Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-04-30
SAN JOSE SUFFERS
$5,OOO,OOO LOSS
ENTIRE BUSINESS SECTION is
WRECKED.
NINETEEN PEOPLE KILLED
More Than 100 Patients in an Insane
Asylum Lose Their LiVes-Damage
at Stanford University Estimated
at 3,00o,00-Many Cities Suffer
More or Less.

San Jose, April 21.-Nineteen peo
pie were killed in San Jose and the
entire business section wrecked. The
estimate of the damage is $4,000, 600
One hundred and ten were killed and
10 injured, mostly patients, at the
Agnews asylum, which building was
ruined Stanford univer
5ity; the memorial church and other
buildings are down, damage $1,000
100 One student named Hanna and
one other man was killed there. The
damage to the Pacific Milling com
pany at Santa Clara is $15O,000. The
,otaI loss there is half million, but
40 loss of life. At Gilroy there was
about the same amount of damage,
but no dead. At Salinas, Spreckles
sugar refinery, valued at $1,500,000,
was completely destroyed Reports
from Delmonte, HOLSTER, Watson
vile, Monterey, Pacific Grove, Santa
Cruz and other southern coast points
show light damage in comparison AT
Iollister a man was killed, 100000
damage. The narrow guage tunnel
At Wrights, three quarters of a mile
ong, caved in. Hundreds of people
ire streaming into Santa Clara coun-
" from San Francisco. Company B,
fifth national guard, is in charge OF
he city. The strictest martial law
prevails. A vigilance committee has
oeen organized and placards posted
that any person found com
hitting any act of lawlessness will
De summarily hanged.
MOreland academy, Catholic insti-
,ution at jacksonville, was badly dam
aged but no lives were lost Among
hose who were killed in San Jose
ire:
Mr. and Mrs. Berthaley, Oakland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kerrigan, Oakland
Thomas O'Toole, Gilroy.
Mrs. Charles Costa.
Mrs. Claude Everett
Mrs.h Warden
Fireman Farrar.
Many Churches Ruined.
Among the buildings wrecked here
IRE the First Presbyterian, st. Pat
lick, Centella M E. Central Chris
ian and South Methodist churches.
Every building on the west side OF
first street from st. James park to-
San Francisco street is either down,
oppling or badly cracked, and every
)ne will nave to be rebuilt. The
Auzeris building, Elks club, Unique
heater and many other buildings on
Santa Clara street are down.
On Second street the six7story
building and several ad-
dining blocks were destroyed by
ire. The new high school in Normal
lark is a complete wreck. The Ne
ada and Porter buildings on Second
street, the Rucker building on Third
md Santa Clara streets were also
uined. The annex to the Vendome
lOtel was completely wrecked, Thorn
IS O'Toole being the only one killed.
Tell of San Jose Horror.
Los Angeles, April 21-Several
nen prominent in local business life,
Who passed through the earthquake
lorror at San Jose, reached home
Among them was State
senator Cornelius Pendleton. He
old of the escape of himself and 9th
rs from the ruins of the Vendome
lotel after that building collapsed. |
lie said they then made the rounds |
# the city and saw at least 20 dead. |
1t st. Agnew's hospital they counted
% dead; but there were many more.
Practically every brick and stone
tructuce in San Jose, he says, was
otally or partially demolished.
Sheriff White tells much the same
tory as Senator Pendleton concern
ng the destruction at San Jose. At
st. Agnew's hospital he says go bod
es were taken out of the ruins and |
is believed there were 100 more
lnder the wrecked building. He
ays:
There is not a brick or stone
building two stories or over in San
lose today that has not been leyelled |
O the ground or that will not have 10
,e torn down. Some fires started
lfter the quake, but the fire depart
nent soon had them under contro."