The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-21
MESSAGES FOR The HOMELESS
TELEGRAPH COMPANIES CATCH
ING UP on DELAYED MATTER.
Fewer Bulletins OF Disaster Ehorts 10
Reach the Scattered ThOusands-POstAl
Gets Back In the CIty-ImposSlble as
Yet TO send Money 10 the Needy by Wire.

Yet to send Money 10 the Needy by wire.
The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany not only continued Yesterday its
policy Of giving out f~orlpubic information
the messages and bulletins sent to Its New
York Office. but itself sent out bulletins
TO all agents" for general dissemination.
One of the last things that Col. Clowry,
president of the company did YESTERDAY
before he sailed for Europe on the Celtic
was to order that any information OF a
public character which the company re-
ceived from its employees should be given
to the reporters.
The first bulletin Of the day reached the
main Office at s:l3 A. NJ 1t said:
The fire is still burning more brilliantly
thar ever. We can plainly see 1t from
the window. We expect to establish de-
~liveries in San Francisco this morning
from the ferryhouse. The whole city Is
practically destroyed
Assistant General Manager Barclay
reached the Office at . O'Clock and at once
gave out a message which had been re-
ceived a few minutes before. 1t gave this
resume Of the situation:
FERRY House, San Francisco.
THE fire, which heretofore had crept
around the base of Telegraph Hill and
4 leII a lew uOlHt ia NhN4N' HNf -
! back from the west and is now in full pos
session of the houses on the hill, and will
no doubt take everything down to the
. waterfront on Var Ness avenue and west
of there. This morning the fire reached
: Octavia street and is going at a fast rate.
Z There has been no one in from the hre
3 since midnight. At that time it had started
: afresh on the south end. of the line Of fire and
9 was burning fast.
THE ferry buildings present a fearful
$ scene OF men, women and children and the
few articles that they have tried to save.
z They are all here to leave the city by the
first boat they can get away on. The road
leading from the ferry north and around
the hay as far as Fort Mason Is strewn
8 with all sorts of vehicles that have broken
down. Baby carriages, wheelbarToWs'
ehildren's wagons. DO, that would not
stand the loads over the rough way, have
been abandoned, and in some cases with
their loads.
The fire came very close TO Fort Mason
last night and the big Fantan warehouses
and nearby canneries will no doubt go to-
day. | think the Gie will make a clean
sweep Of everything as far as Golden Gate
Park, and would not be surprised to see 1t
take the eucalyptus trees that line the Pan
nanCle ana DdTk dUu Nlc
in the park clear to the ocean beach. This
Is about all there is that can be told until
I see some one in from the scene later,
H. c. s., Chief Electrician
DISTRESS IN THE PARKS.
The early morning situation was ludl-
Gated by this bulletin from the ferry mousse
Gen. Funston has given out thousands
of tents and has done everything possible
to relieve the suffering. had an escort
take me last night through the parks that
were left. The people were fairly comfort
able, but the heavy fog and dew was caus-
ing great distress.
Tens Of thousands are iockinR TO Oak
land and Alameda and other towns across
The water. All the bakeries in the various
towns are being run To their tull capacity.
The people are now living on what canned
stuff they can got and on a limited number
of crackers. The Cinnamon who were
wired out by the fire are in evidence by the
thousands. all with big bundles. waiting for
the next boat. The scene in the west end OF
the oity. where thousands are encamped
in vacant lots and parks, will he frghttul
when the fires drive them out.
4 1870 O'Clock came this bulletin giving
news that the fire was probably burning
iteelf out:
@Tbe fire has been stopped at Octavia
street and is now confined to Telegraph
Hill. There is a large burned space between
the present fire and where it did not go
west. | do not think it will start again,
unless some ignorant persons try to start
fires in heir stoves. There is not a chimney
in town that,is safe to trust with a stove
fire
At i2:i5 O'Clock the Western Union issued
n bulletin to all its agents saying that the
fire was yielding and that that part OF the
CITY north Of Market street and west OF a
point al Octavia and Market streets. on an
irregular line to Van Ness avenue nd Broad
wa '. might I've saved. Then came this in
formation telling where tho homeless were
encamped
CAMS OF THE HOMELESS.
sThe homeless are concentrated in three
oamps. one between Fort Mason and the
Pre- sidio, one in the Golden Gate Park. and a
third south of the Potrero in the hills. No
water famine is anticipated, because we eX-
meet to get access to between 5000, 900 and
5000, 900 gallons of water via the Spring
Valley reservoir mains. Fifty out OF 800
Western Union employees have reported
for work. We don't believe that the missing
are los, but that they are attending "a
their families. The fire is being held II
check along the lines indicated in the pre-
vious message"
At 1 p. VI. there came a message from
Gen. Funston saying that he had estao'
hshed headquarters at Fort Mason and di-
recting that all army men concerned should
a X note of it and report there If their duty
called them to such work. Gen Funston
asked that his message to that eject oe
male public.
~ETHouAK HIT THE HILLS.
An hour later came this information:
1.-THE earthquake wrecked the business
and residential portions alike, on the hilh
md low ground. On the hills 1t did moi
sink many OF blow up many. This was
prior to the fire. 1t appears hat all the
made ground sank; on the high ground
the buildings were shaken, but the tops