The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-25
AWFUL CALAMITY.
San Francisco Destroyed by an
Earthquake.
AND THE FIRE FlhND.

Death in The Streets or Thtir
Wrt cked Eioncs. Fire
Adds to Horror.
Earthouske and FIRE on Wednesday
caused the grestest calamity Cahecr'
MIA has ever Known. San Frarcisc,
was almost destroyed and Thousands
OF people in that city were Killed o.
hnst. A dispatch from San Francisco
says the dreadful earth quake s2ocs
came without warning at r1ec1sei.
s.l3 O'Clock, its motion apparently
being from east to west. at 6rst the
upheayal Of the earth wss gfscuai'
but In q few seconds 1t Increased IL
tntersi+y. Ch;nreys began to ISL
and buildings to crscF, toosering oh
sheir foundations. The people BE-
came panic sticken sd ,uS5to 1nU
she streets, most (; rhs IL al cnei1
night atsire. Toe, were met o5
showers OF falling bullairgs, corn1cSs.
bricks and walls. Many were instant,
" cr.shed to death, while others were
dresdfully mapgled. Those who re
mainsd indoors generally escapso VITO
aheir lives, though scores we:e hit o.
detached plaster, pictures soc articles
thrown to the dcor BY the shcck. i;
is believed that mcre OF less l,ss WAS
sustained by nearly every family In
the city.
The tall steel frame structures
stood the strain te1ter than bracs
Buildings, few Of them being osoly
damaged. The big eleven story NC
nado ceiee building, il C urse OF con-
sssucsjon, adjoining tie Palacs Hotel.
vas an exception, however, It's rear
wall collapsirg, many c;acSs oelne
made scross It's fsons. Sone OF the
decks and freight shecs aic:,g the va
ter front slid into The bay. Deep
6ssures opened in the tiled In gfcuac
nss. the shore sEd tie Union lerr!
depot was injured. lis islgh tower
atl stands, but will ha7e 90 De torn
down. A portion of she new ClS!
Hall, which cost oGer seven Ellilon
dollars, collapsed, the roof siioipg into
the court yard and smailes towers
tumbling down. TIE g1est ooE1e Tss
moved Tut did lot fall The He~ DcsI
16scs, one Of the fne,t IL TIE Uaiteo
States. was badly sA5s:s.sd. Iae
Valencia Hotel, 3 four Stay ~coosl
building, sank into tse base snsns z
pile OF spl1nuered timbcrs, under "aica
we're pinned many dead and dying c.
cupsnts OF the house, Tns Basement
wss full Of water ard S. me- or the
halplsss victims were croSned.
Scarcely bsd the earth ce2sed &c
shake when fyes broke Gus sinulSane
ously in many places, The IRE DE-
partmsnt pronprly responded TO the
Hrst call for aid, but 1t wss 1ouao e1a:
tbs water mains had been rendered
usaless by the underground move-
ment. Famed BY Egna bie;za, the
Games quickly spread sid sooa m1&s
blocks were seen TO be cconed. IaeD
dynamite vas resorted 10 and tEe
sound OF frequent esp:o ioEs aGoeo e
rho terror OF the posu;asion. Al!
efforts to stay the pr; eress Of ths nfe,
hoysver, proved futile. The south
side OF Market street from Nlath
street to BAY was soon sb;ezs, the frs
covering q belt tso blocks wide. O1
shis, the main thoroE2 htare OF the
city, a1e located many Of tie faes:
edificss in the city. Including tne
Grant, Psr,oot, Flood, Cali Ez
sm,ner," and .Monadncck buildings
she Palace and Grand Hotels, anc
numerous wholesale houses. As ths
same time the commercial ests blish
ments and banks north OF Msrke1
strees were burning. TIE burning
district in this se"t3cn OF The CITY ex
tended from SAnsone st,ee5 TO Tx
wster front, snd from Ms;keo street
70 Broadway. Fires also broke out II
the Mission and the entire cisy seenee
20 be in aAmes.
The flames, famed by the rising
bresss, swept down she main street
until within a few hundred feet OF tn
ferry depot, the high tower OF whlcs
stood at dangerous aCgie, The BIZ
wholesale grocery establishment q
Wselnan, Peck B Co., was On NJ
from celler to roct, a2d the heat wa
SO oppressive that passengers from tn
ferry boats we're obliged 70 keep clos
TO the waters edge In order to ge
past tho burning Structure. II wa.
Impossible to reach tbs center OF oh
city from the bay without sklrun,
The shore for a long distance so as t.
get entirely around the turning dis
srict.
ATS O'Clock the Southern Pacsf
officials refused to allow any NOR
passengers from Trans bay points Il
land and sent back tnose already O:
the boats. Toe ferry and tram ser
vice Of the Kay route was entirsl.
sbsnooned, owing 60 damage done tn
power house By the earthquake 8
EneryVllle.
At 9 O'Clock "Wednesday no-niEg
Thousand men from the Pccsioio al
yiyed down town to pasrol tie Cit
streets. The Thirteenth infantry
1000 strong arrived from Angel j.
land, q little later, and went on pa
rol duty. The soldi3rs asYs bsen O.
dsred TO shoot down shis7es caught !
the sct OF roboirg the dead and
guard with their lives tCe millions
dollars worth Of property which ts
been placed il the s.rseto that 1t ma
escape from the raVagas OF the fsue'
Mayor Schmitz, WHO Las essa5lssns
his cfh;e at police Eea: 9 .2rGers, b
named ccmnittee OF s-iety, COZ