Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-18

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another big hre IN that section OF the
city.
WHERE FIRE STARTED.
4 portion OF the Mission several
miles from the business section of the
city Is In flames.
Tho fire began at Twcniy-sccond
street and l. rapidly moving eastward,
Should the wind increase II may
the city.
In Oakland five persons were killed
by the collapse Of the Empire build.
Ing.
The Gore block. AT the junction Of
Market aud Pine streets, Is In danes
and probably win be a total loss.
SPREADING OF FLAMES.
4 IRE which broke out In the Mack
wholesale drug company, lS and is FREE
mont street. threatens to destroy the
entire block on California and Pine
streets the fire has reached to SAN
some street.
From Pine and Dupont streets the
fire has reached TO Sansome street.
From Pine aud Dupont streets fire
can be seen raging IN an down town
districts A brisk westerly wind is
coming M and the destruction of the
entire business district Is threatened
Several persons are thought to be
pinned under the wreckage Of the FISH
market streets between Sacramento
and clay and commercial streets,
On Fourth and Tehama streets an en-
tire family was caught in the collapse
OF a building.
The hall Of justice is momentarily ex-
pocted to fall. The city hall Is almost
an entire wreck, The damage here Is
estimated at half a million dollars.
FIRE REACHES MARKET.
The fire has reached Market street
near Third. The building next to the
Claus Spreckels building at Third and
Market is IN flames, and the fire ex-
tends along the south side OF Market to
Fourth.
The following buildings on New
Montgomery street. between Market
and Mission, have been entirely de-
stroyed
Pacific Telephone company, Rialto
building Mission and Market the Ma
toma building on Second and Market.
the l2-story Mutual Life building on
California street and Sansome has been
entirely destroyed.
APPROACHING BIG HOTEL.
The nre Is coming up Market street
and Is now less than one block from
the Postal Telegraph building The
Palace and Grand hotels are IN great
danger Of fire. The Postal Telegraph
company and Commercial cable COM
pany VIII open temporary office at
Oakland ais soon as boat can be
procured To carry the operator across
| the bay, The fire, however. is SO
! fierce between Market street and the
| ferry. as to make It impossible to reach
tho boat at present.
MACHINE SHOPS COLLAPSE.
The Santa Fe roundhousc and ma.
| chine shops at Point Richmond. across
! the BAY have collapsed.
| The earthquake was not seriously felt
| at other points along the coast so fal
! as can be ascertained.
AS TO THE DEAD.
| At 1856 a. IN. the fire extends from
| Ferry TO Front street on one side and
| pretty much all south Of Market street
and to about seventh street. with spo-
radic fires in the park section and the
western division.
There il no way OF estimating the
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| It may he thousands. There Is hardly
any water and 1t Is impossible to say
when the fire VIII stop. People ar,
moving out Of the Palace hotel. The
Postal telegraph operators who are a
| their posts are taking their lives II
their hands as the building Is collaps
ing and the fire Is within half block
The Call and Examiner buildings ar,
liable to go at any moment
TwENTY-oNE BODIES RECov-
Erred.
a:ii a. m.--TWenty-o bodies hav,
been taken to the morgue, which can
not accommodate any more.
Mayor Schmidtz established head
quarters az hall OF justice and has ap
pointed relief committee Of 90 proml
nent citizens. The military Is patrol
ling the streets, guarding the bank
and other establishments. They hay
received orders to shoot anyone Ol
sight detected in theft.
PALACE HOTEL BURNING.
The Jessie street side OF the Palac
hotel Is burning The burning dstric
at this hour runs from South stree
on the west TO the water front on IN
east south Of Market street. North q
Market street from Sansome to IN
water front and from Market to Wash
ington. There II also block burnin
on Mission street between Twenty-frs
and Twenty second.
| NEWSPAPERS WITHOUT PowEf
The newspapers having had thei
, power cut of, have combined and VT
issue one paper from the office Of IA
Chronicle. which has its own power.
There was a great rush at the differ
Ont banks by depositors who wanted [
! draw out their deposits but the bank
decided TO keep their doors closed. r
order Of the chief Of police an saloon
have been clio sed, The damage alread
inflicted Is estimated roughly at $40,
000O
WHOLE CITY THREATENED.
The fires are spreading rapidly an
unless the wind comes up from IN