Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-04-26
FLAMES SPREAD TO RESIDENCE
DISTRICT, SWEEPING OVER
IMMENSE AREA.
LOSS Of LIFE NOT KNOWN
ESTlMATEp THAT FIVE HUNDRED
PERSONS persisted IN THE
CATASTROPHE.

which swept over San Francisco FOL
lowing the terrible earthquake of
Wednesday last has finally burned It.
self out, the entire business section
and \ large portion OF the residence
district being In ruins. Not more than
sne-lifth Of the city escaped the flames.
At 6:1s o'clock on the morning OF
April Is = series Of severe shocks last
Ing three minutes destroyed or dam
aged thousands Of buildings in the
business section, causing loss OF life
estimated at 500. hundreds OF others
sustaining serious injuries. Following
the earthquake IRE broke out In the
ruins and owing to the bursting OF
the water mains II was impossible to
light the flames except by blowing W
buildings in the path Of the are. This
method proved unsuccessful and by
he night of April 10 the entire bust
aess section was In ruins and the hre
Aad spread to the residence section. .
Iargs portion OF which had bssn wiped
sut by the morning OF the Goth. The
lanes then worked their way into the
western section of the city, which con-
lains the homes Of San Francisco's
Weather class, and many palatial
residences have bsen destroyed. II Ia
estimated that over 500. 900 people are
homeless. an immense number having
left the city and sought refuge In
aearby towns. The property damage
u placed at between $500. 200. 900 and
l400. o00. 900.
Immense District Burned over.
In the section north Of Market street
the ruined district Is practically
bounded on the west by Van Ness ave
nue, although in many blocks the
hames destroyed squares to the west
Of that thoroughfare. The Van Ness
avenue burned line runs northerly to
Greenwich street, which is few
blocks from the bay. Then the bound
airy goes up over Telegraph hill and
down to that portion of the shore that
!aces Oakland. Practically everything
included between Market, Van Ness
avenue, Greenwich and the bay is in
ashes. On the east side of Hyde
Street hill the fire burned down to Bay
street and Montgomery avenue and
stopped at that intersection. All south
Of Market street, with perhaps some
exceptions in the vicinity of the Pa
cific Mail dock, is gone. This section
Is bounded on the north by Market
street and runs out to Guerrero street,
goes out that street two blocks, turns
west to Dolores, runs west six blocks
TO about Twenty-second, taking an ir-
regular course southwark, spreading
out at Twenty-tfth street and going
down that way to the southerly bay
shore.
Santa Rosa Total Wreck.
Reports from cities in the interior
Of the state are most alarming. Santa
Rosa, in the prosperous county of So
noma, is a total wreck. There are
10000 homeless men, women and chill
iren huddled together. The loss Of
life there is estimated at 500. Every
business house was destroyed by the
earthquake and fire completed the de-
struction of the city. At Salinas the
earthquake caused loss of $500 900,
but no lives were lost. Brawley, a
town 120 miles south of Los Angeles,
was practically wiped out. but so far
As known there were no fatalities. The
Agnews insane asylum near San Jose
was demolished by the earthquake
and 100 persons killed and 120 injured.
the dead including IL officers and en-
ployes of the institution. At San Jose
many buildings we're damaged and ten
persons killed. Reports also tell of the
destruction of Healdsburg, Geyserville,
Cloverdale, Hopland and Ukiah, in
Mendocino and Lake counties. These
are frontier counties and have not as
'arge towns as farther south. In every
ease the loss of life and property is as