The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-25
A CITY IN RUINS.
Beautiful Santa Rosa Has Not a
Building Left.
ONE THOUSAND DE4D.

! ONE THOUSAND DEAD.
As Last Great Seismic Tremor Spent
Its Force the City Topp!ed to the
Ground. Many Other Towns
and Hamlets Badly Shak.
en- Up.
Reports from the interior Of Cal
ifornia are most alarming, Santa
Rosa, one OF the prsssiest citiss Of the
state, in the prosperous county Ct
Sopoma, is total wreck. There are
10000 homeless men, women and
children, huddled together. Ths loss
OF life Is not to be essimatsd. It vii
probably reach one thousand.
AS shs last great seisnic trenor
spent itg forcs in the earsh, the wholt
business p1rtion tumbled into ruins
Tue main strees is piled many fee:
deep with tie fallen buildings. n t
one business building is left intact
The destruction inc!ujes all the coun-
ty buildings. The four story curt
hcuse, with its high dome, is merely
pile Of broken masonry. Nothing
is left. Identification is inpcs lie.
What was not destroyed by th
earthquake has been swsps by h'e.
Until tbs f .ncs sta!t2d there va
nope OF Saving the residence dis
trict. II was sooa apparent that any
such IDEA that might bave been en-
Ser: aiued was to be abandoned.
T.is was aprehendsd by the citi
zsns and they prepared to desert
their honaes. Not even Their house
hold gooes wers taken. They made
for the fields and bills to watch the
destruction Of one Of the nest beau
ti:ul Cities Of the West.
MS ergers bring the ssddest It'd
irgs Of the destruction o' e aldsbur2,
G ~;se1ville, Colvsrdsle, 10: l.ud aa0
USiah. This report tak:s in the
ccurtry as Ear rcrth as NJ pdociac
srd Lake counties, aud IS far vest as
The Pscifc Ocean. These are frontier
counties and have not IS lalga towns
Is farther south n every cssf the
oss of life sna property is shocking.
KILLED IN A HOTEL.
Airport from Sau jose, Sc miles
south Of San Francisco, says that the
Vcndone hotel annex vas ~rs cked, 10
or IS persons bairg killed. The Do
aerty block was burned a':d one wo
man was killed. d. M4Grow was
killed and bis Wits Injured. The
1ayor depus'zcd 500 msn to wareh
property, 1t is estimated that 50
Q rs rs were kil!sd in San Jose. Th:
oostceice was half wrecked. TIE
First Presbyterian cou:ca was d..
molished and the Curt house is
wreck.
Passengers Striving from many
o*her cities in California, oriEg talks
Of d,ata and disaster. Santa Cruz
Monterey, Gi!roy aad a lister are
fatally wrecked. The des:h list at
Santa C:uz is reported to be large.
A report says that Santa B "a is a
9rsck, ten thouzand being homeless
Toe loss will probably reach into tie
tnouands. Main street is pilsd many
feet deep with fallen ou!l6icgs. Not
me business building is intact. Tnc
four story court bouse is q pile OF
broken masonry. I ent;fcat1on Of
the dead Is inpo.:ol'. What was
not cestroYei by earthquake was
swept ~ lire. Cit'z:ns fsd to t.! Q
hilIs az q fields to ga:ca the destrul-
zion Of Santa Ro'a Tue water sys-
sem wss destto,e &c by the earthquake.
BURIED IN TIE RUINS.
News c mes from Mes, small
town In the Santa Clara valley, about
Is miles from San jose, stating that
the earsl quake demolished the state
insane asylum at Ag :ews, near SIN
Jose, buryiag many Of the Inmates ir
she ruins. It is stated that San Jose
suffered severely. This news was
brought by an automobile frcn San
Jose to points which communication
had BEEN est bl;she 10 -Ls Angeles
temporarily.
Mayor McAler, of : Is Angels, has
6lsd messages to Mayur Scanl;z, Of
San Fransci5co; cf:ricg to render
any assistance p sable and asking for
advice as to she situation, and what
aid may BE- needed. President Sum
:rer!and of she clay uncil, called q
.pecial meetisg Of :that body, and
forwarded q telsg-sm to The mayor CT
San Francisco, cfsr!Dg In tie name
of LIS Angeles to renCec any aic
possible. B sth the mayer OF Los
Angeles end che president OF the city
council req lest the Associstld P!ess
20 communicate, If pcssible, thet:
ssrdsrs OF assistance, as they do not
expect to be abie to reach them
! through the ordinary channels OF
conmCn'ca cation.
sHOCES AT SALINAS
isis O'Clock Wednesday morning
shree shocks Of earthquake shook
Salinas, lasting respectively 5, 3 and
~ seconds. They csme from she
aortheast and syuthwess. TIE dam
age Is 50 500 900. No lives were lost
IN Salinas.
xsAmo.lg the buildings destroyed IN
LS$llnas are the F5ra aud Sssnbusy
IjsnndinR, cry gooas; ELS Halls. Ms
fsonic bull Sing. thu Knights OF Pysbsas
building, Por. and Irvings store, L :
gan C9clsry, Oid Fe!loss building,
City Hall and several-smaller build
,ngs. Every window in tbs city wss
eroken. Chinaeys topplsd cVsr and
crashed through 70 IS. Spiecsles
Sugar Ftctory, three rifles f:om
town, was destroyed, causing damage