The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1906-04-27
Informed BY Wireless.

vinced that several thousant persons
suffered death"
Informed BY Wireless.
Fifteen minutes after the earthquake
IN San Francisco last Wednesday morn.
ing, the cruiser Boston put to sea with
the Pacific squadron, under command OF
| Admiral Goodrich. Not man on board
OF any OF the four vessels that composed
the fleet was aware of the disturbance
At IL O'Clock on the morning OF the
same daY while many miles from shore,
| a wireless message from one of the
Southern California stations was re-
ceived and Admiral Goodrich was ap-
prised Of the disaster. The Boston re-
turned Immediately to San Pedro harbOr
and remained long enough to take
aboard many tons of supplies from Los
Angeles
Lieutenant Commander Brand, Of the
Boston. said: Had it not been for the
wireless service, the squadron would
have known nothing of the earthquake
and fire. Needless to say, we are de-
| lighted to have been Of any assistance" 7"
Oakland City of Refuge.
Oakland is caring for $4,000 people
rendered homeless by the disaster, and
ls prepared to care for twice as many.
| The height of the influx has been reached
and the number Of refugees is slightly
decreasing. Although they are still
! coming IN large numbers, more are leav
| ing on every train for various points
| requests for free transportation are in
vestigated az closely as possible, and
all the deserving are sent away.
John y. Rockefeller has sent money
Tor the establishment Of new camp in
| Oakland which will bear bis name. Los
| Angeles has provided for a camp to ac
cOmodate 1000 people, and has sent so
| physicians and nurses to look after the
sick in it. Food is also coming in from
| that city, and more help if needed
A Portland real estate dealer, who has
returned from San Francisco stated that
in his belief, the reason there was no
cOnfagrarion in Oakland following the
earthquake was owing to the presence
of mind OF the electrical engineer in
charge of the power house and generator
Of that city, who, Immediately on ex-
periencng the shock, turned off the cur
| rent all over the city. Had this been
done in San Francisco, he believes much
OF the cOntagratiOn would have been
abated, for most Of the fires originated
from short circuited and crossed wires,
and from broken gas pipes and mains.
Heavy Loss at Stanford.
Stanford University was a heavy suf
ferer from the earthquake. Two build
ings, the gymnasium and the library.
were practically destroyed, nothing but
skeletons of twisted steel remaining.
The loss will be 100000 on each. The
memorial church il merely fragment,
tho fnnSaia yyaviy hain,r nIl H.
The large organ il slightly damaged, the
top OF the memorial arch is on the
ground heap Of ruins The original
quad is but little damaged. The rare
specimens are lost in the museum, which
was only partly destroyed.
Fraternity Lodge is total loss. The
engineering buildings are partially de
mOlished. Encina Hall, where 200 boys
stay, was badly shaken and a large
stone chimney crashed through the four
floors, burying Student Hanna, of Brad
ford, Pa He was the only student killed
About II Others were slightly hurt.
ROble Hall escaped without a scratch.
The authorities at Stanford hope to be
able to open the University at the usual
date this fall
The damage at Palo Alto city amounts
to 100000 San MateO suffered much,
even worse than PaIO Alto. The Red
wood City jail was torn down and all the
prisoners escaped. Burlingame suffered
a loss of 100000. many houses being
torn down. All these towns mentioned
are without light or power.
Rains Add to Suffering.
A drenching rain fell upon San Fran
cisco Monday night. From midnight
until O'Clock it poured and drizzled at
intervals, while high wind added a mel
anchOly accompaniment, whistling and
signing about the ruins Of the buildings
in the burned district. Five days ago
when the fire catastrophe was in it's in
fancy, the dOwnpOur would have been
considered a mercy and a GOdsend but
coming when it did, it meant indescrb-
able suffering to the tens of thousands of
people camped upon the naked hills and
in the parks and open places of the city
At Columbia Square, in the south OF
Market street district, conditions as the
result OF the rain storm were perhaps
worse than in any section of the city
Here are gathered about 1900 OF the
poorest people of the city. All sorts of
improvised shelters dot the ground, but
tents and other substantial coverings
are few. The ground is fat and the rain
collected in pools, causing much suffer
ing among the homeless, the little ones
especially feeling the effects.
Chinatown Must Go.
The big fire has obliterated Chinatown
from San Francisco forever. Mayor
Schmitz has informed the Chief OF Police
that all of the Chinese now in the city
would be collected and placed ia and
near FOntana's warehouse, near Fort
Mason, and that the new Chinatown
would be located at Hunters Point on
the southern extremity Of the county,
on the bay shore.
Brigadier General Funston is making
a strong effort to keep as many sight
seers as possible out of San Francisco.
This information is contained in a dis
patch sent to Governor Pardee by Gen
eral Funston, who requested that as few
passes as possible be issued to San Fran
cisco.
There are many interesting stories OF
millionaires and laboring men spending
the first night side by side in Golden
Gate Park, and how the former were
only too eager to accept the half of a
bun or cracker offered by more fortun-
ate though less wealthy neighbor. who
had managed to get close enough TO the
supply wagon of the soldiers to get
something in the way of eatables Many