Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-19
BULLETINS. S.

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| Oakland. Cal. April 1s.-(2.15 i. M
Reports from San. Jose indicate shock.,
everywhere. Buildings demolished. Much
| less of life is reported.
| Oakland. Cal, April 1S.-(2.15 Z. NJ
| THE telegraph companies have been fore
Cd TO leave San Francisco and have es-
tablishcd offices here. The Associated
Press has arranged a messenger service
across the bay.
Washington, April 1S.-The government
| las received the following bulletin from
the Western Union:
Interval of three hours between first
and second shocks. the latter finishing
destruction of buildings unsettled By the
! first. Thieves already at work. Troops
hIStening from the Preside. Bcrkcle;. u
suburb. reported demolished Examiner
| and Cali buildings doomed. Fire Chief
Sullivan killed"
N"w York. April lS.-Thc Postal Tclc-
San Francisco this afternoon:
I'VE had 70 Vacatc offices in San Fran
cisco. The fire was eainrg rapidly Tho
Palace Hotel has Just caught fire and
they are preparing to dynamite the build
inEs across the street. There are no pres
'nt means of getting business into the
city and no ono is allowed to come in
from any direction. The beats and trains
bn
New York, April 1S.-From the Office of
the Southern Pacific Railway in San
Francisco the Western Union Tclccraph
Co. hIs received the following message:
THE fire is within half Il block ana we
are in danger. Two buildings nearby have
been dynamited. which may help us some
The ire is backing up the north side of
California street and may cut Us or
New York. April 1S-A dispatch to tie
Western Union Telegraph Co. from Sun
Francisco reports that the Palace Hot,'l
Was destroyed and that everything south
Of Market street from Eighth street 10
the water flont and north oil Market
street from SanSornc to Broadway, y
gone.
New York. April IN-'rhc Western
Mon received Il report that early III thu
afternoon. San Francisco time. practical
iy all the wholesale district had been dc.
stroyed by the fire and that the flames
were spreading into the Hayes Valley dis
trict. Il residence section Of San Fran
cisco. st. Ignace cathedral was among
the buildings which took fire during this
spread of the conflagration.
New York, April 1S.-The Western
Union is in receipt of the following
despatch from San Francisco.
The Blowing up Of buildi lgs on the
line of Sansome street, as far as Cali
fornia street. continues. The Palace
Hotel is burning. The fire Is now half
{" block from the Merchants Exchange
and il looks AS if it will go. They arc
no" preparing to blow up the build
ingS next to the Merchants Exchange
on California street.
Los Angeles. Cal. April 1S.-1220
+. M.-NcWS over the Southern Pacific
wires from Niles. confirms the report
hat the Insane asylum at Agncws was
demolished a,d further stat IS that al
most every stone or brick building in
san Jos" WIS either badly damaged
81 entirely wrecked. II is not known
if there WIS great loss of life in San
Iosc but evidently some loss las oc-
CURED.
Oakland. Cal, -hp.II 1S.--2a1 +. NJ
Ih" latest reports San Francisco be
coming desperate.
Fir" still raging furiously il all
uunrtcrs of the city.
Postal Telegraph Office ';kclr 10 &"
any minute. II is impossiba to es-
innate the number Of deaths. Int il is
believed to exceed 800
san Francisco. Apri! tS.-Rcports
from cities near san Francisco SHOW
the destruction was general. Sun Rosa
six miles north. is in flames and the
damage is over 4 million dollars. The
loss Of life is not known.
At Nap3, many buildings were scat
tered and the loss will amount t. $500
600. No loss Of life is reported
At Vallejo the damage was slight in
comparison with that suffered in other
cities. The loss will be about $4,000.
New York, April 1s.-The Western
Cni"n is in receipt of a dispatch from
san Francisco which states that al
though no accurate estimate Of the
Gead can be made, the bulletins place
the figure ut 800.
The fire is still burning and not un-
der control though they now have wat
cr for fire puroses.
New York, April 1s.-The Western
Union has telegraphcd to Gen. Funston
in charge of the Department of the Pa
cite, asking him to issue passports for
their employees. in order to facilitate
their reaching the wires in San Fran
cisco.
Martial law has so far made it i'm
possible for anyone to go from Oak
land to the burning city.