Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-04-23

I, = co. himself one of the heaviest
- . Individual losers. subscribed
! . sl.000,G00 to the relief fund.
Z SAN FRANCISCO, April 20.-Tb
= City OF the Argonauts is now notbip
- but memory. Through the red haz
q OF a hundred fires are seen the tottel
Z. ing ghosts of its once fine building.
= BetWeen sun and sun every grea
Z block was destroyed. A roaring
Z seething hell OF flames swept its wa,
!, from the Ferry station westward nm,
. the magnificent fire department pitI
{, iuliy handicapped by lack of wate
!, land scarcity of dynamite was force,
, back TO the residence district. II wa,
!, bitter warfare, but the odds wer,
3 win the IRE fend. All night lons
!, the losing battle continued until fire
3 men dropped exhausted in the street.
:, still clinging TO the nozzles. So tn.
: fames crept over the hlll from Kear
!, ney street. South of Market stree,
lhere Is nothing but desolation. No,
: building stands in that dreary
. waste OF smoking ruins, and miles IN
} the southeast dozens of marching
; smoke columns mark the destruction
: of the Potrero and the Mission.
, SAN FRANCISCO, April 2O.--Fire
; which skipped some houses at the
, base OF Telegraph HIll came back and
, consumed them. The last houses on
, top of the Hin are still burning The
. flames on Van Ness avenue are pro.
, eeeding towards the water front and
! VIII doubtless make a clean sweep IN
Octavia street. The Are Is heading
towards Laurel. Cavalry, Odd Fellows
and Masonic cemeteries. The mill
tary headquarters were forced back
by the flames into the Preside mill
tary reservation.
Inc last Information was that the
big federal building, warehouse and
nearby canneries, near Fort Mason
overlooking the harbor entrance. and
but half a mile from the Preside
reservation. were In direct line of the
flames.
BUlLETlN-1he fire which is
burning in the Octayia street district
has been stopped. The flames are
now confined to the Telegraph Hill
section, and towards the harbor en-
trance. Between them Is large
area burned over
OAKLAND. April 20.-Santa Cruz
reports that up TO noon Thursday 1Os
bodies had been taken out of st. Az.
news state hospital, near Santa
Clara. The official estimates place
the number of injured insane patienti
al 2o'' 30 OF whom are not expected
to live. The main building OF the
hospital collapsed. pinning many un
der the fallen walls and debris.
he ..aas'ia1's"slls had to be broken
sients tied to tret.rs do nsaraus
! The doctors and nurses stuck nero
lcally to their posts and hundred
students from Santa Clara college
went over In a body to assist In sue
coring the wounded.
Very little damage was done toI
the buildings at Santa Clara college.
Not one of the students or priests
were injured.
{ WASHINGTON, April 20.-Generall
Funston reports from Fort Mason as
follows:
1 THE fire situation is better.
| The fire has been stopped att
Franklin street. A hose is being
stretched from Franklin and Broad
way towards Mission Hill, about I'm
ion and Leavenworth streets. II is
hoped to stop the fire there south Of
| Market street. The fire passed to the
! west of Dolores street, but north of
( Market street. The entire line is now
under control from Fillmore and Mar
ket to Van Ness and Broadway. The
region of the city west of this line Is
+, probably saved. The weather Is fine,
supplies are beginning to arrive and
the situation rs somewhat better than
l anticipated
i NEW YORK, April 20.--"san Fran.
cisco within five years will be great
er and more beautiful than ever. Tnis
calamity will only give the opportun
ity TO make a more splendid city than
ever dreamed Of" said William II.
Crocker of San Francisco, one of the
ltiflthA lcatin W hhS "'A'i 'Ni''
, quake and fires.
Mr. Crocker arrived only a few days
. ago from the Pacific coast He own
} ed the CrockerWolworth building,
, the burned Crocker buildings and mad
, much other property In San Fran
, cisco.
: What about this talk OF abandon
ing San Francisco" was asked him.
; "Preposterous." he said. "San
!, Francisco, by reason OF its geograph
? ical location is the metropolis OF the
!, Pacific coast God made II so. Ey
3 erybody, | know. is determined to re
!, build stronger. better and finer build
3 ings than ever"
3 SAN FRANCISCO. April 20.-Wnile
: the city is PROSTATE, Its business
2 swept out OF existence and thousands
3 OF It's homes destroyed the feeling
3 prevails that a new and grander city
Z must and will rise up from the ruins