The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-04-27
Two Thousand.

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Afdiapatch friday night satdMSah,
HfanaisfrFps darkest, hoyr,hssdeVA9a.
into sdey Of hope. 4. It's time Of, ove e2.! (!
whelnibng 'disqARsster apd peril has ended
and tfssfuturoris n nHoYY YYJatsrf p srfjsetef g445(
eral consideration. -
Thafire Is practfeallyEhder ohn thol.
A clear sky over tho miasibn' dlStrbot
shows that tho fire there has beets bxp y
tingulshed. The spread (6ffbla8 H$meA
toward the western addition, the be esS
partial the Q ty remaining, has dels
stag and the only portion or Ahe,
cont gratlon that demands the aSten,
tion ofthe firemen Is that extehaihg
ftomthe Mob Hill section down to
the north western part Of the water
fronG. OF
Tbeewestern addition danger wax
avereed at 2 80 O'Clock Friday morn
Ing by the use OF gun cotton, dyn
mtte{3nd two streams OF water. The
explos yes were handled by the Chief
gunner Cf Of the Mare Island navy
yardsand his mpllshments proved
himto DO master Of his profession.
Tie lire at San Francisco was stop
pad str practically burni itself out on
Friday afternoon, ard for the first
tinoesince the first earthquake shocks
a6 half-past five o'clock on Wednesday
moming, the people Of the stricken
city had breathing spsll, and some
sorGof estimate Of the disaster. One
thifg Is certain tho city Of San Fran
oiscois practically destroyed, and will
haY1 rouo rebullt. 1t Is estimated thu +
at 6,t<as6 tf rec fourGhs of the city has
Jeen wiped cut by the earthquake and
flreitegether.
There ia ten squSre miles of ruins
and fully thirty Thousand houses of
VARIOUS kinds hsve been destroyed In
tl1seItJ OF San Francisco alone. Other
cibtes and towns hava also suffered
J 1seEsTeIy. The entire loss In the State
snount to $500 600, 600 In money
hcse:aonaes destroyed. will number
49, cGey vsis.udADus3 Iile sinonos
] San Francisco ts something like
o. $4,000, coo. The city is nov under
martial Iaw, 3 900 regular troops from
the PfeBidio acting as policemen, stop
ping thievery and dpirg al sorts OF
rescue and relief work.
1t Is estimated that the loss of life
In San Francisco VIII reach at least
ono thousand when all the returns are
in. at this time the people are so
badly scattered that 1T Ia almost i'm.
possible to get any where near the
correct figures. The loss OF life in
the rest Of the State will reach q
thousand more, which will make the
total loss OF life two Thousand. Hos.
ptal and improvised asylums are able,
with difficulty, to care for the injnr-
ed, of whom hundreds have been
treated.
Gen. Fnnston, who Is In command
Of the United States troops In that
district, sent the following telegram
TO the war department. on Friday:
I'VE need thousands Of tents an6 all
the rations that can be sent. Busi-
ness portion CT city Is destroyed and
about one bundled thousand people
are homeless. Loss of life probably
one thousand. Best p&rt Of the resi-
dent district not yot burned"
After dark on Friday thousands Of
persons we're making thier way with
blankets ard scanby provision to the
Golden @ Ate park for shelter. Tnosc
in homee In Mayes valley piled house
hold goods In the street from where
they we're carted by trucks and auto
mobiles to the outskirts of the city
Everybody In San Ffanc!sco who can
Is prepared to leave the city, belitv.
leg the town will BE- totally destroyed
D)@n town every thing is IN ruius.
Not a busint So house Is left standing.
Theaters have been crumb!ed. News
paper p ants are usales. Ga every
side 1, death and suffering.
The country b tWet n Montroy, C.s.
trovllle and Tajaro shows unmistak.
able signs OF the terrible wrgnchlrg
| yesterday In upheavel OF earth. Great
sinks extending along railroad tracks
ss fur as the eye can reacn running
from four to six feet In dapih, have
been left on the surface of the earta,
mute testimony OF the power OF the
Internal forces. FJr q distance OF
nearly mile, the road has sank into
| he earth. Between CaYtroville aud
Nome mud geyserS havo been In
cited into action, ohio wing hot blu
iSh colored mud to the height Of from
ten to fiftcen teet. Between Seaside
and Belmont railroad tracks are
twisted until all resemblance to
tracks have disappeared.
The desttutiOn and suffering is
lndescrlbable. Women and children
Rho had comfortable homes few
days ago sept several nights If sleep
came at all--on hay on the wharves, on
the sand lots near Moth Bsacn, some
OF them under the little tents made
OF sheetiDg which poorly protected
them from the chilling ocean winds
The people In the parks are possibly
better Cff in the matter of shelter,
for thoy left their homes better pre-.
pared. Instructions were issued by
Mayor Schmitz Ffi9ay to break open
every store contsininR provisions and
to distribute them to tho thousands
u2der police supervisor.
The work Of relief was started car
iy Fnday. A big bakery In the saved
district started Its ovens and arraDg
ed TO bake so, 900 loav OF bread be-
lore ni%ht Thousands OF people wore
IN llne FIday M rning before tue
California street bakery. TIE pol'ca
ana mli'tafy were pr sent In force
ana eacn person was allowed only
one LOAF. the homeless people In the
parks and vacant lots wore provided.
For as speedily as possible. All
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