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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-26

stronger as The morning wore away.
1t famed the several blazes in the
heart of the business district and
threatened to spread the fire through
out a section filed with valuable mer-
chandise. As the noon hour drew near
the flames were spreading in every d.
r~ection, and the destruction by fire bid
fair to eclipse the damage wrought by
the earthquake. The loss Of life seems
to have been confined to the poorer dis
tricts and manufacturing territory. On
lower Market street, the main thor
oughfare Of the city. block after block
of substantial buildings was destroyed.
The Valencia Hotel, between Seven
teenth and Eighteenth streets, Gu Va
lencia street, a i~ve-story frame build
ing. toppled over into the street, bury
ing seyenty-five people in the debris.
at Eighteenth and Valencia there Is
a creyice in the street six feet wide and
entire sidewalks are torn up. The
street cartracks are badly twisted all
through the southern section Of the
city.
Davis street, Font street, Battery
street, SAMSON, Montgomery, Kearney,
Spear, Main, Beale and Fremont
streets-all were in the area of the
earthquakes greatest fury. Early re-
ports indicated that the quaking earth
shook all buildings along these thor
oughfares from their foundations and
piled the debris high.
The cheap tenement house districts
suffered terribly. Old buildings. con-
structed in the days of redwood, and
dilap:dated and tottering, collapsed
with a succession of roars. Fires APP
peared in the ruins. but the fire fight
ers were almost powerless to extin-
guish the flames.
Big buildings Fall.
The offices of the Postal Telegraph
Company, in the Hobart Building, were
wrecked. The Associated Press Build
ing at 302 Montgomery street also was
destroyed. The 100000 City Hall
rocked and creaked In the earthquake,
portions of it collapsing, bringing added
terror to the people who had rushed
into the streets near by.
Scarcely had the people realized the
extent of the great calamity when re-
ports began to come in from surround
ing places indicating that the shock had
been disastrous throughout a wide area.
Some experts on seismic disturbances
estimated that a portion of California
100 miles In diameter had come within
the zone Of greatest activity.
Night added to the horror, and as
darkness fell the sky was illuminated
by the brilliant confiagration. There
was no light In the city except the light
that meant the destruction Of homes
and the loss of life. The final dying
out of the fires leave only a barren
sand dune dotted with the blackened
ruins of what was a great city.
Ten square Miles Burned.
Ten square miles of the heart of the
city were burned over, the water sup.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-26

greater because San Francisco is a pop
uious and commercial city. The earth
quake destroyed at once hundreds Of
business blocks and the e of saw
ing others from fire. 1t paralyzed COM
merce, destroyed railways and bridges,
cut off communication with other Cit
les, and desolated the country to the
south and east.
But, as In the case of Galveston,
there will be quick recovery from what
seems overwhelming disaster. Naples
is a great city in spite of the erup-
tions of vesuvius and in spite of earth
quakes. Toxic, desolated by earth
quakes several times, is the greatest
city of Japan. Chicago is greater be-
cause of the fire of 1871. Charleston
Is none the worse for the earthquake of
1856. And San Francisco will rise SUI
perior to the great disaster of 19C6.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-26

