The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-06-01
SAN FRANCISCAN HORROR.
Terrible Destruction % the City
by Violent Earthquake
and Flames.
Fire Results On An Parts Of Metrop-
-0eOlogiesi Seiestlsts Say NJ
conaeetlOa BetWeea Quake and
Vesavlan EruVtioa.

u was during the Fepose OF early
morning: the SpTing-iime sun was
casting its golden rays over the Sierra
Neyadas and striking down into the
peaceful. slumbering valley OF the
Sacramento. All the Western Hemi-
sphere vas at peace with the elements.
Suddenly there came an awful srowl
ing and crashing beneath the very ecn-
tire u San Francisco, and In a tenth %
the space Of time required 10 describe
the event. falling walls and IRE com
blned 20 work on the metropolis Of the
Pacific the most appalling natural ga
lamity which has occurred on this
continent since the landing u the PHI
grims. The destruction that has been
ACCOMPLISHED n almost incalculable.
The Inferno Of flames which burst forth
simultaneously in various parts % the
city was rendered still more terrible
by the repeated Quakings Of the earth.
by which the rescuers we're In no
meniary danger Of being buried With
the dead beneath the falling structures
The very earth itself-our Own mother
earth-prOVed as treacherous as .
deadly snake. and the usual ocean
breeze. BY a strange peryersiOn Of na-
ture. hauled around TO q point where u
famed the flames TO intensity and
became q deadly agent Of destruction
The general dismay Of the pOpulacs
vas augmented by the constant roar
Of dynamite explosions. made In a vain
effort TO check the progress Of the
flames. The vast pail Of smoke that
blOtted out the sky did not tend TO allie
viate the general anxiety. Yet. In such
surroundings. calculated 20 inspire uni
ycrsal panic aud madness. there were
performed numberless feats Of herOism
that will remain on the scroll Of time
a. illustriOus proofs Of the nobility
which Is hidden beneath the surface q
ordinary life. Cool heads and brave
hands. with stout hearts behind them.
performed their work Of rescue in the
very face u death. and even the inde-
scribable horror Of the earthquake Vas
overcome
san Francisco. a rich and proud city.
has been swept BY fires before and
has. phoenix like. arisen frUm her
ashes. Moreover she has more than
once experienced earthquake tremOTs
which were. TO say the least. injurious
and menacing But America u =
cemented nation. The disasters Of one
section bring together In one grand
sympathetic bond the inhabitants u
the others. all anxious and insistehi
upon holding out the helping hand and
VOicing words % sympathy 10 the a..
flicied sister States. cities and towns
throughout the entire Union have Of.
fered unstinted assistance In the way
20 money. food. clothing and medical
attendance. with which 20 relieve the
want not only % San Francisco. but
also the other California cities
and towns which have suffered with
the metropolis % the State.
No cOnasctioa VIA Vesuvius.
Coming as this disaster did. pTacti-
cally eoincident with the Vesuvian ca
lamity Ia ualy. many persons suppose
that there vas q direct relation be
tween the two. This idea. however
Is logically contradieted by Director
Charles ID. walcOtt. % the GeOloEical
Survey. Mr. walcOtt holds that there
Is no possibility % a connection BE-
tween the earthquake and the Italian
volcano. for these two are entirely diff
ferent scientific phenomena respOn.
slble for such earthquakes and vol
canie disturbances.
Great earthquakes. says Mr.. walcOtt