Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-04-28
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
AND SAN FRANCISC0'S INSURANCE
AMOUNTED TO S2OO,OOO,OOO.
ever Seven Square Miles of Ruins
500 Bodies Recovered Already
No Hungry Person in the City, No
Disorder; All Are Hopeful.-Health
of Camps Good

San Francisco, April 23.-The Asso-
ciated Press representative have Gov
cred the entire outer edge of the
burned section. The circumference of
the great confagration, as near as
can be ascertained by the markings of
cyclometer, measures &c miles. and
the ruins comprise the entire business
district and large section of the
residence district, all of which was
donsely populated. Seven square miles
Of ruins are presented.
Five hundred bodies have already
been recovered.
It was estimated today by competent
insurance authorities that the loss
would aggregate s3OO,OO0,000, and on
this vast amount of property the in
surance companies carried approx
mately 175,O0O,000 insurance.
Had it not been Cor the sight of the
rude affairs set up in the open wher-
ever San Francisco's homeless thou
sands were camped, one would have
had some difficulty in finding any of
the peaceful associations of the Sab
throughout the burned, as well as the
remaining section of the city, there
was the greatest activity. Streets
were being cleared of debris, laborers
were repairing broken water pipes,
sewers and gas mains; electricians
we're everywhere seeking to olsen
tangle the almost hopeless confusion
of wires; in fact, San Francisco was
in the first stages of its regenera-
ton.
There are no hungry people here to-
night; the gaunt specter of starvation
has been banished by the magnificent
response of the people of California
in particular, and by the entire nation
in general, to the appeals that went
out for assistance. Food by the car
load and boatload poured into Oak
land last night and today, and in suf-
fcient quantities to overwhelm the
committee which has in charge its dis
tribution So great was the volume
of foodstuffs brought into the general
depot at Oakland mole that the gen.
eral committee made an appeal for
skilled labor in the handling of these
supplies. Grocers, butchers and com
mission men have been requested tc
secure men who are familiar in the
handling of foodstuffs, in order tha
the distribution at the scores of sta
tons might go on without confusion
The homeless people are no longe
obliged to subsist upon bread ant
canned stuff entirely, as they had beel
during tie previous days of their try
ing experience, but were today give
hot coffee, canned meats, and eve
cakes and oranges. Oranges hav
! come in in plentiful supply from soutl
! ern California, and the sight of Cal
! fornia's famous product was ever.
: where hailed with words of delight.
1t must not be understood by tn
;. charitable people of the country ths
there is a surfeit of food for the su
ferers. While the supply is abundaT
at this writing, it is we'll for the pu
lie to remember that the homeless
o thousands must be fed and cared fC
$ by the organized relief committee f.
an indefinite period. 1t is desire
therefore, that contributions be co
|, tinued everywhere until the Peep
WIN nave bSSH lShuSiSu hSiPASSS al
destitute by the city's misfortune ca
; care for themselves.
) The water situation, while causir
inconvenience to the public, is l
) longer such a problem. About tv
, thirds of the remaining section of Il
. city is being supplied with sufiicie
> water for the pressing domestic need
) hut. of course, there is not yet enoul
to be had for fire fighting purpose
. Because of this fact the most strin
cnt orders have been issued by Il
. military and civil police that no fir
: shall be built within any house, al
10 lights. not even a candle light, C;
be shown at night IN the houses.
cooking for the present must be dol