The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-20
''GAT IN VAIN
! AGAINST FLAMES
leven Struggle Is Carried For
ward With No Hope
of Success.
1ANS ALREADY MADE
TO REBUILD THE CITY
4egraphic Communication Is
Once More Established
i With the World.

IAN FRANCISCO, April 19-San Fran
o tonight is the city desolate. 1t
Med that the acme of its misery was
ifhed at dusk when flames burst from
s. sides OF the beautiful Hotel Fair
l1nt. the palace that. above every other
Ii1cture was apparently most strongly
irenched against the attack of the all
.suming fire. And surrounding that
sy pinnacle of flame. as far as the eyes
i'd see TO the south. TO the east and
d. out to the west lay In cruel fantastic
Tips charred and smoking all that re-
lined OF a prosperous city. The me
,ISols OF the Western slope was in
l3cs.
II Uneven Struggle.
his has been another day of an uneven
i,ure. Acre after acre has been ground
p dust and ashes. despite the heroic
Severance of the nremen to limit the
lflagratlou. Tonight there is n hope
IT the worst has been nearly reached
II that when tomorrow dawns the end
II have come, but the hope Is faint in
hd. II the flames can be barred In
ir devastation OF the Western addition,
lister.
. Plans Restoration.
IL San Francisco Is not discouraged
rbest and highest class has already
In to plan for restoration and TO care
U the stricken ones. and the relief will
hmmediate and effective. Total sub
Uptions OF $4,000 were announced. Ar
Elements were made for the immediate
"a of the needy. The baking of $4,000
les OF bread daily VIII begin tomorrow.
G Free Transportation.
Zee transportation Will be provided by
ISouthern Pacific to destitute persons
ring to go to interior points. Maj
keever was appointed commandant Of
PHcamps Of the homeless, 1t wss an
enced that tomorrow there would begin
lilly delivery into the city of 1o.0oo.o 600
e(bns OF water.
- Direct Wire Established.
night, for the first timo, direct tele-
Mic communication was re-cstabllshed
geen San Francisco and the outside
d. and this message had the honor OF
the first TO be sent. By the most
pgetlc efforts IN the face OF great OBJ
les the Postal Telegraph company
ecded in restoring one Of It's shattered
s,t and Its managers arc hopeful of
AZ ass ging back Its service to the normal
sht is located in little wooden struc-
= Is erected on piles at the water front
Location of Fires.
oui night three distinct fires were burn
One was on that portion that eX-
}o1ls from Mob Hill down easterly to-
.;iSsis the water front. 1t was travelling
SSEly northerly towards the Telegraph
&c section. and may die out from lack
aaterial or may again sweep toward
extreme water front. The second
>er was In the Mission district Here
IRE had reached Eighteenth street.
n%as making little hcodway toward the
Vpoes 10 the west, where thousands OF
Ntle are camped
In Western Addition.
'.,afe third and most dangerous fire is
eS' threatening the Western addition.
~ as really continuation of the Mob
= nrc 1t is wedge-shaped with the
D. pushing forward. This is the point
6Hnss which the flremen are bending
greatest efforts. Dynamite was used
!. -hring purposes with only fair
'.Sfsss. Tonight many blocks may be
~ Up; Chief OF Police Dlnan said he
nt 20 would fully cover the num-
~ 9ead He found II Impossible 10
S details About nifty bodies have
lHr ocen found
,pp tlS was considerable shooting OF loot
I'D 'uhy, put the offenders were fortu-
ShouSn To pScnpc with uopndc