Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-04-25

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people are homeless.
Dead Cannot Be Numbered.
The exact loss of life never will be
known, as hundreds of the unfortu-
mates have been incinerated in the
| flames which made the rescue of
those buried under topping steeples
and falling walls impossible. TEN
porary morg2es were improvised at
many points only to be xazed by
the flames The city resembles one
vast shambles with the red glare of
fire throwing weird shadows across
the worn and panic-stricken faces of
the homeless who are wandering the
streets or sleeping on piles of mat
tresses and clothing in the parks and
on the sidewalks in those districts
not yet reached by the fire.
Forgetting for a moment the terri
BILE suffering, physical and financial,
that trails in the wake of the disaster,
the scene presented by the flames is
one of unspeakable grandeur. Look
| ing over the city from the hill, flames
can be seen rolling skyward for miles
and miles, while in the midst of
tongues of red fire can be seen the
black skeletons and falling towers of
doomed buildings. At regular inter
walls the booming of dynamite tells
of the work of the brave army of
! men attempting to save the city from
cOmDiete humiliation,
Leave Bodies to Cremation.
A falling wall from one OF the dyna-
mited buildings on Mission street
crushed out the life of a brave fire
man, Max Fenner, while many others
met a like fate. Through all the
streets automobiles and express
wagons are hurrying, carrying dead
and injured to the morgues and hos
pitals At the morgue in the Hall OF
Justice so bodies lay on slabs Flames
rapidly approached this building and
the work of removing the bodies to
Jackson square, opposite, began.
While soldiers and police were carry.
ing the dead TO what appeared a safe
place a shower of bricks from a build
ing dynamited to check the progress
of the sweeping flames injured many
workmen and sent soldier after sol
der hurrying to the hospitals. The
work of removing the bodies stopped
and the remainder of the dead were
left to possible cremation in the
morgue
Stringent Martial Law.
The city is under stringent martial
| law and troops of cavalry and squads
of infantry are patrolling the streets.
From the Barbary coast the horde
of vicious and criminal that infest that
section poured fourth and started
early in the evening to loot stores and
rob the dead. Fearing such a fiend-
| ish climax to the day of horrors, or
ders were issued to the soldiers to
kill outright all who engaged in such
| work Before the eyes of the AS
| ISOLATED Press representative three
thieves were shot and fatally wound
| ed in the burning commercial district.
DISASTER TAKES IN SAN JOSE
FIFTY MILES SOUTH OF FRISCO.
Oakland, April l9-Reports from
districts outside of San Francisco in
dictate Widespread damage. Son Jose,
SO miles south. lost many buildings
and from Is to 20 people were killed.
Students Lose Their Lives.
At Stanford many of the handsome
| buildings were demolished and two
! people were killed. Jupius Robert
Hanna Of Bradford, Pennsylvania, and
Otto Curtis, fireman Six other stu
! dents, all Californians, are lying in
the Palo Alto hospital with bruises,
cuts and internal injuries.
The courthouse at Redwood city and
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