Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1906-04-24
hes. Hotels. Pleasure Resorts and Handsome
Homes LeyeIed to the Ground
Little Chdred Tramped Under Foot in the Panic for Safety
Physicians Hurrying Preveut Disease and Pestlance
Which Threatens the Survivors of Quake and Flames

Impossible to retreat impossible
to advance, they had gathered near
the summit of the hill, where some
had knelt, and offered last prayer,
as the fire which for four days had
burned the metropolis Of the West
had leaped and bound towards them,
below them. around them, and else
where. but with them were the heros
firemen, undaunted citizens. and the
soldiers battling with dynamite, With
water, with every available appliance
that could be brought to the fireing
line to stay the holocaust in time.
Many times in the last four days all
efforts were unaviling. as the fire
crept up tthe slopes of Telegraph Hill
licking everything in its path, men
knelt on the pavements of the water
front and prayed to Almighty God to
intervene and put stop to this ter
rible catastrophe. No one can ever
tell the horrible seffering. the dread
lul lcllol dAu ICl1lOlS SNChSo IAot
have been enacted in San Francisco
the last four days. A red and gray
ruin stretches East, West, North and
South. Those of the inhabitants who
have been saved, whose homes are in
tact, almost envy those who have
died. With insufficient food, no fires
to cook what little food thhey have,
with love ones. relatives and friends,
scattered far, their condition is in
deed pitiable One wall near Golden
Gate Park is plasttered for nearly
block with thousands of notices writ
ten on all sorts of paper posted as
warning and information to some per-
son who may be looking for the
writer. Some have been found this
way, and some never will be found.
Lost Children
The list of children missing from
their parents and guardians roaming
the streets, and crying for aid. shelter
and food is appalling. 1t is feared
that as many will starve to death.
die from exhausting or dread disease,
as perisheC in the earthquake and fire.
Now comes pestifence. With the
crowdrg in the Parks. with poor
preparation, with insufficient food, and
that of poor quality, with absolutely
no sanitary precautions, smallpox has
broken out. typhoid fever has started.
and diptheria adds to the terrors of
childhood
The authorities have established
field hospitals in parks and play
grounds They have Communicated
automobiles. carriages. dray wagons
even garbage wagons, and mounted
a soldier on each vehicle. and started
sanitary work with enthusiasm such
as no one but an American can show
Doctors Respond
Doctors from all over the Pacific
Coast have been summoned. Trained
nurses from every establishment be
tween the Gull OF CaHfOrnla ana the
Columbia River are already IN the
field Every case of maligant dis
ease adds fresh terror to the situation
1t is impossible to isolate such cases
:, completely. 1t is impossible to TAX
\ the precautions absolutely necessar.
1 in times of peace and quiet. Nom
may tell when the end may come
S None may say that the pestilence vii
n be confined to the peninsula on whicl
) San Francisco stands, for thousand
and thousands Of refugees have seal
has broken out on the east side o