The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1906-04-20
SAN FRANCISCO BADLY SHAKEN
EARTHQUAKES AND FIRE DE
STROY PORTTON OF CITY.
Great Loss OF Life and Property-CIty
HaH Wrecked - Estimated
Loss $4O,OOO,OOO.

san Francisco. April 1S--San Fran
cisco was practically wrecked BY
earthquake a. $40 this morning The
shock lasted three minutes. Thou
sands Of buildings were damaged and
destroyed The loss OF life is report
ed to be great No water, and dre
RACES ali over the city. All wires,
with the exception OF one, are gone,
The city hail. costing seven millions,
IS in ruins Modern buildings suffered
less than brick and frame
The terror and excitement is indie
scribable- Most OF the people asleep
were aroused and rushed into the
streets undressed. Buildings swayed
and crashed, burying occupants A
panic in down town hotels. The Lick
house was badly damaged, but no loss
Of life is reported there. The Palace
and St Francis hotels stood the
shock People hOcked to the tele-
graph Office to send messages TO
there were no wires. The greatest
damage to buildings was done south
Of Market street, where there were
mostly frame buildings and tenement
houses Fires occurred in every block
OF that district.
san Francisco, April Is-IO.45 a.
m--The Palace hotel is now on FIRE.
Other buildings on fire are the Claus
Spreckles structure, seventeen stories
high, the Phelan building and the
O'Farrel store.
The south side Of Market street, be
tween Fourth and Fifth streets, IS
now on fire and the flames are spread
ing in all directions. The city is now
under martial law. 1t seems that the
entire business section Of San Fran
cisco must be destroyed
Mayor Schmitz has called for the
assistance Of the entire Oakland fire
department and has ordered that all
dynamite available be used to blow
hrrf1 n,
gress Of the flames.
New York, April 1S.-At II O'Clock
IN the morning, San Francisco time,
the employees Of the Postal TELEGRAPH
company had to leave their Office on
account Of the fire At the time they
left the Palace hotel and the Grand
hotel were not yet on fire but were in
Immediate danger The military is in
charge Of the town.
. San Francisco, April $3.50 a. m
"A disastrous fire has broken out on
the south side OF Market street and is
now within one block Of the Palace
hotel The water mains have burst
and the FIRE department is practically
helpless The utmost confusion ex-
lists All business is suspended. At
this moment there is only one wire
out OF San Francisco Postal wire.
The Postal building is badly damaged.
The operating rom is q total wreck.
The power Of every kind is gone and
lllEIe are no IBnLSs elLner gas or cleo
tricity- Neither the Palace hotel nor
the St Francis is gone, that is, so far
as the outside goes, but the inside,
plastering, etc, is greatly damaged.
Property loss estimated from twenty
to forty million dollars.
The Associated Press estimates that
hundreds have been killed and more
than 1000 injured in the earthquake
disaster here this morning. There
seems to be no way Of estimating the
number Of dead. It may be hundreds;
il may be thousands. The loss OF life
seems to have been confined to the
poorer districts and manufacturing
territory The dead and injured are
being carried from the ruins, among
which the fires have started The fires
are causing more buildings to collapse
and people are fleeing from the af-
fected districts.