The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-04-20
BURNING OF SAN FRANCISCO

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 be delivered to each purchaser, the idea being to prevent few persons from gathering in large quantities of sup plies. Reports were received that num- erous men caught in the act of footing had been shot, The military is unusual ly strict in the enforcement of the order to shoot all looters. One man on Mark ct street who was found digging in the ruins of a jewelry shop was discovered by naval reserve man and fired upon three times. The fellow sought safety in flight but the reserve man brought him down by running a bayonet through him. The bodies of three thieves were found lying in the streets on the south side this afternoon. It is impossible to verify the many reports of shooting that are coming to the press representatives. Concerted ac- tion of any kind n fast, is out of the question and almost every official is acting on his own responsibility 1t be- ing physical impossibility to commu- nicate with superor authorities,
 Yesterday some sort of systematic communication could be had by means of automobiles but to-day every street is piled high with ruins and to add to this trouble there is constant danger from falling walls. On miles of streets the front walls of ruined buildings still stand, swaying with the concussions of distant dynamite explosions and the rising winds Frequently a crash of stone and brick, followed by cloud of dust gives warning to pedestrians of the unsafety of travel.
 All manner of reports of death and disaster are coming to the, temporary headquarters of the authorities but these reports are received guardedly, allowance being made for the likeli- hood of exaggeration due to the con fusion that prevails in the stricken city
 The flight of residents from the city continued to-day in the nature of a panic, a slight earthquake at 5 o'clock this morning accentuating their ter | TOTS. The ferry boats to adjacent coun- ties were crowded to the utmost this forenoon, and to the westward portions of the peninsula a constant throng 0 homeless people, carrying their portable household belongings, are adding to the colonies in the secure sand hills and { the parks. Golden Gate park and the unimproved blocks of the district south presenting the appearance of tented cities, many varieties of shelter be- ing improvised from bedding and blankets.
 The wind changed this morning to the west, and the flames changed their direction southward and began eating Itheir wide swath from the water front on the north of Market street, up to
 what is known as Mob hill, an eminence that had been selected years ago by the multi-millionaires of the "bonanza days" upon which to erect their man. sions. This hill is surmounted by the Hotel Fairmount, just finished at cost of over $1,000,000. The hotel is beau | tiful structure of white stone, visible from almost every point of the city, and the horror was universal when it's destruction seemed inevitable. Steadily
 but surely the fire ate it's way up the slope, consuming the homes of the late Mrs. Jane Stanford and the Hopkins
 Art institute, built by Mark Hopkins of Central Pacific fame, At this writ 1 ing the hotel could be seen occasionally standing in the center of huge clouds of smoke and if it is saved 1t will be remarkable. From the upward slope the i Nop
 the district that had been left untouch- ed last night This portion of the l town embraces the Latin quarter, pop
 ulated by people of various national ities and the houses are all of flimsy
 construction. Once getting foothold , there the fire will cut it's way through as though going through a forest in