Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-11
STORM SWEEPS Il
PACIFIC COAST
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ried away, and flmsy temporary cab
ins blown down, while many of those
which withstood the wind leaked
badly.
Hundreds of refugees who were
burned out in the big fire had their few
belongings saved from the disaster, or
since acquired, utterly ruined or badly
damaged. At Harbor View, where 1900
refugees are housed in tents and tenn
porary houses, hundreds were driven
out by the storm, drenched to the skin.
Houses were thrown open to them and
especially women and children taken In
and made comfortable All street car
tarffic was suspended early In the fore
noon by masses of brick and steel.
which had fallen into the street, carry
ing poles and wires with them, and the
danger from tottering walls swaying in
the high wind.
The obstacles, however were not as
great as at first thought. AS the storm
abated large gangs of men were placed
at work clearing the tracks. BY 5
O'Clock this evening the service, al
though somewhat crippled and irregu-
lar, had been restored on all the lines in
the city.
Schools Forced to Close
The school department was almost
demorali3ed by the storm. Several of
the buildings were unroofed and so
badly damaged Sthat it will take more
than a week to repair them. In most
of the schools the pupils had been dis
missed before the storm reached it's
heighth and none were injured. The
heaviest damage was sustained in the
Van Ness avenue retail district, where
building containing two stores col
lapsed and another one was unroofed
causing a loss estimated at more than
$350,000.
Many easements and cellars in the
stores along Fillmore street were
flooded, damaging much stock stored in
them.
All Shipping Suspended
On the water front all shipping was
suspended, but with the exception of
the British ship Palgrave, which was
driven on Alcatraz island, no great
damage was done to shipping.
At 7:30 o'clock tonight the Palgrave
had not been removed from her peril
Gus position. Her bottom Is believed
tc be still sound, and two tugs are
giving her assistance. 1t is hoped that
high tide in the morning will bring re-
lief.
Many of the ships in the <harbor
dragged their anchors and drifted out
| into the bay. One barge with several
hundred thousand feet of lumber broke
| loose and capsized.
The waves of the bay were almost
ocean-like, and the ferry service with
the bay towns was badly demoralized.
Falling Wall Kills One
John Rynehart, a laborer employed
| at the corner of Stockton and Broad
|
wall and taken out dead. One Of his
companions, Adrian Esniol. was so
severely injured that his life is de-
SPARED of. In every section of the
burned district ruins were razed, and
that no more deaths were recorded is
considered remarkable.
| Two frame houses, one at the corner
of Washington and Leavenworth
| streets, the other near Leavenworth
| and Broadway. were leveled by the
gale. and numerous chimneys were
| blown into the streets. The Burnett
| school was unroofed and the roof of
| the Bernal school was also torn off
| and blown away. At the Fairmont
school high board fence was blown
| into the street.
On the bay the storm was terrific.
Ferryboats, proceeding with extraor-
| dinary precaution, were tossed about
until scores of passengers were sick.
| The lower decks were awash most of
| the time and occasionally the crest of
a wave Ieaped onto the hurricane
decks. The commuters were in pam
| icky state of mind. They tested the
frames containing the life preservers,
| talking of what they would do should
the boat turn turtle.
Wave Causes Panic on Ferry
What threatened to result in seri-
Gus panic occurred on the Key Route
boat San Francisco, when an unusual
ly large wave struck the vessel, careen-
| ing it leeWard. Women screamed and
| tainted, men rushed for the life belts
| and only the advice and command of
| the cool headed prevented injury and
perhaps loss of life among the other
| passengers.
Double anchor chains did not pre-
vent some of the larger vessels in the
harbor from slipping their moorings.
| The Chinese war junk, Whang Ho,
which lay south of the ferry slips last
night, dragged her anchors until she
rested in the chanel Immediately in
| front of the ferries, increasing the diff
ficulties of navigation.
Eugene Eber was struck by falling
cornice at Fillmore and Sutter streets
and his leg fractured. Earl Temple
was blown through skylight at Cough
and Cove streets. He suffered concus-
sion of the brain.
Walls Of Ruins Fall In Strdets
Some of the remaining walls of the
Palace and Grand hotels were blown
into the street, effectually blocking tho
car tracks on Market street, the main
thoroughfare of the city. In the places
surrounded by the greatest danger po-
licemen stretched lines of rope across
the street and allowed no pedestrians or
wagons to pass.
Three hundred thousand dollars is
the estimated loss of four of San Fran
cisco's largest firms by reason of the
damage done by today's storm. This
aftarnoon the large building at the COR