Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-04-26
REBUILDING FRISCO
EVERY HUNGRY PERSON CARED
FOR AT SAN FRANCISCO.

Two Hundred Unidentified Dead Are
@ Cremated-Property Loss is Estimat.
ed at $500, o,o0o-Fire Is Out and
Only Smoking Embers Remain.
| San Francisco, April 23.-Every.
||SSwhere throughout the burned as we'll
|Ethe remaining section of the city there
lbs the greatest activity. Streets are
Mgbeing cleared OF debris, laborers are
81 preparing broken water pipes, sewers
Eand gas mains; electricians are every.
v where seeking to untangle the almost
San Francisco is in the first stages OF
Its regeneration.
There are no hungry people here to-.
day. The gaunt specter has been ban
lshed by the generous response of the
nation to the appeals that went out
for assistance. Food by the carload
and by the boatload poured into Oak.
land in sufficient quantities to over.
whelm the committee which has in
charge it's distribution. So great was
the volume of foodstuffs brought into
the general depot at Oakland mole
that the general committee made an
appeal for skilled labor in the hand.
ling of these supplies. Grocers, butch.
ers and commission men have been
requested to secure men who are ia.
miliar in the handling of foodstuffs in
order that the confusion attendant up.
on the distribution at the scores Of
stations established might go on with.
out confusion. The homeless people
are no longer obliged to subsist on
bread and canned stuff entirely, as
they had been during the previous
days of their trying experience, but
were given hot coffee, canned meats
and even cakes and oranges.
Want Contributions Continued.
1t must not be understood by the
charitable people of the country that
there is a surfeit of food for the SUI.
ferers. While the supply is abundant
at this writing, it is we'll for the pub
lie to remember that the homeless
thousands must be fed and cared for
by the organized relief committees for
an indefinite period. 1t is desired
therefore that contributions be contin-
ued everywhere until the people who
have been rendered helpless can care
for themselves. The water situation,
while causing inconvenience to the
people, is no longer such problem.
About two-thirds of the remaining sec
ton of the city is being supplied with
sufficient water for the pressing do
nestle needs, but of course there is
not enough to be had for fire fighting
purposes.
One of the noteworthy features of
y the situation is the remarkable
promptness with which the work of
Systematically caring for the home.
less has been thoroughly organized
and put into operation. The fear that
3 existed two days ago that the i'm.
mense task of caring for the destitute
and helpless people could not be or.
gained quick enough to save thou
sands from hunger and possible cpl.
demic exists no longer.
The administration of the citys at.
fairs is progressing most harmonious
ly. Mayor Schmitz and General Funs-
ton are working in perfect accord
The system put into force by the may
or and General Funston is working or
der out of confusion and the city is
as orderly as before the fire. There
are no complaints of the actions OF
either the federal troops or the munic
lpal police. IL is only of the National
Guards of California that complaint
has been made. Many citizens have
reported extremely arbitrary acts OF
the militiamen.
Contributions of money continue tc
be made from every part of the Unit
ed States. Chairman Phean of the
finance committee reported additional
subscriptions of about $1620o0
The grand total of all the moneys
subscribed to date of which notice
has been received here is $4,154, 900
Five Hundred Bodies Buried.
The total number of bodies recov
cred and buried up to date is 500. Nc
complete record can be had at this
time, many bodies having been buried
without permits from the coroner
and the board of health Whenever {
body is found, it is buried Immediate
ly, without any formality whatever
and as these burials have been made
al widely separated parts of the cit,
by different bodies of searchers, wht
do not even make prompt report tt
headquarters, considerable confusion
has resulted in estimating the tota
number of casualties, and exaggerated
reports have resulted.
South of Market street the loss o
life was mostly brought about by tn,
collapsing OF many cheap and crowd
ed lodging houses.
Two hundred bodies found in tn,
Potrero district. south of Shannon
street, in the vicinity OF the Uniol
Iron works, were cremated at the ST.
Mile house by the order of Corone
Walsh. Some of the dead were tn
victims of falling buildings from tn
earthquake shock and some wer
killed in the fire h,1t il jc haliayad III