Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-21

Of San Francisco time to be in a position |
to meet the demands Of the depositors !
and the danger of a financial crisis will DO |
averted.
The state and banks Of the United |
States in general have telegraphed guar
anteeing support to the local financial in-
sttutions in this trying hour and arrange
ments have already been made whereby
It can be definitely stated every depositor
will be paid in full
Hospital on Dock.
The Folsom street dock was turned into
a temporary hospital yesterday, the haroor
hospital being unable to accommodate all
the injured who were brought there.
About 100 patients were stretched on the
dock at one time. In the evening tugs
conveyed them to Goat island, where they
were lodged I'm the hospital. The docks
from Howard rtreet to Folsom street have
been saved. and the fire at this point was
not permitted to creep further east than
Main street.
To add to the horrors of the general
situation and general alarm of many
people. who ascribed the cause of the
subterranean trouble to another convulsion
Of nature. explosions of sewer gas here
lately ribboned and ribbed many streets,
Yesterday afternoon Vesuvius in minia-
ture was created by such an upheaval at
Bryant and Eighth streets. Cobblestones
were hurled twenty feet upward and dirt
vomited out OF the ground.
There is an immediate prospect for
large supply of water. Officers of the
Spring Valley Water company stated last
night that they expect to be able to fur
rish the city with 100000 gallons of
water today or tomorrow. There Is water
now west of Van Ness avenue, and the en-
| gnes there are fighting the fire with fresh
water. In the Mission district there is
water, but there are no engines and the
! fire is burning as it will.
Cattle Stampede Fatal.
Another series Of fatalities took place
| yesterday, caused by the stampeding of a
/ herd of cattle at Sixth and Folsom streets.
| Three hundred of the panic-stricken animals
ran amuck when they saw and felt the
| flames and charged wildly down the street,
trampling under foot all who were in the
way. One man was gored through and
| through by a maddened bull At least
dozen persons it is said, were killed The
death is reported of DR.. ]. c. stinson, a
we'll known young physician and former
member of the city Board of Health, who
was killed in his room at the California
] bota1 MadnacdaHy ba
shock shook that building the side of Stln-
sons room in an upper story caved in,
burying him as he lay in bed With hard
work he was subsequently taken out, but
death had evidently been instantaneous.
The Call says this morning that a prom
inent president of one of the San Fran
cisco banks has wired directions to his
manager to place 100000 in the hands
Of the citizens relief and restoration COM
mittee, to be used at his discretion in the
immediate work of attending to the wants
of the stricken people of San Francisco.
More Money Comes.
AcasdonaI subscriptions have been made
q the San Francisco relief as follows:
Gordon Blandipg. $1,000 Carnegie hero
fund.- 5000; Clarke Mackay, New York.
5000; Mrs. John W. Mackay, Paris. 5000;
GugEenheims Bros, New York. $4,000;
Brown Bros. New York, $4,000; Charles
Sweeney, New York, $4,000; Heidelbach
Eckleheimer. New York, $4,000; II. NJ.
Rogers, Boston. $500; National Park bank,
New York. 5000; city of Worcester, Mass.
1000; total Sls1,5OO
The residents of Oakland, Alameda and
other cities across the bay are extending
hospitality to refugees. who are coming
from the city by the thousands. In addi-
tion churches and large halls have been
thrown open for their accommodation a
privilege Of which many Of the homeless
ana worn-out people are glad to take ad-
vantage of,
The work OF clearing up the wrecked city
has already been begun at the water front
in the business section OF the town. A
force of 100 men was employed this morn
ing, under the direction Of the street de-
partment, clearing up the debris and put
ting the streets in proper condition.