The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-04-26

prising many prominent citizens
Mayor Schmitz sent out word to the
bakeries and milk stations through
out the city that their food supplies
must be harborsd for the homeless.
Tents have been plscsd In every park
in the city, and those who have lost
their homes will be given food and
shelter. Thousands OF people are
homeless and many are huddled into
the parks and public squares beside
the household goods they were able TO
save. The city is under martial law,
and all the down town streets are psf
rolled by cavalry and infantry. De-
tails of troops are also guarding the
banks. Most of the principal build.
ings have already been destroyed and
others are In imminent Danger. Over
all the scene of desolation hangs a
cense pail of s1noke.
It will be many days before the
complete story OF the ruin wrought
by the double calamity Of earthquake
and fire that visited San Francisco
will bs written and then there will
remain untold countless tales OF woe.
The exact losa Of life will never be
known, as hundreds Of unfortunates
have been incinerated In the flames.
which made the rescue Of those bur.
led under the toppling steeples and
falling walls impossible. Temporary
morgues were improvised at many
points only to be razsd by the flames.
The city resembles one vast shsmoles
with the red glare Of fire throwing
weird shadows across the worn and
panic stricken faces Of the homeless
vino are wandering the streets or sleep
Ing on piles of mattresses and clothing
in the parks and on The sidewalks in
those districts not yet reached by the
fire. Thousands have fed the city.
Forgetting for a moment the terrible
sufferirgs, physical and financial, that
trails 10 the wake of the disaster,
the scene presented by the flames Is
one OF unspeakable grandeur.
The scene at the Mechanics pavil
ion during the early hours and until
noon, when ths injured and dead were
removed because of the threstened de.
struction of the building by fire, was
one OF indescribable sadness. Sisters.
brothers, wives and sWesthearts
searched eagerly for some missing dear
one. Thousands Of persons hurriedly
went through the building inspecting
the cots on which the sufferers lay, In
the hope that they would find somo
loved one that was missing. The dead
we're placed In one portion of the
building and the remainder was dew
ted to hospital purposes. After the
fire forced the nurses and physicians
TO desert the building, the eager
crowds followed them to the preside
and the childreu's hospital where they
renewed their search fOr missing rela
tives. Up TO q late hour Thursday
afternoon more than $50 persons Who
who were seriously injured by tie
eartl! 1ake and the fire had been
treated at the VsItous hospitals
throughout the city.
A falling wall f,om one OF the dyna
m'ted buildings on Mission street.
crushed out the lie of Fireman MAX
Fenner, while many OTHER fire hghtera
NIT a like fats. Through all tue
s5reets automobiles sud express wa
CONS are hurrying. carrying dead and
Injured to morgucg and hospitals At
the morgue in the hall of justice, tity
bodies lie The flames rapidly ar-
pIoached this building and the work
of removing the bodies to Jackson
square began. While the soldiers aud
police were carrying the dsad to what
appeared safe places, a shower of
bricks from a building dynamitsd to
check the flames, injured many OF
the worknen, and sent soldiers in
procession hurrying to hospitals. The
work ct removing the bodies stopped
and the remainder Cf the deSd were
left to possible cremation in the NOR
que. The debris killed and buried
hundreds of horses hitched to Vegeta
BILE wagons which wers ready to re-
ceive the days supplies. The dead
horses we're piled high and the wreck
age blccked the streets until the az
vancing conh igration turned all thai
seotiun OF the town into a vast funeT-
al pyre.
From the Barbsry coast, the ho!d
Of vicious aud Criminal thai infest
that quarter poured forth Ind started
sarly II the evening tc loot streets
sni rob the dead. Fearing suca &
6en6ish climax to this day OF horrors,
Mayor Schmitz aud Police Chief Dinsn
issued orders for the soldiers to Kill
all who engaged in such work. Be-
fore the eyes of an Associated PreSs
representative, three thieves were
shot in the back aud fatally wounded
in the Burning COMMERCIAL district
Despite the vigilaucs Of police and
soldiers, many places were pillaged In
the wholesale regions. Liquor stores
we're broken into and vagabonds are.
lying IL the streets. The ruin Ia the
commission and the wholesale q lar-
lers Is c,rrplsle, the fines Weunes'
day night having completed the par
alyzing WORK CT TIE morning.
Cremation OF rhe Dead.
At San Francisco two hundred bod
les found In the Ptorera district,
south of Shannon street, in the icln'
itv of the nnion Worke, vera crena