, 1906-04-21
The Worst Has Passed.

San Francisco, Cal, April 21.-At y
O'Clock today the fearful worst was
over There are fires here and there,
but they are fftful, and water being
secured, the end has surely come.
During the night it was feared the Dig
Ferry house would go, which would
have cut off communication with oak
land and caused untold trouble, but
all night the tugs in the bay kept
pouring water on it, and this morning
the big building, which really means
safety to hundreds of thousands, is in
tact and no further damage there is
feared.
Foreigners Threatened on Wharves.
A report reached the committee OF
safety just before dawn that 5000 for
eigners, who had sought safety in
Meigg's and Ffsherman's wharves, had
been cut off there by the flames, n
that hundreds of Others who a
crowded to the wharves were in the
gravest peril. Tugs have been ordered
to go and extend assistance.
Danger From Sanitary Conditions.
The great danger now is the sani-
tary, or lack of sanitary, conditions
that prevail. Golden Gate park, where
100, 900 people nave been huddled, is
uni~nhabitable today. The stencil is
fearful and the people are focking into
the ruins of the city.
Some Buildings Left Standing.
Here and there in the business Sec
tons are seen buildings still standing
that by some miracle escaped. The
Call building stands as though there
was no fire and yet every other struc-
ture for blocks about is gone.
Dropped Like Card Houses.
The Chronicle, the great Hamilton
structure, and the Examiner building
dropped like houses of cards. The
people are leaving this morning as fast
as trains can be loaded. There is a
general exodus to the distant east of
women and children. At least $4,000
will go in the next few days, which
will relieve the situation, which con
tinues to be positively awful.
Discovering the Dead Slow Work.
Because of numerous piles of ruins,
and the wide area of the catastrophe,
the work of discovering the dead is
going along slowly. Many will never
be identified. Possibly there were
hundreds of bodies entirely cremated
Confusion is yet too great to ascertain
the names of many who are missing.
Awful Sights at Lodging House.
A three-story lodging house at Fifth
n Minna streets collapsed in the
earthquake and more than seventy-fve
dead bodies have been taken out.
There are fifty other dead bodies ex
posed.
One Hundred Dead in Hotel.
At least 100 persons were lost in the
Cosmopolitan hotel, on Fourth street.
Many are dropping dead from the heat
and from suffocation. More than loo
people are reported lost in the Bruins
wick hotel at Seventh and Mission
streets. Lightweight bodies awaiting
burial in Washington square caught
on fire and were burned while men
and women were working to dig shall
low trenches to inter them.
Bodies in the Street.
Four bodies lay in Folsom street
near Sixth. Two hundred bodies are
reported IN the ruins Oh tne bruins
wick hotel, Sixth and Howard streets.
Forty bodies are reported in the ruins
of Hotel Valencia.
Buried Where They Are Found.
Soldiers are working with picks and
spades burying the dead all owe the
city. There is no waiting for identi
fication. EFFICIENCY requires immediate
interment to prevent pestilence.
Students VIII Assist.
Oakland, Cal, April PA BOA con