the disaster would have been some
thing almost beyond the power of the
human mind to grasp.
BY the time the earthquake reached
its destructive period the streets of the
city were crowded with thousands of
terror-stricken persons, wh) rushed TO
and fro and e~ndeavored to keep out of
the way of falling buildings. Hundreds
we're supposed to have been caught In
the falling debris and. crushed to death
or killed later by the fires which sprung
up all through the business portion of
the city.
In general it may be said that the
district lying between Market and How
ard streets, from the bay as far west
as the city hall, has been badly wreck
ed. The Call and Examiner Buildings,
as we'll as the Western Union Build
ing, have been wrecked. The large de-
partment stores in this neighborhood
also were ruined. Farther east on
Market street toward the Ferry Slips,
is a section occupied by cheap lodging
houses and hotels and here the loss OF
life is reported to be great.
Fire Follows the shock.
Fire followed the crumbling of build
ings along Market street, and the fire
men were powerIess to prevent the
spread of the flames. The earthquake
had broken the mains on the big street
and twisted off the side mains, and it
was almost impossible to take steamers
through the debris in the streets. Vol
unteers brought supplies of dynamite
and began to blow up the blazing de
bris In a vain effort to confine the con-
fagration to the ruined area.
All power in the street car and pri-
vate electric lighting plants was cut off.
Wires in tangled masses had been hurl-
ed into the streets.
Near 4th and Stevenson streets the
old red wood buildings made good tin
der for the flames. Fire swept through
the debris Of tie poorer buildings and
soon got beyond control of the fire fight
ers. Across the street the fire swept,
licking up the debris In front Of the
winchester rooming house. Fire spread
to the buildings along the west side of
Sd street. Desperate efforts were made
with powder. dynamite and other ex-
plosives. to stop the flames.
One block away the Palace Hotel
was threatened by the sweep of the
flames. With no water to extinguish
the fire, the big hostelry seemed doom
ed. Calls were sen to the Preside for
soldiers to help ave the business dis
trict from being entirely swept by the
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-26
.FrightfuI Seismic Shock
Skaters Half of
the Town..
Water Mains Broken
and Fire Completes
the Ruin.
Other Cities on the acific
Also Stricken by the
Great Disaster.
Appalling Loss of Life and Mil
lions of Dollars Worth of
Property Destroyed.
Many New and Costly S~kyscrapers
and Big Stores Fall in Heaps
of Debris.

Torn and shattered by the earth
quake, which was followed by deyas-
tating fire, San Francisco Is a city of
ruins. Hundreds, perhaps thousands,
of lives have been snuffed out and mill
lions upon millions of dollars in prop
erty are lost. Where stood its stateli-
est buildings are piles of twisted steel
and ruined stone. The homes of many
families were wrenched into fragments
and the lives they sheltered taken.
The first shock was felt just at dawn
Wednesday. and the disturbances con-
tinued for several minutes. The earlier
demonstrations were mild, but as they
continued the trembling of the earth be-
came so violent that the whole popula-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-26

ton of the city was disturbed and q
large proportion turned into the streets.
The communication with the outside
world quickly was cut off.
Swiftly the seismic visitant came,
and as swiftly did it go. Behind was
a trail of dead and dying. And after
that the famesl Nature, that rolled
the earth into waves and struck down
great piles Of stone and marble, fur
nished a dismal and dreadful after
math in a tempest Of wind. The wind
famed the flames and the flames speed
lily completed the horrifyins work Of
the earthquake.
Thousands undoubtedly owe their
lives to the early hour at which the
seismic shocks brought their wide
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-26

contlagration. Powuer, dynamite and
other explosives were tried on the bIaz-
ing piles of debris.
On Market street merchants stood In
their doors calling loudly for wagons
and offering big sums to the drivers
who would load up with their goods.
Carried by a strong breeze. the
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-26
TRAIL OF

Ruin and Death Reported from
Other Coast Towns.
Reports from the interior are most
alarming. Santa Rosa, one of the pref
test cities of the State, in the prosperous
county of SoDona, is a total wreck. There
are 10000 homeless. The loss of life can
not be estimated.s
AS the last great seismic tremor spent
its force in the earth the whole business
portion tumbled into ruins. The main
street is piled many feet deep with the
fallen buildings. Not one business build
ing Is left intact. This destruction in
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-26
Business conditions gen.
CHICAGO.


CHICAGO. orally exhibit a well
rounded activity, the only
drawback being the inability to reach
a solution Of the coal mining troubles
With ideal weather there has been fur-
Their extension of activity. particularly
widespread assumptions of farm work
and lake navigation. Retail trade makes
an exceptionally good showing in the
sales of Easter wares, millinery and
fashionable apparel having been liber-
ally bought.
Wholesale dealings in staple lines re-
main satisfactory for this period and
heavy shipments are yet made to the
interior of country store and agricul-
tural needs. Manufacturing branches
are under the pressure of increasing
demands adding to the assured activity
OF future months, this being a conspic-
uous feature of the iron and steel lines.
while more effort is made toward larger
output of the FORCES. foundries, a and
machine shops. New building work has
become much extended, and this togetb-
er with heavy construction about to be
started furnishes employment ro- larger
forces of labor and involves the con-
sumption of materials in enormous
quantities.
Mercantile collections throughout the
western territory remain reasonably
prompt and the final distribution Of
general merchandise makes seasonab,e
Roadway. Raw material markets re-
feet easier supplies. but the demand IS
strongly sustained.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number %. against % last week
and 20 a year ago.-Dm's Review of
Trade.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-26

