Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-04-19

New York, April 1e.-A private teIe-
qram received over the Postal wire
shortly after said the fire at San
Francisco is now under control.
New York, April 19.-A Postal mes
sage announces that two distinct earth
quake shocks were felt at Los Angeles
at 3:35 p. M, eastern time. There are
no details.
Washington, April 19.-The war de-
partment has just received the foilow-
inn Western Union Bulletin from San
francisco: Los Angeles says buildings
rocking like . boat. Just lost con-
nection with Los Angeles Immediately
after this report. The operator prob
ably left tho building.
Oakland, April 19.-9:00 a. m.-The
fire Is still raging thruout San Fran
cisco and there il no possibility of
stopping it until 1T exhausts itself for for
aaant of material. The city is doomed.
The authorities are still dynamiting
buildings in the vain hope Of checking
the progress Of the flames, but new
misfortune has befallen the place. The
explosives for blowing up the buildings
are becoming exhausted, even the pow
der at the governmental arsenal is all
gone. Every business building and
1 half the residence portion Of the city
is destroyed.
The st. Francis hotel and Merchants
Exchange have gone. Fairmont hotel
+ is threatened. A portion Of the Mark
Hopkins Institute OF Art is destroyed.
The James Flood building is leaning.
San francisco, April 19.-The magni-
tude OF the calamity that has befallen
San Francisco became apparent this
morning when the red sun arose above
the horizon and dissipated the pail OF
darkness that hung over the stricken
districts. Looking eastward from the
heights in the central portion of the
metropolis, everything attested the aw-
full havoc wrought by earthquake and
flame. Where once arose noble build
ings, in tottering, serried column now
stand nothing but frail walls, isolated,
tottering chimneys, heaps Of twisted
iron, huge piles Of brick and mortar.
And to add to the horror of the situa-
its conclusion. In several sections the
fire was still raging with unabated
avigor, converting into smoke and ashes
everything in the shape of combustible
material and turning into ruin struc-
lures that cost millions to erect 1t
was with saddened hearts the commun-
ity viewed the ruins of their city, but
the extent of the devastation has not
yet come to be fully realized. The
people are aware Of the awful catastfo-
phe in dazed way, and it will not be
until the horrors Of famine and want
are added to their suffering that they
will be impressed with the awfulness
Of the destructive work of disturbed
nature and fiery element. For famine
Is already presenting it's hideous face.
At best, the city never carried more
than three days supply of provisions
and food, and now, with the whole
sale districts and warehouses wiped
out, the city already is short of food,
and prices this morning were in most
instances trebled and quintupled.
Food Supply Short.
Associated men were obliged to pay
25 cents for small glass of mineral
water in the Hayes valley district.
There is absolutely not a drop of wa
ter in that half of the city that has
been laid waste. This morning police
men were stationed at some of the re-
tail shops, regulating the sale of food
stuffs and permitting only a small