The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-04-20

This Is the section In which are To-
Gated many fine residences, including
the Crocker and Huntington homes.
Lieutenant Blown to Bits.
Lieutenant Charles Pulls, Twenty
fourth light artillery, was blown up
by dynamite.
There is death and suffering on ev.
cry side.
The city is now under martial law.
10 a. m.-Fire raging still City
partially destroyed. Too early to
learn definitely the water front situa.
tion. Boats and suburban trains run
ming on schedule time, except Almeda
Military doing police duty, and the
city is now under martial law.
80 a. m-Fire burning into resi-.
dence districts. Number of deaths un-
known
San Francisco, April 19.-Earth.
quake and fire have put over half Of
San Francisco in ruins. At least 500
people ave been killed, 1000 others
injur the property loss will ex.
ceeo Us. 600. Thousands OF peo
pie are Pr and destitute and all
day long g %. If people have been
fleeing from tn, stricken districts to
places Of safety.
The first earthquake shock appar.
emily lasted two minutes and there
was almost immediate collapse OF
fimsy structures all over the city.
The water supply was cut off and
when fires broke out in various sec.
tions there was nothing to do but let
the buildings burn. Telegraph and
telephone communication was shut off
for time. The Western Union was
put completely out of business and
the Postal company was the only one
that managed to get wire out of the
city. About 10 o'clock even the Pos.
tai was forced to suspend in San Fran.
cisco. Electric power was stopped
and street cars did not run. Railroads
and ferryboats also ceased operations.
The various fires are still raging and
the fire department has been power
lite the buildings threatened. All day
long explosions have shaken the city
and added to the terror of the inhab-
itants. Following the first shock there
was another within five minutes, but
not nearly SO severe. Another sharp
shock was felt at $50 p. m.
Loss Of Life May Never Be Known.
1t will be many days before the
complete story of the ruin wrought by
the double calamity Of earthquake
and fire that visited San Francisco
will be written and then there will
still remain untold countless tales of
pitiful tragedy. The exact loss of life
will never be known, as hundreds of
unfortunates have been incinerated In
the flames, which made the rescue of
those buried under tippling steeples
and walls impossible. Temporary
morgues were improvised at many
points, only to be razed by the flames.
The city resembles one vast shambles
Forgetting for a moment the terrible
suffering, physical and financial loss
that trails in the wake Of the disaster,
the scene presented by the flames Is
ono OF unspeakabls grandeur. Look.
Ing over the city from a high hill In
the Western addition, the flames can
be seen rolling skyward for miles and
miles, while in the midst OF the spout
Ing and belching tongues of red fire
can be seen the black skeletons and
falling towers of the doomed build
ings. At regular intervals the boom.
Ing of the dynamite tells of the work
OF the brave army of men that are at
to save the city from com.
plete annihilation.
A falling wall from one of the dyna-
mited buildings on Mission street
crushed out the life OF Fireman Max
Fenner, while countless others met
like fate. Through all the streets au-
and express wagons are hur.
rying. carrying the dead and injured
to the morgues and the hospitals.
At the morgue in the Hall of Justice
fifty bodies lie on the slabs. The
flames rapidly approached this build.
Ing and the work of removing the bod
les to Jackson square, opposite. began.
w hiit tiit anu were
carrying the dead to what appeared
safe places a shower of bricks from a
building dynamited to check the prog
ress OF the sweeping flames, injured
many of the workmen and sent sol
der after soldier hurrying to the hos
pitfalls. The work Of removing the bod.
les stopped and the remainder of the
dead were left to possible cremation
In the morgue.
Under the fierce heat of the noon
AAy sun nineteen bodies lay In Wash
iastoa square. where they were taken
1t the order of the mayor when the
norgues and Hall of Justice basement
leld all that could be cared for.
-... Partial List of Dead.
Following is a partial list OF the
dead: Professor George Davidson
Frank Burge, Mrs, Mccain, Willie
Carr, Patrick Broderick, Mrs. Lena C.
Powder, w. A. Husetel, William
KnOWa patpr ind Appia