The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-20
]ARD TO REALIZE
! AWFUL CALAMITY
rktent Of Great Disaster at San
Francisco Is as Yet
u Unknown.
LANES SWEEP FINE
RESIDENCES MERCILESSLY
zen Strict Martial Law Does
q Not Avail to Prevent Work
of GhOuls.

IAN FRANCISCO. April 1s (via Oak
Nhd).-The magnitude Of tho calamity
|lat has befallen San Francisco was mp
vent this morning when O red sun arose
owe the horizon and dissipated the pail
-. darkness that hung over the stricken
'aStricts. Looking eastward from the
nights In the central portion OF the
stropolis everything attestcd to the aw-
havoc wrought by earthquake and
me.
Scene Of Desolation.
Where once rose noble buildings In SER
ID columns is now standing nothing but
Ill walls, Isolated tottering chimneys
aps OF twisted Iron and huge piles Of
!, lex and mortar. And to add TO the
q, rror OF the situation, the destruction
d not reached It's conclusion. In sew
al sections tho fire was still raging with
abated vigor, converting into smoke and
.n,hes everything In the shape OF combus-
lie material. and turning Into ruin struc-
~res that had cost millions to erect.
Not Yet Realized.
Il was with saddencd hearts that the
immunity Viewed the ruin OF their city,
it the extent OF the devastation has not
st come TO be fully realized. The people
e aware Of the catastrophe only In a
SSzed way and II Will not be until the
! trrors OF famine and want are added
y their suffering that they will be I'M
'fFesed with the awfulness OF the destruc-
4. e work of disturbed nature and the
y ~ element.
M Famine Now Threatens.
Namine is already presenting its hide
face. At best the city never carried
re than three days supply OF provi-
ms and food. and now with the whole
e districts and warehouses wiped out,
Pre- is already shortage of food and
Gccs this morning in most instances were
lbled and quintupled
n n Associated Press man was obliged
ALr.tN f..r
Il water in the Hayes Valley district.
ere Is absolutely not a drop OF water
that half OF the city that has been laid
fds SIs morning policemen v,s,o stationed
some of the retail shops regulating the
e of foodstuffs and permitting only
HALL portion OF goods TO be delivered to
'Ih purchaser the idea being to prevent
ew persons gathering In large qunntl-
10 OF supplies.
Looters Shot Down.
seports were received that numerous
=. act Of looting. The military Is un-
e ally strict in observing the enforce
Ant OF this order One man on Market |
yet who was found digging in the ruins
Is1al reserve man and fired upon three |
N es. The fellow sought safety in flight, |
- the reserve man brought him down
cunning his bayonet through him, The
cts on the south side this forenoon.
'ts Every Man to Himself.
.'lports Of widespread shooting cnme
n1preSs representatives from various
slrtere, but yeriflcation OF the reports Is
ossible. In fact, concerted action of
ukind Is simply out OF the question and
aost every official is acting on his own
ponslbility, II being q physical impos-
, @atK @ltKIss: to communicate with superior '0-
~ Streets Filled With Ruins.
,sterday some sort of systematic com
rAication could be had by means of au-
!. bbie. but today every street is piled
- with ruins, and to add TO this trouble
re is constant danger from falling
Is, On miles of streets the front walls
, 7uined buildings still stand. swaying
!. the conclusions OF distant dynamite
sltly crash OF stone and brick. fol-
: ed by a cloud OF dust. give warning to
csstrlans of the unsafety of travel
- Many Wild Reports.
bl manner of reports OF death and dis
Dsr are coming to the temporary head
srters Of the authorities, but they are
1eived with due allowance for the cx-
~ment OF the occasion,
le flight of residents from the city con-
ed today In the nature OF n panic, a
nt earthquake at 5 o'clock this morn
q 0accentuatlng their terrors. The ferry
Us to adjacent counties were crowded
be utmost this forenoon, and TO tho
ward portion of the peninsula con-
J throng of homeless people, carrying
portable household belongings. arc
lg TO the colonies in the secure sand |
and the parks. Golden Gate park
I-1thc unimproyed blocks of the districts
''i and north Of the park are already
mting the appearance OF tented cities |
~ varieties OF shelters being impro-
~" from bedding and blankets.
~ Water Front Burns.
wind changed this forenoon to the
hs and the flames changed their dc.
ing direction southwark and began I
uSg their wide swath from the water !
on the north OF Market street up
lhat is known as Mob Hill, an emf !
''.l that had been selected years ago
udee multi -millionaires Of tho "Bonan- /
!. lays upon which to erect their man
This hill is surmounted by the
Fairmount, just finished at a cost
er million dollars 1t is a beauti
ructure OF white stone, Visible from
" every point of tho city and bay 8
/,ne horror was universal when It's :
hH Hiction seemed inevitable !
NY oily but surely the fire ate It's way