The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-04-26
San Francisco Thrown Into
Great Excitement by Addi-
ti0naI Disturbances.
NO DAMAGE is REPORTED
SCIENTISTS ON THE COAST SAY
THAT STRICKEN CITY WILL
HAVE A NUMBER OF SIMILAR
SMALL SHOCKS.
IPublishers' Press1


was another slight earthquake shock
this afternoon but it was of slight du-
ration and SO far as is now known did
absolutely no damage.
IL threw great many persons into
a panic however, as the nerves of all
here are on razor edge as a result of
their experience and many persons
ran from their homes into the street.
The excitement, however, was quick
ly over.
The disturbance, which seems to
move from west to east, lasted IL
seconds, and, according to reports
received here, was general all through
q this section. The scientists here de-
clare that similar shocks are to be ex-
pected for some time to come but
that they will likely be of but brief
duration and will not be violent in
character.
Today was again one of activity for
the residents of the stricken dis
trict, and slowly, but none the less
surely, order is being restored, al
though 1t will be many days yet before
1t will be possible to secure any accu-
rate list of the dead and missing. The
people, however, are cheerful in the ex.
treme and there Is not resident of
tn city but has faith in the Greater
San Francisco Nearly every man,
woman and child that you meet in and
about the city has pinned to their
breasts ribbon badges advocating
the new town. All are optimistic and
the great need just now Is plenty of
unskilled labor to clear away the ruins,
A strange Procession.
All day from dark to dawn the
strangest procession that ever sun
shone on, passes down Market street |
to the ferry outlet. Every manner of
conveyance Is pressed into service and |
thousands are trudging on foot car
rying their all. Here is a man carry
ing little girl on his shoulders and |
a baby in his arms, while by his side
trudges his wife, pushing ahead of her
a baby carriage, which contains all
that they have left on earth. But
they are happy, and laughingly dis
cuss their misfortunes with other un-
fortunates in the parade.
Market Street Clear.
Market street is now clear of debris
and passages are being rapidly made
along the other streets. Big gangs
of men are at work laying temporary
tracks and placing poles for the new
trolley system and cars are running on
all lines which were not damaged by
the fire. The business section. how
ever, is a sad ruin and the early hopes
that many of the buildings could be
temporarily occupied were not well
founded. In fact there Is not a sin
gle structure in the business section.
with the exception of the mint, whose
frame work is not out of plumb to
such an extent that 1t will have to be
razed. All the way up Market
street this can be seen, although the
buildings are safe enough to stand
until the wreckers can get to work on
them. At the City Hall one reaches
the acme of ruin. The steel frame of
the great tower upholds the dome, sur
mounted by statue, but three quar-
ters of the tower has been stripped
from the frame, leaving a bare skele. |
ton. The walls are crushed on all
sides. Every other building in the vi
cinity met similar fate and the sights
of destruction in this vicinity are dis.
heartening.
Citizens Do Great Work.
The citizens committee, of which
Former Mayor Phelan is chairman, is
doing great work in preparing for
the resumption of business, and the |
relief of all hands. So we'll have they
the situation in hand that the national
agent for the Red Cross Society, Dr. |
Devine, has decided to carry on the
work of his society under their direc.
tion, feeling that these Native Sons"
are in better position than any one
else to look after the welfare of their |
native town.
General Greedy Explains.
Major General Greedy, commanding
the troops here, late this afternoon,
sent the following telegram to the au-
thorities at Washington describing ex-
listing conditions and explaining why it
is impossible for the troops of the city
authorities to locate the horde of mis-
sing relatives that the government has |
been asked to find:
Fort Mason. Calf, April %, 1906.
Three hundred thousand people |
are homeless and the entire business
facilities of city of half million |
have been destroyed; except those on |
streets of minor Importance. Accom- |
modations for most urgent financial |
and other indispensable business insti |
tutions are being obtained only with |
the greatest difficulty. The entire body |
of those men are naturally devoting |
their energies to restoring their own |
affairs and even those who have ap- |
piled themselves devotedly to relief |
and rescue work the past week are
gradually Withdrawing therefrom, stat |
ing correctly that domestic and bust |
ness affairs demand their entire atten. |
ton. The Mayor and the police are |
SO fully occupied operating without |