The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-04-20
THE SCENE AN
/ APPALLING ONE
San Francisco ReSembIcd a
Vast SHAMELESS
THOUSANDS FLED CITY
chouls Everywhere Reporter saw
Three Thieves shot--The Exact
Loss Of Life win Never
Be Known.
THOUSANDS FLED CITY.

San Franuaisco, April 19s--It will be
many days before the complete story
of the ruin wrought BY the doubk al
laInity Of earthquake and Tire that Visit.
ed San Frmncisco to-day will b. written,
and then there viii still remain untold
countless TILES of voc.
The exact lcss of life Will never
be known, as hundreds OF unfcrtunates
have been incinerzted 10 the nssne.,
which made the rescue Of those buried
under topping steeplss and falling walls
impossible. Temporary nsorrues were
insprovised at many points. only To be
razcd by the faues.
Tonight the city resembles one vast
shaxnbie, with the red glare Of the IRE
throwing weird shadows aaross the werl
ana panic strokes fares III the home
less, who are wandering the strerts or
sleeping on piles IL mattresses ana cloth.
ing In the parks and on the sidewalks
Ia those districts not yet reached BY
the IRE. Thousands have fed the city.
forgetting for moment the terrible
suffering physical and financial, that
trails in the wake Of tie disaster. The
scene presented BY the hanes Is one
Of unspeakable grandeur.
Flames Extend for Miles.
Looking over The city frem hirh
bin IN the western addition the flames
can be seen rolling slsyward for miles
md miles, while ID the midst Of the
splitting red tongues OF fire can be sean
TIE liAof skeletons and falling tower.
of 4 ~ buildings At regular inter-
val. booming 81 dynamite tell, Of
the work If the brave men that are
attempting to save the city from ami
hilasieH
The illitnpation on the southern side
is In a dulier glow, showing that tho
flames are rot consuming property Of
such great proportions as Ii the case
on the east side.
A falling wall from one Of the dyna.
mited buildings on Mission street crush
ed out the life Of Fireman Max Eel
ner. while many ether fire fighters met
a like fate. Through all the streets
automobiles ard express wagons are
hurrying, carrying dead and injured 70
morsues and hospitals.
Bodies in Hall Of Justice.
AT tho morgue ID the Hsll 81 jus
tice Sfty bodies lie. The Games rapid
~ approached this building, and the
work of renewing the bodies to Jackson
Square, opposite, began. While the sol
diers and police were carrying the dead
TO what appeared safe places, show
er Of bricks from a building dvnsrnited
TO check the flames injured many OF the
workmen and sent soldiers IN process
sion hurrying 10 hospitals. The work
n removing the bodies stopped and the
remainder OF the desl were left to pos
sibc cremation IN the morenc.
Thieves shot Down.
The city is under stringent martial
law, and squads IF cavalry aud troops
Of infastry are patrollisg the streets
and guarding the sections that have not
yet been touched By the flames. De.
spite their efforts to keep the crowds
from the section rev being dynhmited.
many persons slipped through the guard
and not q few suffered for their tc-
meiity.
FFca. the Barhary coast the horde
u vicious and criminal that infcst that
Tuarter poured forth and started early
Ia tse Pyening 70 loot stores snd rob
the dead Fearing such a aensssh III
max 10 this day Of horrors, Mayer
5ehndte and Police Chief Oman isslssd
orders for the soldiers TO kill all who
Engaged in srieh work. Before the eyes
81 an Associated Press representative
three thieves were shot ia the back
aud fatty wounded in the burning COM
mercial distriet.
The earthquake has worked aston
shing havoc in San Ffaneisco's famous
Chinatown. Chinese theatres and Joss
houses are in ruins, and rookery after
cookery hiss collapsed. covering alive hun.
lreds OF Chinese. rsnie reiens amene
he thousands Of Chinese. and thoy fll
he street dragging whatever they can
save.
The japanese quarter has been burned
md the people fed IN terror, packing
IN their backs what household effects
hey could tie together. Thousands Of
nes, women and children frem the Lstis
quarter quit thr throng when darkness
,egan 70 fall, ard marched in endless