Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-04-19

and Rossi. The stars were forced |, flee from their beds in the Palace ho tel, and none of them was able to save their personal baggage rich stage cos tunes or 1ewelry.
 The fate of the chorus. of the stage mechanics, of the members of the or chestya and of others, to the number of 200, cannot be learned.
 The Calls editorial and mechanical departments were totally destroyed in few minutes, and the flames leaped ! across Stevenson street toward the hne fifteen story stone and iron Spreckels building, which. with its lofty dome, i is the most notable edi1ce in San ] Francisco. Two small wooden build { mgs furnished fuel to ignite the splen- did pile. Thousands of people watched 1 the hungry tongues of flames licking i the stone walls. At first no impress sion was made, but suddenly there was ! cracking of glass, and an entrance was effected The inner furnishings of the fourth floor were the first to go.
 Then, as if by magic, smoke issued 1 from the top of the dome. This was fol- lowed by a most spectacular illumina- ton. The round windows of the dome shone like so many full moons, then burst and gave vent to long, waving streamers of flames. The crowd watched the spectacle with bated bfeaths. One woman wrung her hands and burst into torrent of tears. Tt is 50 terrible." she said. The tall and slender structure which had with stood the forces of the earth appeared to be doomed to fall prey to fire. After awhile, however, the light grew less intense, and the flames, finding nothing to consume, gradually went out, leaving the building standing, but completely gs1tted.
 The Parrott building, in which were located the chambers of the state su- preme court, the lower floors being de voted to an immense department store, was ruined, though it's massive walls were not all destroyed. A little fur ther down Market street the Academy of Sciences and the Jennie Flood build ing and the History building kindled and burned like so much finder. ignited the Phelan building, and the army headquarters of the department of California, General Funston con- manding, were burned.
 Still nearing the bay, the waters of which did the firemen good service along the docks, the fire took the Rial to building, handsome skyscraper, and converted scores of solid business blocks into smoldering piles of bricks.
 A. W. Hussey came to the police station at the Hall of Justice and told how, at the direction of a policeman whom he did not know, but whose star number he gave as 615, he had cut the arteries in the wrists of man pinioned tel. According to the statement made by Hussey, the man was begging to be killed, and the policeman shot at him, but his aim was defective, and the bull let went wide of the mark The officer then handed Hussey knife, with in- structions to cut the veins in the suf- fering mans wrists, and Hussey obey ed orders to the letter.
 Chief of Police Dinan directed that Hussey be locked up. There has been no opportunity to investigate his story, but the police believe that the awful calamity rendered him insane and that the incident reported to them has no existence excepting in the imagination of the man who made the report
 The Anglo California bank has also been destroyed. Every building in the city has been more or less damaged by the earthquake.
 The Southern Pacific Railway con- peny has brought a ton of dynamite into the vicinity of the burning section on Market street to be used If possible in blowing up property to prevent the spread of the fire.
 Up to Il o'clock about 400 dead had and others were being brought in.
 The south side of Market street. be- tween Fourth and Fifth streets, was swept by fire, and the flames spread In all directions. It seems that the entire business section of San Francisco must be destroyed.
 General Funston, commander of the Presidio. has turned out the entire force of soldiers at that point.
 The whole north end of the city Is wrecked. and the flames are spreading in all directions.
 The postofice was badly shaken and has entirely collapsed.
 The fish market, at the corner of Clay and Merchant streets, has col lspsed, killing six people.
 A ten story building at Tenth and Mission streets. adjoining the Grand Opera House, has been burned. and other buildings between the theater and St Patrick's church are doomed.
 The gas works. south of Market street, have been blown up and started another big fire in that section of the city.
 A portion of the Mission several miles from the business section of the city. was destroyed
 The newspapers. having had their power cut on. have combined and will issue one paper for all from the office of the Chronicle, which hes its own power plant.
 There wss a great rush at the banks by depositors. who wanted to draw ,nrrt tlaaar deunstfa hrIf rha hanks da-