The Republican journal., 1906-04-26
The San Francisco Horror.
= connected Story of the Frightful
Disaster.

FRANCISCO. April 10 via Oak
- rhe first indication OF the awful
am which has laid waste the city
nout $40 a. NJ, when the first
aug w3s felt This lasted three min
Hoe" ,"i during its duration 500 people
IitS. " .'nosed TO have persisted. Thous-
.'i- we're injured. -,
i.. ., anne the severest shock OF all.
- fIne the greatest loss of life re-
Rows of buildings i'll the centre
INV which had resisted the pre-
lock gave way to the awful
ln1 collapsed, burying hundreds
s,. which broke out shortly after
shock was given added impetus
traupht of saving the city was
w.. vino had been valiantly at work
.,-.rt Inc ire and digging in debris
nuns gave up and Joined the surg
labs that shouted that the end of
s ..r0d had come and the city was
.5g,d and half-crazed with fear the
.'- rushed through the streets,
.. s,ua and calling for their missing
NTH Gen. Funston with the
jus .-amof the militia assumed com
tIe city was a scene of madness.
SCENE OF TERROR.
.r. lreies of the Chicago fire were
s .-.8
81. Inns of dollars of treasure were
W. .. rom the burning buildings and
the streets. Unguarded, it
..l..5sg prey for thieves, who, I'M
-t began a campaign of pillage
.at Bands of roughs and thugs
.. through the streets robblng at
raosent bystanders were knock
....... while the burning stores and
.Y.,rs proved treasure houses to
.rIs,
.,l~Sl WAS IN THE SADDLE.
item. Funston took command
. -r- put a stop to this. Cordons
..-r> were established and the
.....a was given to Shoot on
,Hr thieves were killed and a
injured before the soldiers
fly The pillaging,
uiNoNIsM RAMPANT.
aArly morning demand for the
..... and had been increasing. The
...-.. tua terror of the people during
. -. of the last Is hours was in
l.r The saneSt and most con-
...- individuals were affected and
...t i'm a state of excitement Sug-
.ualness.
r.. lad seen their property waste
.iore their eyes. First the myS-
lttack by nature, attacking
I.tr ground. and then the fear
might of the flames encouraged
.r These persons became ire
.r They resisted officers and
obey firemen. They insisted
IKE INTO the ruins to search for
of their dead or to retrieve
-s. scores of lives were thrown
9ugh foolhardiness.
.4l.N CAME THE GHoUL.
rame the thieving proWler and
.Wul Gen. Funston was in re-
# a stream of complaints, and
.., .-a stress of circumstances, rap
wing desperate, the chief OF the
fairy commanded his men to shoot
euders on sight.
military gradually took posses
If the wasted city all day. At 8
.s asst night 1000 men from the
-.~tIo reached the heart of the town
-- arTt assigned to patrol duty. The
t HfantTy, 1000 strong, arrived
... Angel island somewhat later and
stationed in and about the burned
j. .aruing zone.
. forts in the harbor have contrib
.. their reserves and Forts Mason,
lowell and Alcatraz island have
s-a sending large detachments. At
.a reside there were three compa-
.-- If the l4th cavalry, three batter
=. ield artillery and 10 companies
r asst artillery. At Fort Mason two
.uips of engineers have been sta
..-l. Fort Mcdowell has had five
MES of infantry and Fort Baker
M mpanies of coast artillery. At
AZ there We're five additional
.auilles of infantry.
UNDER MARTIAL LAW.
Total strength of the military is
.I tied to be ON the ground within
fl. ut y hours. In this emergency
can be afforded to about 10000,
the prospects of the government
. dntially protecting the homeless
idered excellent.
d. believed, further, that the Pa
g. 4,uadron under command OF Ad
or. Goodrich, has sailed from San
l--u for san Pedro bay. Advices from
Vas ugton, conveyed before commu
lc... n was cut off, are that Secretary
iuaparte is holding this fleet in readi
Hs, The squadron consits of the
lH.ago, Boston, Marblehead ano
gr'.eton.
THOUSANDS FLEEING.
This morning the conflagration is
ag IL with unabated fury.
l9mnunication with the outside
gIlI is practically cut off. All the
wire, are down, while the ferryboats
y,g run across the harbor have
g9gped. Carriers are taking dispatches
iuu me city to Oakland.
EJefyWhere are to be seen scores OF
l.l and women fleeing from the city
|tt making to the hills and mountains
|slci grid the bay about on every side
The belief seems general that the enc
II tie disturbance has not yet come
|sdl nat total destruction awaits the
~ Already thousands have gathered
their household goods and by every
T-aue of escape are fleeing from the
|aG
HOW THE CITY LOOKS.
W scene from the highest eminence
city is an awe-inspiring one
'a The hilltop the entire city seem:
aal while sections of it are but
@uslg ruins and masses of twisted
nd girders.
iJ- dense smoke that arises from thu
business district spreads out like