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

Tents have been placsd in every park
In the city, and thote who have lost
their homes will bs given food ami
shelter. Thousands of people are
homeless and many are huddled into
tho parks and public squares beside
the household goods they were able to
save. The oity is under martial law,
and all the down town streets are pat
rolled by cavalry and infantry. De-
tails Of troops are also guarding the
banks. Nest of tho principal build
ings have already been destroyed and
Others are In imminent darg,r. Over
all the scene Of desolation hangs q
Cepse pail Of smoke.
1t will be many days before the
complete story Of the ruin wrought
by tho double calamity Of earthquake
and fire that visited San Francisco
will be written and then there will,
remain untold countless tales of woe.
The exact loss oi life will never ba
known, as hundreds Of unfortupates
have been incinerated In the flames.
which made the rescue Of those bur.
led under the toppling steeples and
falling walls impossible. Temporary
moygues were imprOvlsed at many
points only to be raz-d by the flames.
The city resembles one vast shambles
With the red glare Of fire throwing
| weird shadows across the worn and
| panic stricken faces OF the homeless
who are wandering the streets or sleep.
ing on piles of mattresses and clothing
IA the parks and on the sidewalks Ia
| n tu- rtnto hu
| fire. Thousands have fled the city.
Forgetting for moment the terrible
sufferings, physical and financial, that
trails In the wake Of the disaster,
the scene presented by tho flames Is
one OF unspeak&ble grandeur.
The scene at the Mechanics pavil
| ION during the carly hours aud until
noon, when the injured and dead were
removed because Of the threatened dc
strLcoion Of the building by fire, was
one OF indescrbable sadness. Sisters,
brothers, wives and s~eethcart6
searched eagerly for some missing deai
one. Thousands Of persons hurriedIy
vent through the building inspecting
the cots on which the sufferers lay, III
the hopo that they would find sons
low, one that was missing The deao
we're placed In one portion Of the
building and the remaiadcr was dew
ted to hospital purposes. After the
ire forced the nurses and physicians
80 deSsrt the building, the eager
and the ohildrens hospital where th3Y
renewed their search for missing rela
tives. Up to q late hour Thursday
afternoon moro than 75O persona who
who were seriously injured by tile
eartl q lake and the fire had been
created at the various hospitals
| throughout the city.
| A falling wall from one of the dyna
mited buildings on Mission street
crushed OUT the lie Of Fireman Max
Fenner, whila many other fire fighter
mat a like fate Tarough all the.
|sbleets aptomof aDd express wa
rs es - =. So Is
les sstlc q I'll "a la "a t.
I the mOrgue In the halT OF 'justfce, fifty
hodies lie. The flames rapidly az
p o sched this building and the Wor'
OF removing tho bodies to Jackson
quare begsn. While the soldiers and
police were carrying the dad to what
.ppearsd safo places, shower OF
pricks from Y building dynamited t;
check the fl tmes, Injured many OF
the workmen, aud sent soldiers In
procession hurry ing TO hospitals. TIE
work CT rem wing the b dies soppeo
and the remainder Ct the dead wer,
left to possible cremation in the NOR
que. The debris killed and buried
hundre@B Of horses hitchcd to vegeta
bis wagons which were ready to re-
ceivo the GAYS suprl;es. The dead
horses were piled high and the wreck
age blo ckld tue streets until the al
vanc!ng Golf grafton turned sll tina
cction OF the town into a vast funer.
] pyre.
From the Barb8ry COAST, the hord
of vicious aud Criminal tha5 infes,
nat quarter pnu cd forth md startc;j
| Early In the evening to loot streeto
INA rob the dead. Fearing auch
dencish climax 70 this day Of borroYs
Mayor Ssnmilz ard Police Chief DlnAn
ISSUED orders for the scldlorB to Kill
I'll who engaged In such work. Be
fore the eyes OF on Associs ted Proas
represe ntative, t. rec thieves were
shot In the back and fatally wounded
In the b lrnipg conm lc al district
d spite the viRila,cs Of police ard
soloiers, many plsocs we're pillaged In
lho wholcsalr regions. Liquor storee
were broken intO aud vayabonds are
lying ia the streets TIE ruin In tie,
com mission and the wholeBs le q lar
ters Is cprrplste, the fl mss WcuneB
day night having completed the par
| 0l yinD Hnrl re fte ponynir,r
| AntUhtg or Honor.