The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-25
BURNED OUT
And Stricken City Sees One Ray
of Hope.
LOSES VERY HEAVY.

Thirty thousand Horses Are Destroye.
In San Francisco Alone and One
thousand More in Balance of
the State. Loss of Life
Two Thousand.
a dispatch Friday night said San
F1ancisco's darkest hour has dawned
into day OF hope. It's tins OF over
whelntng disaster and peril has ended
and its future Is now a gu jec5 Of gen.
eral consideration.
The f:e IS practically under control.
A clear sky over the mission district
shoWs that the fire there has been ex
:inguished. The spread OF the flames
toward the western addition, the best
psrt OF the ty remaining, has been
stayed, and the only portion OF the
ron6a21ation thst demands the atten-
zion oe the fremen is that extending
from the Mob Eli section down to
she north western part Of the water
front.
The western addition danger was
sver5ed at 2 30 O'Clock Friday morn
iDg by the use OF gun cotton, dyn :
mite and Two streams Of water. Tbs
zplcs;Vss ware handled By the chief
gunner If Of the Mare Island navy
yard ard bis accomplishments proved
!1!m TO 70 q master Of his profession.
Tne Gre al San Franci CD was stop
ped, "r practically burnt itself out on
Friday afternoon ard for the first
Line since the first esrst quake shocks
at half-psst FIVE o'clock on Wednesday
morning, the people It the stricken
city had breathing sps!l, and some
SORT OF estimate Of the disaster. Oae
thing Is certain tie city CT San Fran
cisco is practically destroyed, and Will
have TO be rebuilt I, Is es:imattd thst
ct least three rcurths OF the city has
aeen wiped cut by the earthquake and
fire together.
Trere is ten squire miles Ct ruirs
snd fully thirty Thousand hnuses Of
various kinds hzvs been destroyed In
theeit; Of San francisco alone. Oshsr
cities and towns hsv: aso suffered
severely. The entire loss in the State
aill amount to $500 600 coo in money
srd the houses destroyed will number
ct lsast forty thtusand. The money
loss in Ssn Francisco Is something like
s20o, 600, COO. The city is nos under
martial :aw, 3 600 regular troops from
the Pfesi. 10 acting as policemen, stop
ping thi sry and djiDg al sorts Of
re:cus relief work.
It is estimated that tie loss Of life
in San Francisco Will ach at least
one Thousand when all tie returns are
in. At this time the people are 80
badly scattered that IT is almost i'm
possible to get any where near the
correct figures. The less Of life in
the rest OF the State will reach a
thousand more, which will make the
total loss Of life two thousand. Hos
p tai and impIovtsed asyluns are able,
with difficulty, to care for the injur-
ed, Of whom hundreds have been
treated.
Gen. Funston, w:;o Is In command
# the United States troops in that
district, sent the following telegram
to the war department. on Friday:
I'VE need Thousands OF tents AID all
tie rations that can be sent. Busi-
ness portion cf city is destroyed and
about one burd1ed thI usard people
are homeless. Loss Of lie probably
one thousand. Best part Of the resi-
dent district not vet bu:ned."
After DIRK on Friday thousands Of
persons we've making thier way with
blankets ard scanty provision to the
Golden este park for shelter. Tacse
in honee il Mayes valley piled house
rold goods in the street from where
they were carted by trucks and auto
mobiles to the outskirts OF the city.
Everybody In San Francisco who can
is prepared to leave the city, belieV-
g the town will be totally destroyed.
Down town every thing is In ruius.
Not a business house is left standing.
TheateJs have been crumbled. News
paper ants are us=les, Oa every
side i, 6eatn AID suffering.
The country b TWEEN Montrey, Cas-.
:rovilie and Tajsro shows unmistak.
sh!e sl2ns Of the terrible WreEcnicg
yss3erday In upheaVel Of earth. Crest
sirks extending along railroad tracks
IS far as the eye can reach, ,unuing
fro1 four to six feet in depth, have
been left on the surface o. tha sarta,
mute testimony Of the power OF tee
internal forces. Fer distance OF
nearly q mile, the road has sark inso
the earth. Between Castroville and
Nine mud geyserS haVa been 10
citec into action, showing q hot blu
iSu GUlOlEO uIOQ " G1S u0iSiu VI AAoAl
ten to fifteen teeu. Between Seaside
and Belmont railroad tracks are
twisted uutll all resemblance to
tracks have disappeared.
The destituticn and suffering Is
in6escribabls. Women and chtldrsc
9ho had comfortable homes fes
days ago sept several n'ghts-it SLEEP
came auall-oa bay on Tie wharVes, o.
me ssnd loss near Moth B;acl, sone
Of them undar tee little tents nade
o. sheetiDg which poorly probscteo
them from the ch ling ocean WINDS.
Tee peopls In the paris are possibly
better f ia the matter OF shelter
f0r thsy left their bones better PIE.
cared. Instructions were issued ty
Mayor Schmi;z Ftiday to break ops'!
every store co4tain:ng provisions and
20 distribute them u thu rhcusands
u der police superV son.
Tae york Of relief @as started ear.
y Fttday A big bakery 10 the saved
district starred Its OWES aud arr ing