Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-04-26
HALF OF FRISCO
IS IN RUINS
Earthquake ana Fire Devastates
the City and Thousands
Are Homeless.
200 PEOPLE ARE KILLED
Thousands More A,e Injured.
Monetary Loss viii E1-
coed 500, OCO.C coo.
PROCLAIM MARTIAL LAW
General Funston Has Proclaimed Mar
tai Law in the Stricken CITY.
and Troops Patrol tie
Streets.
PROCLAIM MARTIAL LAW

sun Francs SEQ. April n.-l.arthqu,ke
and fire yesterday have put nearly half
OF san Francisco in ruins.
At least 200 people have Been killed
and y thousand Others injured. and
the property loss VIII exceed Se0o,ooo,-
OUu.
Thousands OF people ara homeless
and destitute and al day long streams
Of people h;ve been fleeing, from the
stricken districts to places of safety.
II WAS 5.l3 O'Clock "Wednesday morn
lnS when "A terrific earthquake shook
The hole city and SURROUNDING coun-
Try. one shock apparently lasted two
minutes. and there was almost imme-
'liate collapS. of tlin,sy structures all
cve. the city.
The water supply was cut off and
when fires broke OUT in Hlrious Sec
tionS there WAS nothing to do Inn 20
let The buildings burn.
Communication Cut OF.
Telegraph and %telephons communi-
cation was shut off FOR Il time. The
Western Union was put completely out
of commission, and the Postal COM
pany Was the only II tilaJ managed
to get Il wire out of the city. About 10
O'Clock even the Postal wa forced to
suspend in San Francisco.
Electric power was stopped and
Hlll't .lIS III " ubl. Ol'tS siliNl
icriyhoats also ceased operations.
The various fires have been raging
all day and the fire department has
been rowerless to do anything except
10 dynamite the ,!i''ing, threatened.
Nh day long explosions have shaken
the city and added To the terror of the
Inhabitants.
Three Distinct Shocks.
Following the first shock there was
another within five minutes. but not
I.early so severe. Three hours later
Their, Vas another Sigh, shakc.
Reports from districts outside of San
Francisco indicate Widespread dmruge.
san Jose, fifty miles south. lost many
buildings and from fifteen to twenty
pcclir were killed. The annex OF the
Nendcme hotel collapsed and lire broke
ont.
suffered. A Stanford inany OF the
handsome buildings wero demolished
and Two people Were killed. one OF
them VAS junius Robert Hanna. of
Bradford, Pa. and the other was Otto
Gurts. u fireman.
PAID .tito hospital With bruises. cuts
and Internal injuries. The:." are.
Ross d. Howard. of SAN Francisco.
Henry L. Dearlng. OF santa ANA. Cd.
- ;'roili.
Uaibert &. Thomas, of Los Ansalcs.
Robert Westwick, OF Santa Barbara.
W. II. Masters, oi Portland. ore.
The court house at Redwood City
an other buildings collapsed. Mento
Park. lSurliagame ana uaaer fashion,
able suburban towns suffered. Santa
Rosa. To the north; Napa. Vallejo and
all towns ground the bay were dam
aged. These reports. alarming as
thes We're. created little interest in
San Francisco. where the people We're
in a frantic state. They did not stop
to dress. bat rushed out into the
streets in their night clothes.
Steel Structures unchanged.
The experience mas been a tes,imo-
niai 10 the modern steal building. \
score Of these structures We're hi course
of erection, and not one of them sur
fered. The completed modern build
ing We're also immun. from !,a,m by
'artiiquake. The buildings that coll
lapsed were all tiinsy wooden and old
fashioned brick structures. The dinl-
age by earthquake does not begin 10
compare with the loss By fire. The
heart O: the business s%rctio,i has been
DESTROYED An area OF Tricky covered
groumd Of eight square miles has beef.
bu,iied over and there is no telling
when the fire will be under cor,rol.
Mayor SchnitZ was abol- early and
took measures for tn, relief and pro-
lection of the city. & neral Funston
W.. quickly communicated with, and
by . O'Clock 1890 federal soldiers We're
guarding the city ana assisting the
iircmcn in ~dvl,a,niting the buildings.
Soia:ors Shoot Lootsrs.
General Funston, realizing shat stern
measures were necessary. gave orders
TIA, hooters were to b. shot at sight.
Foui nl@n were sunliIariiy executed
before 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
a. :. meeting of fifty ci:iZtlis called
b.. the mayor 1t MAS announced tha
l.40o tents would be pitched in Golden
Gate park and arrangement had been
made tn feed the destitute i'm the pub
liz SQUARES.
4 nance committee. with James D..
I'ilelan ut the head. was appointed.
aud MaHor Schmitz was Instructed to
issue drafts for all nee Is ON this com
Outside Help Is Needed.
y general meeting OF the citizens
committee has been called for 10
O'clock this morning. ii Il probab!s
that ever with the sriri; and willing
ness shown by San Francisco people
Outside aid will be necessary.
y message from President Ronsn-
Welt Was received. and ii had !, cheer
Ing effect. George Could also te.,.-
grahcd. offering assistance.
The burned district extends from,
ine water front soutl! Of Market street
10 Market street and west II Eleventh
street. north of Market. Tho IRE .x-
tends out Hays and NcAilistev streets
nearly to and nearly 10 the
water front along Market and Mont
emery. and north from the water
from, TO Montgomery street.
Great Structures Wiped Cut.
Manufactures. ho;.lS. wholesale
houses and residences comprising the
principal part of the business section
have been destroyed.
The city hall. a structure costing
5000. 600. vas first wrecked by The
earthquake n then destroyed by fire.
The ALA hotel. value estimated at
$4,000 TOO. also burned. Th- real: tifui