The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-04-26
WORK OF FLAMES |
Beautiful anu Populous City Is
Now a Deso!afe Waste
STARVATION NOW THREATENED
Metropolis Of the Pacific Coast is
Reduced to Vast Waste cf Snok-
ing Ruins-Eo Such DesoiSe:cn
Ever Before Seen on This Cont
nent.

San Francisco, Sp4eial. San
Francisco's IS darkest hour has dawned
into day OF hope It's time Of over
whelming disaster and peril has end
ed ard lis future is now q subjecl Of
general consideration.
The fire Is practically under CON
troll. \ clear sky over the Mission
district shows that the fire there has
been extinguished. The spread Of the
flames toward the western addition.
the best part of the city remaining,
has been stayed, and the only por-
tlon Of the contlagration that de-
mands the attention Of the tircmen
Is that extending from the Mob Hill
section down to the northwestern
part Of the water front. The western
addition danger was averted at go
O'Clock Saturday morning BY the use
Of gun cotton, dynamite and two
streams Of water. The explosives
were handled by the chief gunner Of
the Mare Island navy yard and his
accomplishments proved him to- be a
master of his profession.
Menace Of Famine.
| Possibility of famine is already pre-
sentin% its hideous face. At best the
city never carried more than three
days supply Of provisions and food,
and now, with the wholesale districts
and warehouses wiped out there is
| already a shortage of food. Prices
were in most instances more than
treblcd. An Associated Press man
was obliged to pay 25 cents for a
small glass Of mineral water in the
Hayes Valley district. The half of
the city that has been laid waste and
rot drop Of water is to be had there
| except bottled mineral water.
President Sends Message.
Washington, Special. = President
Roosevelt manifested profound inter
est in the news Of the earthquake
at San Francisco. -
| He sent the following dispatch to
| Mayor Sshmitz:
II share with all our people the
| hcrror felt at the catastrophe that
has befellen San Francisco and the
most earnest sympathy with your cit
liens. IF there is anything that the
Federal government can do 10 aid
you it will be done"
He also sent the following to Gov.
ernor Pardee:
''It was difficult at first to credit
| the news of the calamity that has be.
fellen San Francisco. I fell the great.
Ell the concern and sympathy for yor
and the people not only of San Fran.
cisco bnt Of California in this ter.
rible disaster. You will let me know
if there is anything that the nation
al government can do
President Roosevelt at night re
eeived a telegram from Governor Par.
Gee, Of California, reading as follows
"Owing to the intervention of tele-
graphic communication, the extent OF
the disaster in San Francisco is not
we'll known here but no doubt the ca.
lamity is very serious. People Of Cal
ifornia appreciate your prompt in
quiry and offer of assistance. State
troops doing patrol duty and if Fed
eral assistance is needed will call or
you"
Responses Universal.
With great unanimity all the cit
les of the country, large and small
are coming to the rescue Of the strick
en- section.
EIint Almost Unscathed.
| The United States mint escaped a.
most unscathcd on account Of its
isolated environment and its peculiar
frcproof construction, but the force
Of sending power Of the earthquake
could be seen in the cracked walls
Of the new postoffice on Seventh an6
Mission streets, and ground had sunk
| for several feet.