cludes all of the county buildings. The
four-story court house, with IFS dome ris-
ing high into the heavens, is merely a pile
of broken masonry. Nothing is left. Iden-
tiication of the buildings is impossible
What was not destroyed by the earth
quake has been swept by fire.
Reports also tell of the destruction Of
Healdsburg, Geyserville, Cloverdale, Hop
land and Ukiah. This report takes in the
country as far north as Mendocino and
Lake courties and as far west as the Pa
cifc ocean.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-26

spread ruin. The district most dam
aged is the business portion of. the
town. At the time of the shock-5:13
o'clock a. m.-these structures practic-
ally were deserted. and their collapse
caused comparatively little loss of life.
A few hours later and they would have
been veritable human beehives. Then
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-26

companies know, no. policy has ever been
written to cover disasters by earthquakes.
1t was announced, however, that the
eighty-odd fire Insurance companies in
terested had decided to pay dollar for
dollar to every one insured with them.
The companies, it was said, would not
discriminate between fire and earthquake
and every one insured, it was reported,
would be paid to the extent of the loss.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-26


In his Arbor Day proclamation. Gov.
Johnson of Minnesota pleads for the pres
ervation of the State flower, the mecca
Gin.
The De Forest wireless telegraph sys-
tenn succeeded in sending 572 words ont Of
1000 from Coney Island to Ireland, a dis
lance of $500 miles.
The great Methodist missionary conven-
ton. at Huron. s. d., closed with ad-
dresses by Bishop Hartzell, Bishop Vim
GEN. and many other prominent workers
in mission fields
Two daughters Of Alex NJ. Henry. a
raucEman, were killed by a jealous Mexi-
car named Ramon, near Couchse. Texas.
Ramon escaped.
Attorney General Hadley of Missouri
is said to be planning a campaign against
railroad companies operating parallel lines
when his Standard Oil case is finished.
John Stead. a colored laborer. was kill
ed and two other negroes were injured ~
a. collapse of a ~bathhouse on the beach
front in Atlantic City, N. ].
4. ID. Overton, aged %. was shot and
killed at the Beaumont, Texas. rice mill
bs i. Mold, night Waterman. aged 20.
Mod alleges hat Overton had grossly
:nsu'ted him and attempted to shoot him.
Andrew Carnegie visited Joel Chandler
Harris at Atlanta. Ca, and showed his
liking Tor the author of "Br'er Rabbit"
by hugging him when they met.
The grand jury at Charleston, w. Va,
refused to return indictments against
Mine Superintendent Miner and Mine
Ross Townsend, whom the coroner's jury
hello guilty of manslaughier in the Detroit
mine disaster.
A bulletin issued by the census bureau
irving the statistics for the manufactur-.
ing industries of Kentucky for the calcn-
lar year 1904 shows the number of estab-
;ishments as 3.737; capital, $l47, 282,476:
wages paid. $24.43S.6Sf; value Of pro-
ducts. $3.50. 753.96S.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-26

brands from the Market street fires
landed on the water front N threat
ened the lumber, oil and steamship
docks. On Fremont street one of the
worst fires of the early morning threat
ened to destroy a block in the whole
sale district. Small fires appeared in
the debris on California and Pine
streets. Soon the flames. unchecked by
water or explosives. gained such head
way that all the wooden buildings es
far as Sansome street were attacked.
A strong westerly wind became
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-26
49,. Trade displays more anil
New IOli. nation. weather condi-

