The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-04-27
N FRANCISCO IN RUINS
h. Persons Killed, Property
IoSS Exceeds $2OO,OOO,OOO.
NFNSE TIDAL WAVE.
..-rifc Earthquake Shocks, Fol-
b,yed by Fire, Devastatc the En-
be- Rnsiness Section of the City,
ne.troying Scores of Costly Struc-
L.. killing or Injuring Many.

4nrps. killing or lnJuflnS Many.
an francisco, Cal, April 20
- frsr shock occurred at SIS
's.sDet Wednesday morning. At that
IA although the dawn was bright
- there we're comparatively few
& Lon on the streets.
H. aarthquake was first manifest
4 sIfght tremors which were not
tic.l9rlv alarming, as the inhabi-
snts OF the city are accustomed to
hepl
me- lasted about two minutes.
IA fhee suddenly increased in vio-
~ uuil they eliminated in
n. which overthrew hundreds of
lam under the ruins of which
IA uroue were buried.
4ce1nI.ug to those who passed
IA n the stress of it, the pave
- tn The streets and the ground
IA T. The tall buildings on either
sas rc-o and fell in wavelike undu-
aIibg. .our feet in height.
rla as mains throughout the city
"a r.oEon. and it was not long be-
~ dozen or more fires were blaz-
no. THa water mains were also
4.ih 4. and the Fire Department had
so b-eans of checking the flames save
81 h. ase of explosives.
Befogo an hour had elapsed both
.Ides of Market Street were ablaZe
'na the entire city was in a panic.
fhfcua- of half-crazed men, women
|nd children rushed for the water
'eohi only to meet another army of
.aIic t,Ean fugitives sweeping
,ack into he city, for the entire bay
:ide was abIaZe.
Huge Tidal Wave Rolls In.
Following the first shock a tidal
7afe rolled in from the Pacific in
.aeh yolume that some of the ship
ping along the piers were washed up
nIo The streets and other vessels
HeIe carried far out to sea. 1t is said
.tal many persons were washed
ANay by the receding wave. The
iIes, racing unchecked, increased in
aroa and violence until many of the
anes buildings in the city were de-
'lIBsed
one hour after the first shock
Ihefe came another, more violent
and deadly In this the S7,000,000
Cilf Hall. the Lick Hotel and the
Po<tal Telegraph buildings were
rulRed
A j the telegraph and telephone
Vlfes save those underground were
torn down by the falling buildings.
MOI business Of any KIND was at
temped. There were no street cars
fuming The poWer-houses had been
eukof and destroyed.
E'sht square Miles Burned Over.
Reports at Police Headquarters
6noF that the entire district sur
Ioupded by Vallejo, Howard, East
aug Sansom streets, embracing the
enne Wholesale district of the city,
mas been swept clean by the fire. The
Q'afict between Market and Folsom
b'Isets has been devastated. In the
istfr district are included most of
tne| |clty finest and most substantial
0uildines. The area covered by the
na'R Res un to that time was about
s'4at square miles, or several hun
aIeq city blocks.
Althoush the earthquake shocks.
s9ap apnued at intervals, the work of
s'ng Ont the bodies of the dead
a'2A Ihe ruins was early begun in all
SaeL Vers OF the devastated region.
tne Police Department being un-
.u.s 10 eiiaetually cover the devasta-
W dlstriet the troops at the Pre-
s'e'p We're called in. Here and there
, eS began their work of plum
ss5 practically unchecked.
FarIJ very landmark that has
e'7Ne San Francisco famous has
9eep laid in ruins or burned to the
e.*P nu' Never has the fate Of a city
Rszh more disastrous.
&c exact loss of life in the dis
M VIII never be known, as hun
<'s Vi uAiortunates have been in
W J. Fa'ed IN the flames, which made
81, rescue of those buried under
N ing sJeeples and falling walls
YoS!oie temporary morgues were
s. o'iSed at many points, only to
Azed by the flames.
.. pnIand' Cal, April 22.-Pestil-
n.. ,o-uay became the terrible me-
,,. " lhe survivors, of San Fran
now complete destruction.
ks.I u,euS OF the 1,636 dead lie un-
SsNs III tne streets. The rest are
IS m ,'n shattered buildings. 1t will
6ss "pOsslole to get at them for
naS.h iney nave already been ex-
|6Ss SINCE Wednesday. All night
IA ,ne hre ragged among the forest
os|I ae' On Telegraph Hill and the
lse. ns residence section. The en-
||.1| u lpun'ry side and coast were
up by the glare.
sns r,t Ivy Is one vast heap of ashes
K knonl ar4' oihcials Of the Fire De-
hAsA o,'S n. eSumate that the fire will
SAL Nndusled itself bv niohtfalI