The Monticellonian., 1906-05-10
DYNAM|TI TING OF
 DANGEROUS WALLS
THREE SOLDIERS CAUGHT UNI
 DER 4 FALLING FACADE.
ONLY ONE SERIOUSLY HURT
First Day of Official Rest Ir saa Frnncisco since the Disaster The City Thronsed With
 Si@htseers.

San Francisco, May The first accident in connection with the dgna- hitting of dangerous walls bg the engineers of the army took place Sunday smaller quantities Of ex- plosiyes than were used last week are now being fired, and this neces- sitates two or more charges of dynamite being exploded before the desired result is attained. Sunday morning the engineers were working !n the downtown districts Twice had dynamite been exploded under the facade of a tall ruin, and d third charge was being inserted, when the wall fell Three soldiers were buried. but mass of twisted iron partly shielded them, and only enc was seriously hurt.
 First Day Of Official Rest.
 Sunday was the first day of ofieieI rest that the city has had since the beginning of the distress. All of the municipal departments were closed, with the exception of the police sta tions and hospitals. and Franklin, hall. the seat Of San Francsco's gov ernment. was deserted. The police have had little or nothing to engage tatif attention
 Open Air Services the Rule.
 Among the churches the same con ditions prevailed as npon the preeed- ias sunday. open air services being the rule. even where the buildings were unhaTmed. 1t Golden Gate park the usual Sunday band concert was given and Was attended by thousands. That the people. as whole. are beginning 10 look for some diversion. Vas shown. Saturday night, when d great crowd assembled to witness vaudeville show ill q hall on Fillmore street. The authorities, however. at the last moment, refused to permit the performance
 Arrests For Selling Liquor.
 Two arrests for selling liquor were Ia3e Sunday and as an indication of he determination to suppress the traffic in intoXicants until the saloons are allowed to reopen, one of the of lenders was refused bail, and the l others bond was fixed at 5000.
 Coroner Walsh, after revising his i list of victims of fire and earthquake. informed Gen. Greedy that the total number of cases handled by his of fee was 3I9 of which 131 were iden- tified and lS5 unidentified This re- port shows @ less than given by a previous count
 ThronGcd With Sishtscers.
 The streets of the burned districts were thronged Sunday with sight seers. Every ain from nearby towns on the peninsula and every feryboat from the bay ports was 1 packed with people eager to get their first glimpse of the city's Gevasta- ton, and almost every third person i carried camera or kodak. In ex- peetation of the crush of people booths of street fakirs sprung up over night along the curbs on the cleared ] streets, prepared to furnish refresh ments, and most of them enjoyed l profitable trade. In many instances the booths were labelled with the names of former famous hostelries. and the ineongruity of "hot frank. I furters, five cents. beneath the Palace Hotel provoked a smile from each passerby
 The work of construction and tear ing down continued on all sides, not Withstanding the Sabbath. An earth l quake shock was felt Saturday morn ing, which toppled over unsteady walls. causing clouds of dust and a panic. In several instances laborers quit work.