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VOLUNTEER FIRE POINTERS WORN OUT.
Toward midnight a black, staggering
body Of men began to weave through the
entrance. They were volunteer fire fighters,
looking for a place to throw themselves
down and sleep. These mon dropped out
all along the line and were rolled out OF the
driveuays by the troops. There was much
splendid unselhshness here. Wonne gave
up their blankets and sat up or walked
about all night to cover exhausted men
who had fought fire until there was no more
fight In them.
Many Of the people seem to have brought
some supply Of food with their personal be-
longings. For the rest the troops and the
committee Of safety did the best they could
to provide. Loaded wagons, the strip
pings Of grocery stores, were coming in
from the very dawn; yet many OF these
people must have gone away without break
fast.
ALTAR SET UP IN OPEN Alh'
From Fort Mason, whe re most Of the
italians and Spaniards from Telegraph
Hill had passed the night, there started an
early morning exodus for the ferry. A
priest Of the Church Of SITS. Peter and Paul
the Church Of the Fishermen they call
1t in San Francisco-had saved from the
church the Host, vestments and sacred
vessels. Early in the morning he set up an
altar in the open air and said mass.
Then the march to the ferry began
Every vehicle in the city, even p%ushcarts
and wheelbarrows, was in use by the city
authorities and the soldiers. The chief
means OF transportation for personal goods,
therefore, was baby carriages. The line
OF crying, jostling foreigners showing over
loaded baby carriages ahead of them was
half pitiful and half comic. The carriages
kept breaking down, and the line OF march
to the, ferry building is strewn with their
wreckage.
The Southern Pacific Company, disre-
garding schedules and ignoring fares, ran
the ferryboats as fast as they could get
them in and out OF the slips. They opened
the gates, the police on guard at that
point would let through just enough people.
baby carriages and belongings to crowd
the boat. would force back the rest and
close the gates. The Italians we're joined
by American refugees from other parts
of the city and by shivering Chinese loaded
till their backs bent with bundles.
The broad floors Of the ferry buildings
were jammed tight and people waited
for hours outside to get their turn at the
gates. Poor and well to 10 together
-sanaited on the floor or sat on their bundles
while they waited. People were oollapsing
everywhere, and doctors in the crowd had
plenty to do.
OAKLAND SUFFERED By FIRE.
In telling of the greater horror these
dispatches may not have mentioned that
a good part of the Oakland waterfront
went by fire on Wednesday, The COM
menders Of the fire tugs, realizing that this
was the only possible entrance, managed to
So We the long mole and ferry landings of
the Southern Pacific company,
All day through the half burned district
the procession Of refugees has kept up.
They dropped like flies in smoke on the
doorways Of the houses, exhausted Hunger
is everywhere. Public supply stations
are at work but there are no regular means
Of communication, and many do not know
of them. Respectable people are begging
MUNICIPAL DUCK POND RAIDEp.
One Of the refugees on the shores Of Lake
MERGED this morning spied a flock Of ducks
and swans which the city maintained there
for the decoration OF the lake. He plunged
into the lake, swan out to them and cap
tured a fat drake. Other men and boys
saw the point and followed. The municipal
ducks were all cooking in I've minutes.
UNIVERSITY A REFUGE
Yesterday President Wheeler Of the Uni
verity OF California threw the college build
ings and grounds at Berkeley open to the
refugees. Many passed on to-day from
Oakland to take advantage of the offer
Through a telephone line which is working
we learn here that there is some food in
Berkeley which escaped serious damage
and that nearly all the women OF the
university are distributing food and caring
for the sick and exhausted. The men have
already gone out Of the city with the cadet
corps.
PROCLAMATION BY H MAYOR.
Mayor Schmitz issued the following
| proclamation to-day:
sTo THE CITIZENS OF SAN FRANCISCO:
sThe fire is now under control, and al
danger is past. The only fear is that Other
fires may start should the people build
fires in the stoves. and I therefore war;
all citizens not to build fires in their homes
until the chimneys have been inspected
and repaired properly. All citizens are
urged to circumference the building OF
fires.
Il congratulate the citizens of San Fran.
cisco upon the fortitude they have dis.