beyond control. The residence
n portion was but slightly damaged,
n although nearly every house is
y more or less injured.
AS reports come in the magni.
= tude of the disaster grows. Fires
are raging in all directions and
j. people are moving out Of the down
r. town sections,
Is The loss of life may reach into
" the hundreds, and millions OF dol.
u lars worth of property has been
u destroyed.
l. San Francisco, April 10, 10 p MI
looks now as if the entire city would be
burned. The Associated Press men are
n trying to get messages to Oakland by
l boat, but they are very uncertain. Tit
government is furnishing tugs, but thu
y confusion is so great that they canno
be relied upon. 1t will be impossible II
Il send details for several days.
a. Oakland-It is reported that the min
in San Francisco is ablaze and from tb
is outside indications it will be impossible
+ to save it.
q. The Southern Pacific has brought il
= to the city ton of dynamite to use
h necessary, in destroying buildings t
prevent the spread of flames. The fir
=, is now within one half block of thei
general offices. They have dismantle
j.. two buildings and hope % check it. N
one is allowed to enter the city an
boats and trains are crowded with re
~ ugees. The soldiers are maintaining o.
der as far as possible, but the popul'
ton has no thought of anything br
escape from the city. Shocks continu
10 at Intervals with further damage an
j. increased panic,
I'd Sab Francisco, April l8-From th
Y. Cliff House comes word that the gres