=, Trade displays more anil
NbE IOli. mation, weather condi-
tons, retail business and
so some extent collections improving
in unison. Easter season influences
have been a stimulus even where low
temperatures, heavy rains or bad roads
have occurred and few complaints as
to retail trade are noted. These latter.
by the way, are most in the East Gen
orally speaking, the weather W st and
south has been good and some lost
ground has been regained in planting.
though the crop planting season is still
fully ten days late. The spring job
bling trade is nearly over, but some re-
orders are noted and there is free buy
ing Of fall goods. Business failures In
the United States for the week ending
April IL number 161, against 151 last
week, 1876 in the like week Of 1905, 1913
in 1904. 100 in 1908 and 1913 in 1902.
In Canada failures for the week num-
Der fifteen, Is against seventeen last
week and twenty-one in this week a
year ago.-Bradstreet's Commercial Re
port.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-26
Want Roosevelt to Run.

President Roosevelt's repeated declare
lions that he viii not run for the presi-
Sency again have little effect ON thoss
Who insist that he must BE- a candidate
In 1908. and the many aspirants are puz-
led over the situation.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-26

The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy rail-
road, Darius Miller and Claude G.. Burn
ham, officials Of the road, were found guilty
in the federal court. at Chicago, of grant,
ing rebates in violation of law. The rail-
road corporation was fined $4,000 and the
two officials 5000 each.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-26

A fire which broke out in the paint shop
OF the Higbee Buggy Company at Sheridan.
Ind. caused a loss of about $40, 00c. The
buggy company was the heaviest loser.
but serious damage was also lone to other
business houses of the town. The Christian
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-26

While funeral services were in pro-
gress at the Ladies' Relief Home in Oak
land, CAL, fire broke out in the orphan
age building adjacent and destroyed It.
Four invalid children were carried out by
their little companions. The building cost
100000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-26

Maxim Gorky, Lussian writer and rev.
o~futionist, was busted from two New York
hotels and threatened with deportation
from the country when it was learned that
he introduced Nine. Andreieva, a St.
Petersburg actress, as his wife.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-26

The flames burned over ten square miles
of the heart of San Francisco and de-
stroyed more than 80 city blocks, be-
sides the small fires that ragged in differ
ent parts of the town.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-26

1000 Printers on Strike I'm Paris.
About 1000 printers. employed by vari-
u periodicals, at Paris, France, went out
On q strike, demanding a nine-hour day.
The daily papers are not affected. Several
employers conceded the demands of the
strikers. The movement is extending to
the Droyinces.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-26

A posse Of citizens at Degraff, in Logan
county, Ohio, had a pistol and shotgun
battle with five bandits who had dyna-
mited the postofice at that place. The ex-
pl0si0n aroused the people, and after the
exchange of shots the robbers disappeared
In cfolon huU0ios
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-26

Four lives were lost in a fire which
swept away a stable and a row of three
story frame fiat houses i'm West Second
street, near Park place, Coney Island.
New YORK, and nearly thirty families
Here rendered homeless.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-26


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No. 2. 43c to 45c: oats. No. 2. zoe 10
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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-26

A section of the ore docks of the Deluth,
Massaba and Northern Company at Duluth.
nave collapsed. The extent of the damage
and loss of life is not known. A report
says several workmen were killed or are in
the debris.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-26
n MADE VOID.

Not q Cent Collectable on Structures
Wrecked by Quake.
Millions for fire but not one cent for
earthquake. This is the insurance situa-
ton in San Francisco. The owners of
property destroyed by the earthquakes
cannot collect a dollar under their fire
insurance policies, even though the build
ings that fell were later swept by flames.
But in case a structure shattered by the
seismic disturbance should spread a blaze
to an adjoining building the owner Of that
building can collect his insurance. As
Ear a. the heads of the big fire insurance
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-26
President Scores Muck Rak.rs.

President Roosevelt, in an address at
tia laying Of the corner stone of the new
addition to the capitol in Washington,
branded misuse Of the muck rake as an
obstacle to real reform and a danger to
the nation he said a law to prevent the
essary.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-26

Twenty-Five miners are known to be
dead and one other is missing as the result
of a dust explosion in a mine of the Colo
RADIO Fuel d Iron Company, forty miles
west of Trinidad. Colo.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-26
OF THE CATASTROPHE.

