The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-05-04
Story of the First Day ;


SAN FRANCISCO, April 1s.-Nearly
every big factory building has been
wiped out of existence, and complete
enumeration of them would look like
copy of the city directory. Many of
the finest buildings in the city were
leveled to the dust by the terrific
charges of dynamite in the hopeless eff
fort to stay the horror of fire. In this
work many heroic soldiers, policemen
and fremen were manned or killed out
right.
At 10 O'Clock tonight the fire was un-
abated and thousands of people are
fleeing to the hills and clamoring for
places on the ferryboats at the ferry
building.
The damage is now believed to have
| reached $2O0C00.0OO and 10000 people
are thought to be homeless.
Under the fierce heat of the MONDAY
sun nineteen dead bodies lay in Wash
| ington square, where they were taken
at the order of the mayor when the
| morgues and Hall of Justice basement
held all that could be cared for.
For three miles along the waterfront
buildings have been swept clean, and
tonight the blackened beams and great
skeletons of factories and Office build
ings stand silhouetted against a back
ground of flame that is slowly spread
ing over the entire city. The whole
commercial section of the city on the
north side of Market street, from the
ferry building to Tenth street, has
been consumed in the flames, while
hardly a building is standing in the
district south of Market street.
| COLLAPSE OF CALIFORNIA
KILLED CHIEF SULLIVAN.
At o'clock, despite the heroic work
of the fremen and the troops of dyna'
: miters, who razed building after build
ing and blew up property valued at
millions, the flames spread across Mar
ket street to the north side and swept
up Montgomery street, practically to
= Washington street. Along Montgom
e cry street are some of the richest banks
and commercial Nouses in San Fran
cisco.
The famous Mills building and the
: Merchants Exchange, in which is stu
= ated the marine and stock exchanges
Fare still standing, but the Mutual Life
Insurance building and scores of banl
and office buildings are on fire, while
n blocks of other houses are in the patti
n of the flames and nothing seems to b'
, at hand to stay their progress. Blocl
after block of banking houses are nov
masses of red-hOt ruins and it will b
4 months before the money that wa
t housed in their vaults can be reached
The earthquake caused the wreck o
n the California hotel on Bush and kear
S ney streets, and the falling chimney
l. and cornice of the hotel crashe'
Il through the tirehouse adjoining, severe
" iniuring tlre Chief Sullivan so tina
= he was unable to direct the work o
l. frefghting. He is now in hospital i
e. precarious condition.
e Despite this dishea.tening acciden
r the entire fire department, assisted b.
k part of the Oakland department an
o many volunteers from outside districts
20 did heroic service, many brave men los
It ing their lives while performing tn
work of succor. The earthquake, how
ever, had broken most of the watt
, mains and the men were without watt
to battle with the fire fend. Whatev,
III water was obtained to tight the fam'
y in the harbor front and in the factor
!" districts was pumped from the ba.
'e This compelled dynamiting as the onl
X possible method of saving any of Il
:, citf,
.. HOW THE PALACE
-. HOTEL WAS BURNEl
n The flames were kept confined TO Il
rs south of Market street in the busine
nd section until about 3 0 clock in the AT
re ernoon, when the wind carried sheets
~, flames into the richest part of the cit
ls. The Palace Hotel, which has shelf,
ed famous people FROM all parts OF q
re world, Wus burned clean. Nothing G
IN eept the gulted framework of its l,O
no rooms now stands,
ls- Among the other notable huildin
destroyed We're the Grand Opera liou'
ist 0n Mission street, where the ronre
M. Opera Company opened its scuson hr
day night, The momhers of the iron
a. ssss ssssss
by siryonson aud Third streets had q
Apsei fhry Immediately 80 10 va
he With ayrs aud anything ip ihp way
he pn implement Win which ihfy eo'
ell provide iheprelyes 40 rescue those
"a side