The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-25

Tents hsva hsen plscsd IL every par
in the city, ard taose Who have los
their homes will be given focd an
shelter. Thousands Of people az
homeless and y1sny are huddled int
the parks and publ; sQusses besld
the Household goods they were able t.
save. The city is under martial law
and all the down town stree arc pa:
rolled by cavalry aud infanEry. De
tails OF trGcps are also guarding th'
banks. Nest Of the principal build
ines have alresdy bssn destroyed ant
Others a7e Ia imminent 6ar g,r. OT5.
al the scene Of dssolatiou hangs
ceEss pal Ct smoke.
1t will be many days befo1e thf
complete story OF the ruin wrought
by the double calamity CT earthquake
and fire that visited San Fcencisc:
will be written and then there vii
remain untold countlsss tales OF woe.
The exact lsss Of life will never os
knowo, IS hundreds OF unforsunstes
nave been incinerated in the flames,
Which made tie rescue OF those buE,
led under the toppltng steeples and
falling walls impossible. Temporary
ncyeues were inp:oVised at many
poirts cnly to be raz q By the flames.
Tns city resembles one vast shsnoles
xith tee red glare Ct FIRE throwing
weird shadows across the worn anc
panic stricken faces OF the homeless
who are wandering the streets or sleep
ing on piles Of mattresses and clothing
in the parks and on the sidewalks Ii
those districts not yet reached oy tne
FIRE. Thousands have fad the cit:.
Forgetting for a moment the terrible
sufsris e., physical and 6aaocial, thai
trails IN the wake OF the disaster,
.ne sssae presented by the flames is
one o. uuspeakable grandeur.
TIE scene at the Mechanics paVtl
ion during the ea,ly horrs aud uasil
noon, when the rin:ed and dead were
removed because Of TIE threatened de
strrcoion OF the building by hfe, was
one OF indescr.bsb sadness. Sisters,
oro,hsrs, wives and sSeeshearts
eagerly for some missing dsa'
one. Thousands Of persons hurfieaiy
Esnt through the building inspecting
the co.'s cn which the suf .reis lay, IL
she hops that they would ind SOM
.oy. d one thst wss missing. The s. 'so
aere placed In oGe portion OF the
building and the remaisder was deT--
ted to hospital purposes. After the
ice forced the nurses and physicians
70 desert tie building, tee eager
CROWDS t llowed tsen to the p-esidic
and the children's hospital where snsE
renewed thslr sssica tor missing rela
S:yes. Up to 3 lsts bopr THURSDAY
sf:ernoon more taan T56 persons VIII;
aho wsEe seriously injured by Gle
earti quake and the fire had bean
creased at the various hoSplsaE
hrougiout the city.
A falling wall om oce OF the dyna
uaited buildings on Mission street
rushsd OUT the lie Of Fireman Max
Fenner, wai?s many ost'er FIRE h2htsr
net a ike sate, Through al tine
streets automobiles AID exorsss Ha-
sous are huS.ying. carrying dead and
i. jared to m2ygIcs and hospitals At
sae norgus IL the hall OF tls.ice, fifty
:.odies lie. TIE fsmes rapidly az
Q o:ched this tu',d og and the worE
Of removing tbs bodies to Jackson,
ous.e began. While tire soldiers ard
sclioe were carrying sh5 Gsas to what
appeared safe pisces, a shower OF
oricss tom a building dynsmited tf.
cheek the tisnss, Injured many Of
ahe worknen, and ssnu soldiers ID
procession hu1r5 ing to hospitals. Tee
:gork ct :em y!og the b2aie' s'oppsc
and the rem ainaer & the dad were
!sft to possible cremation In tie NOR
que. The debris killed aad buried
hurdraSs CT horses hitched to 7egeta
bic We gons which wc,s ready to re-
ceive the days suril:es. The dead
..orsss Sere p:lsd high and the w1eck
age blr cks.5 the streets until the ao
vancing c.:16 grafton turned al tha
lection OF tae town into vast luns!'
i pyre.
From the Barbsry coast, the ho:s
d vicious and cduinal tina snfef'
;1st q lsrt=r pau-ed fcrth I'D s:arte'
,arly 10 the evening 20 loot street.
4nl rob tie desd. Fearing such .
6endish climax 30 this Gay Of horrors
Masos Schnt;z and Police Chef Dina5.
:ssusd orders for tue soldiers 70 kilt
ali who engaged in such work. Be
fore the eyes of an Associated Pccss
representative, tsree thieves were
shot in the back AID fatally wounded
in the b ;rning conm:lc'sl district.
. spite the yigilar GO u police aEc
soldiers, many pisces were pillsged IN
she wholesal> regions. Liquor stores
were broken into s',d vasaoonds are
lying in the streets TIE ruin IN tee
commission and TIE wholesale q lar'
ters is c,.csls;e, the h.mes Weones'
day night having completed the par
alyziug work OF the morning.
knights Of HonoE.
The Ssats Lodge Of the Knights o1
Homo, met In Co!unbis lsss week.
Af.er the TRANSACTION OF routine
business the following eff ,srs were
elected and duly insssile1 for the en-
sutrg tern: j. VarEon. past
grand oiosssor, Welitorc; 9. P
O lsstlebaum, grand dictator, Cor'
@ay; Miles B McSweeney, grand Slce
Sictator. Hampton; 3. Q. DoRe
nr.r6 assistant GicEatOr CnIL 10 5ia; u