Milford chronicle., 1906-04-27
SAN FRANCISCO
WILLRISEAGAIN
Putting Up Temporary Buildings
and Planning Beautiful City.
DEAD ESTIMATED AT 1000
Coroner Issues Statement of Bodies
Recovered and Buried.
DEAD ESTIMATED AT 1000
ENTY RELIEF FOR ALL

Regardless of Greed or color-Three
Naval Heroes Checked the Fire.
San Francisco, April 25.-It is a
week since the earthquake Jared the
city so severely and started the fires
that laid it in ashes, and as on the pre-,
ceding days, Tuesday took up the ac.
cumulated impetus of Monday and
added much volume of force of it's own,
so that Wednesday dawned on a sit.
uatiOn that is a long way towards the
normal Such marts of trade as re-
main unburned were opening for the
transaction of ordinary business, tenn
porary structures were being run up
for the accommodation of others, the
clearing of the devastated area of its
ruins was well under way. the inquiry
into the condition of the bank vaults
was completed. the organization and
preparation for service of the street
railways were so far advanced that
the company expressed its readiness
to resume business as soon as the
mayor would permit; the water com
pany announced the completion of such
repairs as enabled it to supply total
of 12,000,O0O gallons daily. In fine
there was all the evidence that put al
rest now and forever the fears of those
who predicted that San Francisco
would never rise again.
Estimates Dead at 1000.
Coroner William Walsh estimated
that the total number of dead will not
be less than 1000. His reports are
complete, and his estimate is made up
from all the data he has been able to
collect.
Coroner Walsh said: Bodies that
the deputy coroners have found and
buried number 800, as follows: At
Polk and Bay streets, 80; at Ports.
mouth Square, %; at Washington
Square, IL; at the Six-Mile House, 200;
at Laurel Hill, 2S; scattered in differ.
ent parts of the city, 10. No thorough
search has been made of the district
south of Market street or the Chinese
quarter. Many lives must have been
lost in these sections. South of Mar
ket street are the cheap lodging
houses, and many of these collapsed
from the earthquake. There is little
chance that half of the inmates of the
collapsed buildings had opportunity to
escape. This also is true of China
town.
Shortly after the earthquake sol
diers and police, so have been told,
buried bodies along the water front
have received no official report of
these. The total number of dead will
undoubtedly reach, If it does not ex.
coed, 1000"
Property Loss ssoo,oOo,ooO.
It was estimated by competent au-
thorities that the loss will aggregate {
$500, 100000, and on this vast amount
of property the insurance companies
carried approximately S175,OOO,OOO in
surnace. 4
Surprised at Presidents Proclamation. .
The citizens of San Francisco had 4
done so splendidly in the face of such s
an appalling catastrophe that some e
little CONSERVATION was created when y
President Roosevelt's proclamation 4
was read turning over to DR.. Edward q
Devine. of the National Red Cross, the y
of relief measures and II
the distribution of the great funds so u
appropriated by congress. G.
This feeling was also evinced because Z
Of the presidents recommendation to u
the people of the United States that rt
heir contributions of food and sup u
plies and money should be diverted in ia
% the same hands, At q conference at e6
Fort Mason, attended by Generals VI
Sreely and Funston, Mayor Schmitz, &C
Governor Pardee, DR.. Devine and some al
Ithers, it was agreed that this was IN
he case and that DR.. Devine himself VI
hould frame telegram to the presi- th
lent informing him of the splendid In
work. already done and Of his perfect TO
willingness to assist in forwarding the or
measures already undertaken.
What hurt even more than this was so
he suggestion made in the letter from gr
Roosevelt to Secretary Of We
Var Taft that reports had reached DO
i'm that less charity was being shown ru
he Chinese who dwelt here than the WI
'hites, and directing that If this be tai
rue the situation should be remedied as
once. II the people Of San Fran r
sco are not in love with the Chinese,
was felt that the name they have Do
armed in the past for charity and 6
pen-heartedness should have saved oh
lem from any reflection that they ~,
ould have permitted any human be- va
black or yellow-within nm
leir reach to suffer. abs
Are Aiding the Chinese. ~
Mature reflections. however, brought Sc,
le conviction that the truth had not -,
ached the president, and a special vav
essage was sent him signed by the sbs
instituted authorities recounting the wo,
TACT facts. The message read; On
President Roosevelt, Washington tra
Il reports that the people or the rep