The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-19
PEOPLE FACE STARVATION;
FAMOUS LANDMARKS GONE

running from Oakland. anu " ii.eiiih
thousands Of homeless aud rhllic-str'ckciil
people arc leaving tlc&clts nno s SGsn,s
shelter IN Oakland and othcr shn'if''s.
,rbc suffering anu hardship are great
t.onntlcss numbers Of residents of the
poorer parts Of tic city. including JnI'N-
incse Chinese and Italian uliartefs' htNe
been rendered homeless ana Unless up
plies ana aid rcacl, the city within zen
tv- rout. hours, starvation VIII aua 70 Tue
calamity.
Nearly every famous landmark that
has made San francisco fano,is has bccll
laid in ruins or burned to The ground
Never has the fate or Il citS been more
lsa strUus
Italian Bank Gone.
district toward the water front, the
flames were either checked or blocked ,
A. an b WasnyS stt THe a ' {" JUS
iIall OF Justice to the South the ire cut
5buil,Iiings in the city, tile Pacific Mutual
and the Italian Bank being reduced TO
ashes. ,, ,.t,,s al
10 o'clock, the conflagra tlqn was sun r,R-
Ing with fury. but the direction or Nh, ,iie
wind prevented rs advnnsIG1 APP lp ''e u,s,
v " "a the greater portion q the struatur res
10 the west Of 1iearncy street Up 20 r: IN
pont were burned us far SOU ''t w 10 1a''
fOrnia. 6
Resisting Flames.
Around the new fourteen-s,or Mcr-
chants Exchange building the IRE Dlrred
hereby, licking the sides OF the steer
giant, but It resisted the influence " .,'t
lhont fo,. n long while. Then came the
,ostr,ction Of the Western Union build
I'M, nj the corner Of Pine. and Mont
go,nery streets. Iii this building was the
office OF the Associated Press. Earlier IN
the dav the occupants had been ordered
out by the authorities on account OF the
danpcr and the Associated Press establish
ed q. temporary stationain the Bulletin
editorial rooms rhcn the later place
was closed and this dispatch IS written
OF, doorstep near Chinatown, the lliufni-
ration of the burning buildings furnish
ing light, for the writer.
It appeared that tho great Mills build
Ing would block some OF the southwark
sweep Of the blaze, as 1t had already
checked an advance northward earlier IN
the night. II this proves true. the limits
of The fire will be determined, but pre-
t,lctons on this part are as unreliable
as the strong wind. which every five
minutes is changing from one direction
ITO another.
City Fairly Quiet.
The city tonight. in the face of its
appalling disaster. Is fairly quiet and
orderly.
IT is impossible to give anything like
an accurate Abatement concerning TIE
Killed.
At 10 o'clock the Occidental Hotel be-
gan burning and the great Crocker build
ing, containing the Croker Woolworth
National Bank. was abnZe
On Gcary Street the Albert Pike Me-
mortal Temple of the California bodies
Of the Scottish Rites Slasons, containing
scenery that cost 100000 and costumes
valued at $4,000. collapsed. Tho new
Jewish synagogue adjoining was cracked
to It's foundations
Great Damage.
Latest reports from Leland Stanford
University at Palo Alto, Indicate that the
magnificent stone building Of that insti-
tuition have suffered severe damage. Many
OF, the buildings we're ruined by cracks
that split them from cornce to founda-
ton. The, loss will reach tens of thou
sands of dollars
The University Of California at Berkely,
across the bay, escaped serious injury.
The buildings are intact. Only few
structures collapsed In Berkeley, the
shock being slight there.
..,ilerymen from the Presidio with their
supply wagons and the army commissary
wagons. are aiding In getting the fleeing
inhabitants and their baggage out of the
q throa tened nia rterS