The Alaska prospector., 1906-04-19

blown up, starting another blaze south of Market. The Empire building at Oakland has collapsed, killing score of people. A hund- red big buildings in the business district are burning fiercely. The mayor has appointed relief com mittee. A run on the banks start snd these institutions have all closed. The militia is on guard with instructions to shoot to kill anyonN caught stealing.
 All the newspapers have com hined to issue one paper from the Chronicle building.
 The sixteen story Call building, which partially collapsed, is still burning. Tie large Monadnoc building, nearly completed, has also collapsed. Palace hotel is sstill burning and the flames con tinuc to spread. The indications are that the entire wholesale and retail districts viii fall a prey to the flame.
 The postal telegraph company operators have deserted their posts after endan9ering their lives for i hours. The Western Union build ing is threatened.
 The shock this morning lasted three minutes and the one at noon was one minute.
 The loss already is $60,000,O0O
 The governor has called out the militia to protect the citizens from robbery and help in the work of fighting fire.
 The drama of the last days oi Pompeii is being enacted here with horrible realism. 1t is impossible to describe the terror that reigns. Many arc being driven insane by the terrors oi fire and reck.
 At four o'clock this afternoon the heart of the city was complete ly wiped out and the people are fleeing across the bay. Police, i liremen, soldiers and volunteers are dvnamiting the buildings to prevent the spread of the fire. 1 The streets are filled with debris. The number of dead reaches fully a thousand. Fire is still spreading. No water is available 10 extinguish t. Only one wire is working to the outside world and brief press messages are all that can get trough.
 The Call, Examiner, Palace and Grand hotel, Spreckles, Rialto, Phelan buildings and hundreds Of other sky scrapers are nothing but charrcd skeletons. People are being held back from the streets 10 prevent further casualties from falling walls.
 The Examiner building collapsed like an eggrshci! without warning. , l. is believed that at least 20 bodies are in the ruins.
 The huge city hall costing $7, OO0.000 and occupying two blocks collapsed and is now d mass of ruins.
 Four miles of track between Suisun and Benicia was destroyed ] by the last shock, which caused i the sinking of the right of way. Oakland-A telephone message states that the Stanford Cniversi- tv at Palo Alto has been destroyed Telegraph compauies have been 1 forced to leave Frisco and have es tablished their headquarters here.
 The ferry landings are jammed with people trying to get passage oil boats. The earth is still tren- 1 bling. l. is said now that over two hundred residences have col lapsed and many of the ruins havc burned. The city tonight will he practically deserted ex- Fcept by the workers.
 1 Four hundred bodies are lying 1 in the Mechanics Pavilion and the city morguc is closed as 1t cannot hold any more.
 The city E under martial ia" i General Funston and regulars be- ing in command
 Hundreds who are sleeping in ! lodging houses south Of Market street are dead.
 Washington-Chairman Tawney of the House appropriation com mittee has presented d resolution authorizing the president to extend all possible aid to Frisco through the war and navy departments, and ge; in touch with the situation sn as to distribute food and tenti. All available ships will be placed at the disposal of the city authori- lies.
 A Seattle Times special says that the fire extends from the ferry to Front street on one side and so far as Market and Seventh west. Sporadic fires are of frequent ooour,auca in the Ina rl< section and