Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-18
(rible Catastrophe is Followed by confla- |grations Which Add 10 Horrors of fhe Panic. Stricken City, and Lack of Water Permits Flames 10 Rage Unchecked.

&reports from San Francisco are the greatest calamity of mod, hines has oyertaken this country. Graphic dispatches received here Inesday morning say that the en- Business district of the great Cal Aia city has been destroyed by hqualle, and indicate that the Bt is yet to come.
 he first dispatch bringing the of the disaster was received the local cotton exchanges o'clock Wednesday morning. It Sd that at 5:13 o'clock this morn Pacific time, which would cor bnd to 1:13 here, the entire busi- district was wiped out by au hquake shock. The message was Logan and Bryan, a Chicago |erage firm, and also stated that "details were very meager. as the s were down in the stricken but in all probability the loss of lwas very great.
 Iter reports only add to the ap |ng list of dead. and the fright destruction of property. From all kations when the terrible catas-
 be is over with the beautiful city he Golden Gate wi be almost ed. The rumors which were cur carly in the morning regarding 8city being on fire were later con ed by reports stating that the en business district was on fire, and the firemen were poweriess to Erol it.
 lspatches have been received at the c. C.. Taylor and the Walter ter cotton exchanges all day re- ling the disaster. Between 9 and o'clock it was reported that sev-
 hundred people had been killed Market street alone, and that the l were being taken ont of the rict by carloads. One wire had l been restored between Denver
 San Francisco, and dispatches e just beginning to come. ne dispatch stated that the earth ke was still felt as late as 6:30,
 the indications were that all dan-
 was not yet past. Many fires
 then broken out, and as all the CT mains in the affected district 6 bursted the firemen were pow ss.
 deraI Government Takes Action. he government at Washington Is ling every effort to learn details he catastrophe at San Francisco telegraph. Admiral Cowles, chief the bureau of equipment, has or ed the station at Harts ,ra OH the ifornia coast to do everything pos e to get into communication with
 ions in the vicinity of San Fran 70.
 he business section of the city n Market to Mission is almost lpletely wrecked. Many buildings lg Market and Mission have col sed. Hundreds of people in the ap tenement district are reported ed. The residence portion of n is not greatly damaged. al ugh more or less injured. The owing streets have been damag-
 Davis, Frost. Fremont, Han 1e, Montgomery, Harney, and all t district south of Market street
 A Second Shock.
 | second shock followed the one oi ly this morning about three hours er. It toppled over many buildings t still stood, and Fire Chief Sulil' a and Policeman Premier were led beneath the ruins. Thieves already ransackins the ruins ] the soldiers are being rushed III m the Presidio. Berkeley is re ted to be destroyed. San Francis is a hell of fire. The Examiner anc Il buildings will probably burn.
 impossible to Estimate Losses. It is impossible to estimate th' mber of the dead; it may be in th' ndreds and it may be in the thous ds. Fire is now springing up II different parts of the city. Me anic's pavilion has been turned in
 a hospitatl. The Postal Telegraph orators who are still at their post