The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-04-21
a.oond So ~. . seveIe.

Following the FIRST shock there was
another Within five minutes, bat NOT
nearly So severe. Three hours later
there was another si.eht quake. Re-
norris from districts outside of san
FRANCISCO indicate widespread damage.
san lose. So miles south. lost many
buildings and from - 10 2o persons
were killed. The annex Of the Ven
dome hotel collapsed and dres broke
out stanford University and Pa'o
Alto suffered greatly. At Stanford
many of the handsome buildings We're
demolished and tvo persons were ki.i-
ca. one oil them was Julius Robert
Hanna. OF Bradford Pa and the other
was QUO Curtis "a fireman. The mem
orlal church. one OF the finest of it's
kind In the world is a mass of ruins.
Six other students are lying in the
Paio Alto hospital with bruises, cuts
and internal injuries.
The court house at Redwood City and
other buildings collapsed. Menlo Park
Burlineame and other fashionable
splacp suffered greatly
The greatest destruction occurred in
that part OF The city which was re-
claimed from San Francisco Bay. Much
of the devastated district was at one
time low morshy ground covered by
water al high tide AS the city grew,
il became necessary 10 hll in many
acres of this low ground In order 10
reach deep water The Merchants Ex-
change building. a History steel struc-
ture. was situated on the edge Of this
reclaimed ground. 1t was just com
pletcd. and the executive Offices OF the
Southern Pacific company occupied the
greater part Of the building.
The damage by the earthquake 10 the
residence portion of the city. the finest
part Of which is on Mob Hill and Pa
cifc Heights. seems to have been slight
On Mob Hill are the residences of many
OF the millionaires who in the early
seventies became wealthy through
mining investments or the construction
OF the Central Pacific railway. They
include the Stanfords. Huntingtons.
Hopkins. Crockers Floods and others.
The Offices Of the three morning pa
pers. the Chronicle. the Call and the
Examiner. are situated within 100 feet
Of each other. The Chronicle building.
at Market ami Kearney streets. IS a
1O-story steel frame building, and is
one of the first buildings Of its charac-
ter put up in San Francisco. The
Spreckles building. in which was the
business Office Of the Call. is lG stories
high They were nearly oil destroyed.
Just across Third street from the
Spreckles building is the home Of the
Examiner. seven stories high, with a
frontage ~ 100 feet In Market street
The post0fiice is fine gray stone
structure. and has been completed less
than two years The city hall. whlc,-
was partly wrecked. IS mile ard g
half from the water front Ii vss al
imposing structure. with a dome $50
feet high. The building covers about
three acres and cost more than
$1,000, 900.
All efforts to prevent the fire from
reaching the Palace and Grand hotels
were unsuccessful, and they were COM
pletely destroyed together with all
their contents.
All of San Franciscos play houses,
including the Majestic, Columbia Or
pheum and Grand Opera House, are a
mass of ruins. The handsome Rialto
and Casserly buildings we're burned to
the ground, as was everything else in
that district