The San Francisco call., 1906-04-22

have, but you are welcome to it,
With these words a great big long
FEhoreman. walking along East street
near the ferry yesterday took
from his shoulders a quilt roll
! ed -. soldier fashion. carefully un-
q rolled il and reverentially threw il
over the body Of a man that had been
Z dragged from the ruins Of q water
! front lodging-house early in the morn
ing. There were three bodies lying
side by side in the blackened embers.
b Scraps of cloth and newspapers
enough 10 cover two had been found
snd placed over their blackened bod
5es. The third. would. have remained
mcoVered but for the hardy giart
whose great heart was touched by the
s=aRful sight and who forgot his own
comfort TO show his respect for the
dead.
In the vicinity Of the wreck of the
Mission police station and in the dis
trict patroIled by the Mission policemen
mlder Captain Anderson the death
toll has increased. Two unknown men
died from exposure. They were imme-
diately buried. Others are in a critical
and desperate condition.
Forty Bodies We're taken from the
bull ling at I19 Fifth street yesterday
by the Red Cross service. The struct-
ure. which was a four-story wooden
building containing ,hree fats of ten
rooms each, collapsed during the
earthquake. Al the time several per-
sons were taken alive from the upper
stories, but il was thought that all the
inmates had escaped. The ruins took
T~a
were made 10 extinguish the flames
the entire building was consumed The
bodies Of the unfortunates imprisoned
Within the ruins were incinerated. only
the skulls and few bones being left.
i is known that Mrs. Henry Murray
and A J. McNear and wife lived in
this building. They have not been
heard from since the IRE.
The foregoing is typical of the great
tragedy that occurred south Of Market
street on the first day. A. Cali reporter
who saw the great fire that was 10
sweep that part Of the city for the first
two days start on Third street soon
after the earthquake and go roaring
up Teiama street; saw in its path
scores Of frail houses go down as if
made Of cards. Hundreds of people
must have been pinned beneath the
debris and burned before they could be
rescued
At the Office Of the Health Board
elev~l burial permits were issued yes
terday. A report was received that
bodies were steadily being recovered
from the ruins.
Portsmouth and Washington SQUARES
are utilized as temporary burial places
Vic Of he IT.
bodies viii be transferred to conse-
Grated ground when conditions. are
more settled Sanitary precaution ne
cessjtates the interment Of bodies as
fast as they are found
The additions to the list of dead and
wounded at the Preside Hospital up
70 noon yesterday are: Dead@Jens
Sorenson, - McClain Of Federal
Hotel
Injwe5-Mrs. NJ Gaynor. Mrs. NJ.
Rhebert Mrs. T. Roach. Mrs. Herlihy.
Cliff Lowe, Mary Boulette. Mrs. Nye,
Mrs. Gleason, Mrs. Wilson, James Cox
Patricd O'Donnell, Isab belle Kelly. Les
trine Harcey Do-etta Harcey, Mrs.
WHY Ondian woman), Riso,
-.- Bero, Conrad Hulten, Frank
Burr, Ferd Kum, Ching Ching. Con-
slant Marchand, Mrs. Darrgrub. Mrs.
Reechert- Anna Petrig. Emily Woods,
Phillis Woods, Emily Mitchell, Mary
Mack, Addie Harris, Jennie Mack,
Ethel Reynolds. Edward Hogarty, Jen-
sa Garbini, > Chinese, 2 unknown.
The list Of those buried in Ports
mouth Square, whose death resulted
from injuries during the earthquake
shock are: King. 92S Mission
street; IA unidentified: Harry Cheese
borough Seventh and Minna streets;
n. Kornheld, 9375k Folsom street;
Young Won, Chinese, Clay street; Z.
d Nourmal, 400 Pacific street; A. Web
ster, woman, IA William street; John
Day, Chinese. -235 Geary street; Will
liam Ware or Ware, 260 Sherman
street; W. Myrke, 423 Stevenson
street; mother and child years old,
I36 Turk street: George Walker. Louis
Robinson. Hung.
The injured in the square are: Harry
Bruenner, 502 Bush street. bruises; J.
J. Duggan, 4O2 Broadway, burns; c. S.
. Robinson, S12 Kearny street. blood poi
soning.