New-York tribune., 1906-04-22
,.-,,opt Reader Tells Uhat He
U;sse9 ia Last Weeks Papers.

r- NiA'
,es done"
r rs-. ..s-,lated The Constant Reader
Or his breath san Francisco has
~ --,- wiped oN thc map since we last
n -rs amount e damage TO property
-p. number NJ persons made homeless
81 .. eli. disaster stands unparalleled
.n 80 he New world. An earthquake
- wednesday,. ANA lasting two min
se debris nc practically the entire bus
..-- and buried many hundreds Of peo-
--.-- only che steel frame buildings
,. .l-. shock AT The same time almost
--a-s telegraph. telephone, car. water
.,.-s sye.--rs 90 The city were wrecked.
-s.,..r r-s broke out in half a dozen
-ne .-....... ,,-.. ,,--.,,,o,,..
-.-,ss -r. BUSY lIar. What hen was done
.ts-s tfa faue-
.----,--.-s- rs- the reply. Although Fire
-. s.rrr- r-E been l1Hel in bed az the
..--,. ,-a- -ta apartment fought The flames
$3.50 81. .rs t--.re walls. The only thing
5..-r q. -.e -. blow uT whole blocks Of
....--s .- -r. rl.l cf che C1ufagration. The
~. g.--- rtRa. hv troops frou The Preside
..- .rs .-re- af General Funston. At
~. .rs-. ..-a another shock. Telling more
,-.-rs s.f s....-h.rg st.u more victims"
ut.. r.-trr ar1ared the Busy Man.
~ ,-.sris-- property had been destroyed 10
. .r---- ~ 500 900. .11." continued the con-
~. r.sfr- practically tre entire district
~, - Wsrss. street. rro Broadway of san
----s-7. h1E .... swept clean 10y The flames.
,,..--1-ss ..t..e wholesale houses in THIS
l--. ar Tile Cv Hall costing
rarrt us= .-=r wrecked Dry the shock and
...- tr--sf A. series .t shocks a. o'clock IN
Il. ,y.rrr a.r.. -. tre horror ~ the scene.
,-,,.-t--.-. Pavilion lay foe- hundred corrses
s--ssl oa- -f -. vreciage The morning Of
IS. rs,t d-v f...z rne IRE raging hercely and
.-.5s.vs.y Tremendous Efforts We're made to
.-,. .hs o. -. homes on Sob Hu, but in
-r Ey.r -. -r.at marble Fairmoult Hotel,
.-. t,-.. l..- r..rs or thar ILL which cost
s-frra r.- burned. TO Keep the western
.seta- nom t.. r.uss q whole mile 4 houses
n Vlr Nsse .r.r.a broad troroughfare. run
--r -H-.. ..- south. were blown up with dyua-
ahs and e-ra.a eha, BUR The flames leaped
n, b-sae. -.1 spread or. Ar las-. at the end
Z -te third day of the e1uasgration when about
ssf The city lad been burned. The fire began 10
sabs.ss -ra water system ir The remaining
,ar, -s ths e.-v was patched -p 81 that the fire.
ae1 could combat tile c7-Haeraron. BY this
tine The property damage amounted 70 half a
a4aNa L.a ...f htftlle---t-44L lA l-lE
ssmes new dangers arcse-femine and disease.
General Funston estimated thar 100000 people
we're homeless end i1 need n food. The heat
Z the sun and FIRE also shade the burial Of the
isad n rhe debris iulmedia-eIy necessary 20
zfegusrs tse health OF the survivors"
What has been G7re % feed the starving?'
zsFrug ed TIRE Busy Nan.
'Relsr trains are being rushed 70 the stricken
atvu -
runston e7r te-rs and tood Mr. Tar. secretary
4 wur ordered 10000 rstlors cent 20 San
hzac.sco ron Vancouver Barracks, the nearest
Eyzilatls poinL Secretary shaw, o. the Treas
~ Department. ordered the sub-treasurer n
San FunoiEoo % advance 20 the Wells Fargo
EJrsss Company 100000. 10 meet the de-
nsnt FOR ready money there. Relief trains are
Ssng rushed from various points II the East,
srppnes Zee 70 the coast"
But who 5 paying for the contents OF these
-g.ns?~ asked -Ls Busy Man.
Money Is beng raised n every city IN the
country" reULs5 the Constant Rsa Ger. Con
Iess appropriated 100000 The President
appealed 70 TIE whole nation 70 give. asking that
oo1tri5Utio-s be sent 10 officials Of the Arnert-
ca Rec Cross. Governor Higgins made q
sr-asr appeal 70 The people OF this state. The
Iasu5er q Commerce here began 70 collect q
geai relief f-ll- :. .. Rockefeller the first day
he disaster was known gave 100000 one man
walked into he City Hail and handed the Mayor
s-oVo he only Eaid he was a friend OF human
'V. Messages OK sympathy come from al the
countries OF he world"
how was Il tLat San Francisco alone suf-
isedF asked -Le Busy Man isn't thst whole
coast hl Ehslyg-'
Vlher parts of Contra! California were also
a-aAea cisastroasly' said the Constant Reader.
santa Rosa was almost entirely wrecked There
~ people were l--.ed. IN Sen Jose there were
~ victims, ana many buildings were de-nol-
--s1 Los angeles got q severe shock Thurs
~ 04l 10 damage Was done. Although most
-s'-7IS say fae shock was not volcanic. but
a0'A taoc--s-- building movement on the
- Noasr yet other seismic disturbances
---'e1 I-iI-asr simultaneously es far away as
----'9 sf,1 Austria AID by the way, on the
rel---g saturday an earthquake IN Forrnosa
D. - -P' persons and left thousands homeless
trr. -, ,--+i ne san Francisco shock an ex-
tts - - ~ ->e" Mexico began 10 smoke.
,a, s1ock was felt ia distant Bosnia"
ray, n1y.' exclaimed he PIlsv Mar. You
-s-e @ nothing bur slaIreo.'
& .-s Goa strike Is stiu further away from
~ - sad tEe Constant Reader, chang
~ -s -s s-e5eoL "rhe operators fatty refused
lei - -lst demands. though much modi-
w. ~.-1,s',r s',r-ee iheir coleries IN many places
ass - l--Ae breakers Iu q riot between strikers
usr l coi-s "a. -.-~v az Windber, Penn. three
a. s"-.s E--e1. Maxim GOrlcy, after hts So
A. we was found 20 be an actress went
ssr 1---ls 70 escape popular rebuke. His mis-
sonsia-- ne 4e-p ot Russian revolution has been
L. to,, -1= racing season opened here at
trsS s----ei track but the JoclIy Club os1l-
~ "-fe DISPATCHES tllat Il nauzzled the pool
tov- - Nest tlrolg Of immigrants swooped
a. ~ sle CITY seven liners bringing IN all et
tEs.- --ri10 passengers Ellis Island was
r,slare1 III woodbury.. street Cleaning Com
a. whose department Is being invest
4 s~--i-te1 or The stand that the city rent
SEGo PIERS 70 Boss Nurphy's company for
gB--aS ear and thar then his department paid
ras,.@~s e a. $4,000 10 use them 70 dump city