The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-27
FULLER DETAILS Of
WORKS PROGRESS
IN FRISCO
Every One Compelled to Take
a Hand in Efforts to Re-
store General Order.

Associated Press to The Evening Times.
San Francisco, April 27.-The SOL
diers and the police are helping every
available man in the downtown dis
trict of the city to work, no matter
where they are found or under what
condition. A party of four men that
came down town in an automobile yes
terday were stopped on Market street
by the soldiers. The we'll dressed men
were ordered out of the machine and
compelled to assist in cleaning the
debris so that provisions may be
brought through the center of the city.
Then the automobile was loaded with
provisions and sent out to relieve the
hungry people in the parks.
Men coming from the burned dis
trict in the western addition with the
intention of crossing the bay to go to
Oakland or Berkeley were stopped in
the downtown section and put to work.
One case which attracted atten-
ton was that of young man who
was pressed into service by the SOL
diers. He came clad in a fashionable
suit, straw hat and kid gloves. The
minute the guards caught sight of him
he was grabbed and ordered to help
clear the bricks and other debris off
the car tracks. At first he hesitated,
but the sharp point of bayonet con-
WINGED him that there was no escape.
For the next five hours he was doing a
laborer's work in spite of his hand
some attire. AS a result of this sys-
tenn the streets are being rapidly
cleaned.
The large four-story Brunswick
rooming house, with its rooms filled
with guests, on the corner of Sixth
and Howard streets. collapsed to the
ground entirely ana fire started
amongst the ruins scarcely five min
ntes later. 1t is estimated that over
300 persons lost their lives.
Part of the large Cosmopolitan
house. corner Fifth and Mission
streets, collapsed at the very first
tremble. Many of the sleepers were
buried in the ruins, others ESCAPED
in their night clothes. At us Mission
street. the house with it's four stories
and eighty rooms, fell to the ground
mass of ruins. AS far as is known
very few of the inmates were rescued.
The Denver house, on Lower Third
street, with it's many room. Jared the
same fate, and none may ever know
how many were killed, the majority of
the inmates being strangers
A small two story frame building
occupied by a man and wife at 4O5
Jessie street, collapsed without an
instant's warning. Both were killed.
To the north of Market street the
rooming house people Jared somewhat
better. The Luxumborg, corner Stock
ton and O'Farrell streets, three
story affair suffered severely from the
falling of many tons of brick from
an. adjoining building. The falling
mass crashed through the building,
killing man and woman.
At the Suffer street turkish baths a
brick chimney toppled over and crash
ing through the roof, killed one of the
occupants as ne lay on cot. Another
close by, lying on another cot,
escaped A helpful feature of the work
is the establishment by the Southern
Pacific company of chain of infor-
nation kept by bureaus which will
be served by relays of pony-riders,
carrying the latest bulletins and in
structions relative to transportation
facilities provided to relieve the con-
gestion in San Francisco
A committee sent by the japanese
consul, representing the Japanese Re-
lief society offered it's cooperation in
any manner possible. The society is
caring for many of the stricken Jap
anese who still remain in the city,
They are rendering assistance to white
people wherever needed They have
wired to every large city on the coast
asking for supplies to be sent by the
Japanese.