The dead in San Francisco (esti-
The dead. inmates of insane asy-
lum at Agnews .........-.... 30
The dead in San Jose 1890. 60
The dead in Santa Rosa ........ 500
The dead at other points 1900. 80
The injured (eStimated) ...... .3,CC0
Estimated property loss. .S200,000,000
Number of square miles devas-
tdteu .......... .......--.. ~
Number of city blocks destroyed LOCO
Number of buildings in ruins. 10000
Number of persons made home
less .......... .......---...Iou,oO
Number of hotels destroyed. s
Newspapers offices in ruins.... 3
Telegraph and telephone offices
wiped out .
City placed under martial law.
Other Places Stricken.
Santa Rosa-Town practically de-
stroyed; 800 persons killed and 10000
made homeless.
San Jose-Majority of buildings shat
tered and Go persons killed.
Palo Alto-All buildings but of
Leland Stanford University thrown
down and two persons killed.
Santa Cruz-Number of buildings de-
molished and many persons reported
killed.
Monterey-Great damage done to
property and some fatalities.
Gilroy-Large property loss.
Agnew-State insane asylum demol-
running at large.
Hollister-Large property loss.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-26
Race War in Kansas City.

One of a crowd of white boys, armed
with clubs and stones, killed John Moore,
. negro, Is years old, near Tenth and Char
lotfe streets. Kansas City, Mo-, breaking
his neck with a club. The white boys es-
capped and are not known. The attack re-
suited from the feeling against negroes
generally, a reflex from the race hatred at
Snrinofeld Mo
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-26

1t will probably never BE known how
many persisted in the awful calamity.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-26
Twelve Poles Killed in Religious Fight.

A special from Warsaw says: A pro-
session of 1000 Catholics from neighbour
ing villages tried to r~ecapture their church
at Lesnos. A furious fight with Maria
vftes ensued. in the course of which twelve
persons were killed and fifty wounded.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-26

Two Big Four Brakemen Drowned.
Two Big Four brakemen were drowned
and a number of other men had escapes
that were little short of Miraculous when
a construction train jumped from the new
steel bridge at Cleves, Ohio, % feet down
into Miami river. Frank Wills and Sam
mel Avery were the brakemen who lost
their lives
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-26
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PAST AND PRESENT
AS IT COMES TO US FROM ALL
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Te1eRraphic Information Gathered
by the Few for the Enlightenment
of the Many.
Battle on the Streets.

"Skip'' Wilson, one of the proprietors of
q wild west show, is dead and his partner,
William Duvall, is fatally injured as the
result of a battle with officers m the pub
lie square at Richmond Mo. The fight was
between four officers on n side and a
band of cowboys, led by Wilson and Du-
vail on the other. None of the officers
were injured. After the battle the cow
boys scattered and it is not known whether
or not any more of them were hit. The
fight was the result of IN attempt To- arrest
Wilson.
Jap Fired on Troops and Was Killed.
After a battle, in which thirty shots
were exchanged, a japanese was killed by
federal troops at the corner of Ellis and
Vanness Streets, San Francisco, Cal. The
Japanese fortified himself behind an over
turned automobile there and opened fire on
the soldiers. He could not be captured,
but was finally surrounded and killed. No
reason for his attack on the guards is
known.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-26

Boys Protectory Burned.
TIE boys protectory, a Catholic institu-
don, under the care of the order of st.
Francis, located near Delphi, west of Gin
c~innati, Ohio, was destroyed by Ere, caus-
ing a loss of 100000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-26

Towns Burned, Thousands Homeless.
A. special from Manila says: Fire has
swept the own of Mariquina, in Rizl
pro vince. Many thousands of persons are
homeless and starving. Two thousand
dwellings are in ruins. The government
Is rushing assistance to the sufferers. Fire
slso destroyed Pasil, near the town of
Cebu. Two hundred dwellings were
burned and many persons are homeless.