Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-04-20
Perth Amboy Joins With the Rest in Raising Relief
Fund.- Acting Mayor Pfeiffer Issues Proclamation
Asking Citizens to Contribute Names Harry Conard
Treasurer and Money Will be Sent Through The
American Red Cross Society y-Entire City Is In Ruins
Fire Spent Itself Destroying What Earthquake Left
STORY OF THE GREAT DISASTER GROWS WORSE.

Tor six hours sOiuiers. D0nGe ano
tiremen demolished the splendid homes
on the easterly side of Van Ness ave
nue. by dynamite and black powder.
They carried the devastation for dis
/ tance Of one mile under orders from
Mayor Schmtz and the council and
General Funston.
Buildings We're still toppling under
the dynamite when the flames leaped
across the area Of destruction, and the
/ Nob hill district, that Sl,0o0000 worth
of property had been destroyed to
save was doomed.
This emiuence had been selected
years ago by the multimilionaires of
/ the Bonanza days" upon which to
erect their mansions.
/ The hill is surmounted by the Hotel
/ Fairmount. JUST finished at cost of
over $1.000.000. 1t was beautiful
structure of white stone, visible from
almost every point of the city. and the
horror was universal when its destruc-
I ton became complete. Steadily but
surely the fire ate its way up the slope,
consuming the homes of the late Mrs.
Jane Stanford and the Hopkins Art in
stitute, built by Mark Hopkins of Cen
/ tral Pacific fame. ON either side was
ruin. nothing but ruin.
/ In hundreds of blocks hardly build
ing remains whole. The United States
mint escaped almost Imscathed on ac-
count of its isolated environment and
its peculiar tireproof construction.
Lieutenant Charles G. Pulls, com
manding the Twenty-fourth company
OF light artillery, was blown up by II
charge of dynamite at Sixth and Jesse
streets and was probably fatally in
iured.
I Mayor Schmitz and the members Of
! his cabinet have abandoned hope OF
more than n few scattered structures
escaping the flames.
/ General Funston. commanding the
troops in the ruined city, in an official
message says
"The fire has crossed Van Ness ave
nue. to the west, and it is almost Ger
tain now that the entire city Will he
destroyed On account of confusion it
has been impossible 10 locate individ-
uals inquired for. hut attention will be
given that matter as soon as pracica-
BILE. There is no decrease In thc prog
ress Of the fire. II is so dark one can
scarcely see during the day.
The subtreasury is entirely destroy
ed with the exception of the vaults,
which contain all the cash on hand.
Suitable guards have been ordered to
protect them.
'"The fire marshal of San Francisco
reports that more than two-thirds OF
the area Of the city of san Francisco
has been destroyed and there is no pos
sibility of saving the rest of the city
The following is the district north ot
Market street now devastated: Samson
10 Market street to Sacramento, tt
Buchanan. thence to California, e
Hyde. to Eddy TO Larkin. TO Gougl
and to Market. On the south side oi
Market street the fire extends alona
Market street to Fourteenth and be
low the southern Pacific tracks to the
boundary.
All of san Francisco has been burn
ed or is burning. The information was
brought In by Sergeant Binkley. l. :
A., who said Everything out Marke
street to about Twen ty-third street /:
burning fiercely. Everything is gont
except the mint. The postoffice was
injured only by the earthquake.
detachment of sailors from one o
tho warshlps assisted the firemen a
this point Officers, with drawn pistols
forced citizens TO work. People lef
their homes and fled 10 Golden Cat
park and the Prssido All night loni
a constant stream of humanity walke
the streets to the west. Two hundre
thousand people slept out of doors.
Already there is suffering from lac
of food and water. San Francisc
needs help and needs it quick.
Every man who ventured near tn
scene of the fire was impressed b.
Lieutenant Mcmillan of the Bear. Thi
young officer had cool eye and
wicked looking pistol, and the way til
men jumped when his gun was point
ed was interesting Mcmillan was ey
erywhere directing operations, and hi
energy earned the admiration of eve
those whom he forced - {.
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