The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-04-18

aminer buildings are liable to go at any
moment.
The fire is coming down Market street
and Is now less than one block from the
Postal Telegraph building. No. 534 The
Palace and Grand hotels are in great
danger OF 1re.
The Postal Telegram company and the
Commercial Gable company Will open a
temporary office at Oakland as soon rs
a boat can be procured 10 carry the oper-
ators across. the bay
SUMMARY OF THE CATASTROPHE.
$50 a.~m.-,The facts so far as known at
this hour may be summarized as follows:
Hundreds OF people killed and probably
1000 injured.
The Mechanics Pavilion has been con-
verted into a temporary hospital and al
ready several hundred victims are being
treated there.
The entire water front is burning.
The post office has entirely collapsed.
The fish market al the corner of Clay
and Marchant streets has collapsed. kill
ing six people,
Fire Chief Sullivan and his wife have
been very badly injured.
The Grand opera house Is burning
fcrcely.
The gas works south OF Market street
have been blown up and started another
4 portion OF the Mission several miles
from the business section OF the city. is in
flames.
Oakland reports FIVE persons being killed
by the collapse OF the Empire building.
The Gore block at the Junction OF Mar
ket and Pine streets Is In flames and
probably will be a total loss.
TWENTY-oNE BODIES IN MoRouE.
o:i5 .. nj wenty one bodies have been
taken TO the morgue. The building can
not accommodate any more.
Mayor Schmiz established headquarters
at the hall of justice and has appointed
relief committee OF 90 prominent citizens.
The military are patroling the streets
guarding the banks and other establish
ments. They have orders 10 shoot any
one on sight detected In theft.
ONLY ONE NEWSPAPER
The newspapers that have their power
cut Off are combining and will issue one
paper for all from the office OF The
Chronicle. which has It's own power plant
There was great rush at the different
banks by depositors who wanted TO draw
out their deposits, but the banks de-
cided To keep their doors closed. BY order
OF the Chief OF Police all the saloons
have been closed The damage already
inflicted is estimated roughly at forty
million dollars
DESTRUCTION eY FIRE.
10 a. m.---Tho fire has reached Market
street, near Third. The building next
10 the Claus Spreckels building Is in
flames and the fire extends along the
south side Of Market TO Fourth
The following buildings on New Mont
gomery street between Market and Mis-
sion have been destroyed
Pacific States Telephone Company. Ri
alto building, Mission and Market; the
Natona building on Second Market
street; the l2-story Mutual Life building
on California and SAMSON, has also been
destroyed
The fires are spreading rapidly and I'M
less the wind comes up from the west
and blows the flames toward the bay
nothing can stop the destruction OF the |
city
The whole north end OF tho ritv Is |
wrecked and the flames are spreading in
all directions. I'm the absence OF water
the fire department has resorted to the
use or dynamite and buildings are be- |
Ing demolished in the hope OF staying the
conflagraton.
The block bounded by Sansome Cali
fornia. pine and Battery streets Is prac-
ucally doomed, the flames sweeping clear
across II in great sheets from Pine street
with no apparatus available for It's saliva.
tlon.
WILL SHUT OFF COMMUNICATION
lO:l5 a. m.--The flames are RAPIDLY near
inS the Postal Telegraph oompany's build
Ing and arc within n block OF the Assoc
ciated Press and Western Union buildings
The Postal company IS preparing 10 va
cate this, and viii shut OF all telegraphic
communication with the outside world
From present indications the entire bust
ness district, both wholesale and retail.
Will likely fall prey 10 the flames, which
arc increasing in intensity. famed by
stin breeze.
Fire has taken hold Of the 16-story Can
building on the Third street side, and
flames have not spread beyond the fourth
floor The building Is also threatened on
the Market street side. only ono structure
separating 70 from the flames which swept
everything on tho south side os Market
street from Fourth almost 10 third.
PALACE HOTEL STILL STANDS.
The back of the History Monadnock
building, now nearing completion. has
fallen out and tho flames threaten 10
cause great loss The front OF the Mo-
nadnock WAS badly cracked by the earth
quake.
Although the Ere Is raging on ali sides
OF the Palace hotel u has not yet taken
FIRE
REGULARS ON DUTY.
Mayor Cchmitz. chief OF Police Dinan
and Gen. Funston. commander of the de-
partemnt of the Pacific met this morning
and Gen. Funston called all the available
troops for service n needed
The board OF supervisors will meet i'm