The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-04-26
FRISCO Is IN RUINS
Appalling Disaster Befa1ls the
Golden Gate by Earthquake
and Demon of Fire.

death from starvation and thirst. The
SITUATION could not be worse. General
funston, in command OF the troops
stationed in the CITY, sent the follow
IHs telegram 10 washington:
AT THIS time (9:l5 d. NJ moth
ing new. Inc city Is still burning,
and could not De worse. Food has ssen
exhausted and the drinking water sup
Ply IS cut off. Troops have been aid
ing police, patrolling and maintaining
ORDER Working in conjunction with
civil authorities. You cannot send too
many tents or rationS. About 100000
people homeless. Food very scarce.
Provision houses all destroyed. All
government buildings in city gone"
Prompt action was taken by tho
war department. Two hundred thou
sand rations have been directed to
be sent from Vancouver barracks to
San Francisco, and large number
of tents from Vancouver and other
army posts. The supplies will be for.
warded with all the expedition pos
s;ble so that they may be at the dis
position of the authorities at the eat:
liest date practicable.
The Western Union Office in New
York received a dispatch timed p.
nl. Thursday, Pacific coast time, Civ
ing the area destroyed by fire. It stat
ed that practically all of San Fran
cisco has been burned or was burn
Ing. Everything out Market street to
about Twenty-third was burning
fiercely. Everything is gone except
the mint. Every building of any inl-
pcftance in the city up to Van Ness
avenue. including the entire business
section and all the hotels, has been
entirely destroyed ard the district
running north from Golden Gate ave.
nue and Octavia street also has been
burned. Chinatown is gone.
At midnight Thursday night, forty
two hours after the conhagration, the
flames were slowly but steadily NOV
ing on portions of San Francisco still
untouched. The sky presented a lurld
picture. The strongest fire seemed 20
be in the western end Of the city.
The destruction Of this section
Practically completes the work Of the
ravaging flames and marks the devas-
tation of the entire city.
The Postal Telegraph company, In
New York, at 1890 Thursday night,
received the following from the dep
uty chief Of the San Francisco fire
department: Fire heading for resi-
Dental district. Efforts to fight the
flames futile. Three hundred thousand
will be homeless stcnight. BY Satur-
day San Francisco will be an ash
heap"
Reports from the interior Of Cali.
fornia are most alarming. Santa
Rosa, one Of the prettiest cities OF
The state, in the prosperous county
cf Sonoma, is a total wreck. There
are 10000 homeless men, women and
children hudSled together. The loss
or life is rot to be estimated. It
Will probably reach the thousands.
AZ the las: great seismic tremor spent
it's force N the earth the whole busL
ress portion tumbled into ruins. The
main street sank many feet deep with
the fallen buildings.
The destruction includes all Of the
county buildings. A four-story court
house is merely pile Of broken ma
sonry. Nothing IS left. What was
not destroyed by the earthquake was
swept away by fire. Until the flames
started there was hope Of saving tho
residence district. 1t was soon ap-
parent that any such idea that might
have been entertained was to be
abandoned, and the citizens deserted
their homes. Not even their house
hold goods we're taken. They made
for the fields and hills to watch the
destruction Of one Of the most beaut!-
e,,1 o;&;oe ~ tho racf