The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-23
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the Supreme Court Of California and the
best library on the coast. The records
and the library are DESTROYED. Between
these big Market street buildings were a
lot Of small and old structures Of brick.
The fire played ducks and brakes with these.
Most of them cast their walls into the street;
and Market street. all along Is piled with
hillocks Of broken bricks over which teams
and pedestrians climb. In spots, the sol
diers were making idlers work clearing q
passage, but there are not enough soldiers
just now to make the work effective.
The new James Flood Building at Market
and Powell streets on the site OF the Bald
win Hotel, burned eight years ago, stood
it better than any other big structure on
Market street. There is a little damage
to the Office of the Western National Bank
on the ground floor, but its vaults are not
even warm, The vaults were opened on
Friday after the fire had passed that part
of the city. Everything was all right;
and the time lock was set for Monday.
The vaults Of the Mercantile Trust Com.
pany are reported safe. The American
National Bank is ruined but the vaults
escaped. The anne seems true Of the
California Safe Deposit Trust Company.
The Pacific Mutual Life Building and the
1talian-American Bank Building are total
losses, but the directors of the Italian bank
say that they are not afraid of the con-
dition Of the vaults. About the same thing
may be said of the Germania Savings Bank
and the San Francisco Savings Union next
door on Kearney street
On Saturday afternoon there we're two
conferences Of savings bank representa-
tives at the home of John Martin. They
discussed the amount of cash on hand and
the amount of Eastern holdings immedi-
ately convertible. Tomorrow morning at
10 o'clock all bank employees will meet for
instructions. Will High, manager of the
International Banking Corporation, re-
moved a large amount Of specie to Oakland
Saturday in an automobile. A detail OF
marines, under command of Lieut.. Lang,
accompanied him. He offered Gen. Funston =
an advance of cash until the Government
funds arrived and the offer was accepted.
These are skeleton facts. They give no
idea of the ruin of the city. 1t is desolation
multiplied. Especially appalling are the
ruins Of the hill section, the region of wooden
houses. There nearly every one lost his
personal effects. The inhabitants thought
that the fire would not come their way and
failed to get their things out until it was
too late.
The military have the city under control
again and everything is quiet but sullen.
NEED FOR FRESH TROOPS,
The officers say that they fear next week.
The ruins will be cool, the people will be
getting about again and the disorderly and
homeless will have a chancs to get together
and move about. Whatever the military
authorities say, it appears to an outsider
that there is real need for fresh troops
The men are worn out. The rioting among
the troops on Friday night maybe ascribed
as much to burning nervesas to whiskey
1t seems probable that many San Fran
cisco business houses will take up quarters
in Oakland and Alameda until San Francisco
is rebuilt. Every door is open in Oak
land; the people are all working for the
refugees. Following ths lead Of the Elks
the Masons are starting a relief camp. We
have a lot of sick on our hands in Oakland,
Alameda and Berkeley, 1t is a matter not
of an epidemic but Of exposure, fright,
excitement, hunger and exhaustion upon
delicate people. So every physician is at
work. The trained nurses are now all head
nurses; under them are working thousands
of Oakland women. Almost all the female
students Of the University of California are
nurses in this crisis.
There was a movement at first among
small dealers to gouge the people on food
prices. After two of these places had come
near being wrecked, they thought better
of it. The big dealers agreed to hold prices
normal; and bread is now five cents a loaf
everywhere, eggs twenty-five cents a dozen;
with other prices on the level Of last Tues
days market, Gov. Pardee requisitioned
to-day a large supply Of tea and coffee In
the Folger warehouse. The country may
feel proud Of Oakland.
Such Of the schools Of the Western Addi-
ton as are considered safe have been turned
into hospitals. Special attention is given
to women in a delicate condition; one OF
the pitiful things is their suffering in this
time.