Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-23
DRENCH|NG RAIN
ADDS TO MISERY.
Thousands in San Francisco
Parks Lay Out in il Dur
ing the Night.
IT HAS COOLED THE RUINS.
There Wns no shelter and People
Had to Suffer Till Daylight
Came.

San Francisco, April 2S,--Thousands
OF San Francisco's homeless people
slept In the open, II they slept at all, in
a drenching rain last night, adding I'M
told misery and suffering to those
whose cup Is already full Shortly after
tinued for three hours from a mere
drizzle at times, to Il heavy doDnpour
for a few minutes. At o'clock the
rain began to fall again and indica-
tons are that it may continue today.
Thousands Of the people--men, women
and children-camped In the parks
squares and open lots, were awakened
by the rain dashng In their faces and
the water dripping through improvised
tents. Wherever possible women and
children were crowded and huddled IN
TO the regular canvas waterproof
tents such as are on hand. Little,
however, could be done as the facilities
are entirely too inadequate to house
all the homeless and large numbers
sought the projection OF trees. bushes
and a few boa rds placed over their beds
to ward off the water
SOUGHT SHELTER IN VAIN.
About daylight man appeared at
police headquarters With tears stream
ing down his cheeks and sobbing until
he could not speak, asking for some
kind of conveyance to take ms ram
fly from Golden Gate park to some
shelter He was told that nothing
could be done until daylight.
The rain has cooled the ruins and eX,
tingulshed some of the fires which sun
Illuminated the sky nightly from the
ruins of the city. The night was OF al
most stygian darkness-the silence only
broken by the measured tread of pa
trolls and sentriss and an accosaional
shot Last night for the first time,
lights were allowed IN the houses, but
only from dark until 10 o clock.
A TEMPORARY HOSPITAL.
A temporary detention hospital Is to
be established In the basement or the
Sacred Heart school, conducted by the
Dominican sisters, at the corner OF fili-
more and Hayes streets, and the flrst
commitment since the earthquake was
made Yesterday. The sisters of the
Sacred Heart kindly turned over a
part Of the already crowded quarters
TO the insanity commissioners, ana a
number OF patients are already housed
there. ,.,,
The board met yesterday afternoon
with Judge Murlsky and Judge Grahan'
and Charles Barclay, former inmate
of stockton, was sent there again. AZ
insane Chinese at the Preside hospital
.Sas killed yesterday by dilirious red
eral patient. The orientafs skull was
crushed by an iron bar IN the hands OF
his crazy aggressor
THOUGHT DEAD BUT ALIVE.
The night attendants of the Central
Emergency hospital who We're all ne
lieyed 10 have been killed when me
| civ hall was RACED by the earthquake
| escaped with the exception OF stewart
Manyille. lie was severely injured py
| the falling walls but was rescued IRON
| the ruins and taken to the fresldi'
| hospital. -,
| col r. Morgan Draper ma
| offered to supervise the erection OF
| huge barracks for the refugees ~ IN
| presidio and his services have Deel
| accepted by the federal authof'tief
| Work will commence on the structure
| today. and II will be rushed TO com
| pletlon with the greatest rapidly IN
plans call for the housing Of 5000 peo
| pie.
| IN CUSTOM HOUSE.
The only government department y
| the San Francisco custom house u
which work was continued during tn
day of the fire was that OF Suryeyo
OF the Port Woodward He and ~
chief deputy, Chauncey NJ ST, Johr
were at their desks by o'clock III tn
morning and remained there all day
The fire crept up toward them froI
the water front and finally was on a
four sides OF the building. Amid tn
roar of the confagration, the cras
Of falling walls, the excitement attend
ing the work Of the $50 Jackies wh
| ..,.ol ,ka bt,iIdinp their work went q