Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-25


buildings devoted to banking and safe
deposit vaults escaped practically With
out harm.
Some Escaped Damage
A few of the banks and safe deposit
vaults escaped practically without
harm. This holds particularly true of
fhe vaults of the Crocker- WoolWorth
bank. the First National bank, the Mar
ket Street bank, the Union Trust COM
pany. the safe deposit vaults of the
Mercantile Trust company of San Fran
cisco, and the banking vaults of the
last named institution.
The great vaults of the California
Safe Deposit and Trust company are
buried under tons of debris but seemed
to be all right
The Canadian Bank of Commerce at
California and Sansome streets has
been fortunate in that the lower floors
escaped a great amount of damage.
The Bank of California will at once
| put in IL wooden floor and begin 70 do
business at an edrly day.
Its officials have grounds for beleN-
ing that their possessions in the vaults
will be found in good condition. The
Crocker- Woolworth bank had this sign
displayed outside Of the doors:
Vaults Are All Right
"Our vaults are all right" On the
face of the Market Street bank this
notice was displayed: Banks and
vaults in perfect condition. Opening
will be announced by the bank COM
mssioners."
The Hibernia Savings bank, the larg-
est institution of it's kind in the city,
has already a force of men cleaning
out the debris.
It's construction being of heavy gran
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| been favored with the same good luck
of the other fortunate saving institu-
tions.
The Hibernia bank is now being used
as a temporary station for the harbor
police. The location is about mile
and a half from the water front.
The s-Fargo-Nevada bank vaults
are gone with the exception OF
the facade and in the center Of the
ruins the brick work about the steel
vaults stands in its old position.
Interior Wrecked
The Security Savings bank, on Mont
gomery street, near where the Western
Union Office stood, presents Il fairly
good experience eXteriorly, but its in
| terror is full of Wreckage, and this has
probably served as a protection to the
vaults.
The walls of the San Francisco Say
! ings and Loan society, at the corner
of Sutter and Montgomery streets, are
standing, and this is accepted as a fa-
vorable omen in relation to its vaults
contents. All that was left of the little
Mechanics bank, he Winstitution at
the corner of Bush and Montgomery
streets, is a small brick vault
The Canadian Bank of Commerce, at
California and Sansome, is in such
shape that hopes may be entertained
for the safety of its valuables.
Vaults Intact
The Italian-American bank at Sac
ralnento and Montgomery, is badly
wrecked, but the vaults are visible and
intact
Right in the midst of all this ruin
two buildings escaped both fire and
quake with comparatively little dam
age.
They are the buildings of Selby q
Co.'S smelling office and that of Sutro
& Co.'S stock and bond office.
They were surrounded on all sides by
huge structures and the fire leapeo
over their roofs without descending
upon them
The Mutual Savings bank. on Market
near Kearny was located in modern
sllyscraper tt still stands, though
damaged, and the vaults here Will with
out doubt be found to have escaped
serious harm. The vaults Of the small
banks will undoubtedly be found il
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