Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-10
DYNAM|TING OF
DANGEROUS WALLS
THEE SOLDIERS CAUGHT UN.
DER A FALLING FACADE.
ONLY ONE SERIOUSLY HURT
First Day of Official Rest In San
Francisco Since the Disaster
The City Thronged with
Sightseers.

San Francisco. May THE first
accident in connection with the dyna-
hitting of dangerous walls by the
engineers of the army took place
Sunday. Smaller quantities of ex.
plosives than were used last week
are now being fired, and this neces.
states two or more charges OF
dynamite being exploded before the
desired result is attained. Sunday
morning the engineers were working
in the downtown districts. Twice
had dynamite been exploded under
the facade of a tall ruin, and a third
charge was being inserted. when the
wall fell. Three soldiers were
buried, but a mass of twisted iron
partly shielded them, and only M
was seriously hurt.
First Day of Official Rest.
Sunday was the first day Of official
rest that the city has had since the
beginning of the distress. All of the
municipal departments were closed,
with the exception of the police sta
lions and hospitals, and Franklin,
hall, the seat of San Francisco's gov
eminent, was deserted. The police
have had little or nothing to engage
their attention.
Open Air Services the Rule.
Among the churches the same con.
ditions prevailed as upon the preced'
ing Sunday, open air services being
the rule, even where the buildings
were unframed. At Golden Gate
park the usual Sunday band concert
was given and was attended by
thousands. That the people, as a
whole, are beginning to look for some
diversion, was shown, Saturday night,
when a great crowd assembled to
witness a vaudeville show in a hall
on Fillmore street. The authorities.
however, at the last moment, refused
to permit the performance.
Arrests For Selling LiQucr.
Two arrests for selling liquor were
made Sunday, and as an indication
of the determination to suppress the
traffic in intoxicants until the saloons
are allowed to reopen, one of the of
tenders was refused bail, and the
others bond was fixed at $4,000.
Coroner Walsh, after revising his
list of victims of fire and earthquake
informed Gen. Greedy that the total
number Of cases handled by his Of
flee was 319, of which 1874 were iden.
titled and 1856 unidentified. This re
port shows 80 less than given by q
previous count.
ThrOnged With S~ightseers.
The streets of the burned districts
were thronged Sunday with sight.
seers. Every train from nearby
towns on the peninsula and every
feryboat from the bay ports was
packed with people eager to get their
first glimpse of the city's devasta
tion, and almost every third person
carried a camera or kodak. In ex
pectation of the crush of people
booths Of street fakirs sprung up over
night along the curbs on the cleared
streets, prepared to furnish refresh.
meDts, and most Of them enjoyed 8
profitable trade. In many instances
the booths were labelled with the
names of former famous hostelries
and the incongruity of "hot frank.
f~urters, five cents" beneath the
palace Hotel" provoked a smile
from each p~asserby.
The work of construction and tear
ing down continued on all sides, not
withstanding the Sabbath. An earth
quake shock was felt Saturday morn
ing, which toppled over unsteady walls,
causing clouds of dust and a panic. In
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