Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-04-26
SAN JOSE SUFFERS
$5,OOO,OO0 LOSS
ENTIRE BUSINESS SECTION is
WRECKED.
NINETEEN PEOPLE KILLED
More Than 100 Patients in an Insane
Asylum Lose Their Lives-Damage
at Stanford University Estimated
at 3.0o0,o0-Many Cities Suffer
More or Less.

San Jose, April 21.-Nineteen peo-
pie were killed in San Jose and the
entire business section wrecked. The
estimate of the damage is 5000, 900.
One hundred and ten were killed and
70 injured, mostly patients, at the
Agnews asylum, which building was
completely ruined Stanford uniyer-
sity, the memorial church and other
buildings are down, damage So, O00,-
900. One student named Hanna and
one other man was killed there. The
damage TO the Pacific Milling COM
pany at Santa Clara is $4,000 The
total loss there is half a million. but
no loss of life. At Gilroy there was
| about the same amount of damage,
but no dead. At Salinas, Spreckles
sugar refinery, valued at $500, 900,
was completely destroyed Reports
from Delmonte, Hollister, Watson
vile, Monterey, Pacific Grove, Santa
Cruz and other southern coast points
show light damage in comparison. AT
HOLSTER a man was killed, 500, 900
damage. The narrow guage tunnel
at Wrights, three quarters of a mile
long, caved in. Hundreds of people
are streaming into Santa Clara coun-
~ from San Francisco. Company B,
fifth national guard, is in charge Oh
the city. The strictest martial law
prevails. A vigilance committee has
been organized and placards posted
warning that any person found com
hitting any act of lawlessness will
be summarily hanged
Moreland academy, Catholic insti-
tuition at jacksonville, was badly dam
aged but no lives were lost. Among
those who were killed in San jose
are:
Mr.. and Mrs. Berthaley, Oakland
Mr.. and Mrs. Kerrigan Oakland
Thomas OfToole, Gilroy.
Mrs. Charles Costa
Mrs. Claude Everett.
Mrs.f Warden
Fireman Farrar.
Many Churches Ruined.
Among the buildings wrecked here
are the First Presbyterian, st. Pat
rick, Centella M. E. Central, Chris
tan and South Methodist churches.
Every building on the west side 81
First street from st. James park to
San Francisco street is either down,
topping or badly cracked, and every
one will have 10 be rebuilt. The
Auzeris building, Elks club, Unique
theater and many other buildings on
Santa Clara street are down.
On Second street the six-story
Dougherty building and several adj
joining blocks were destroyed by
fire. The new high school in Normal
park is complete wreck The Ne
vada and Porter buildings on Second
street, the Rucker building on Third
and Santa Clara streets were also
ruined. The annex to the Vendoma
hotel was completely wrecked. Thonl-
as O'Toole being the only one killed.
Tell of San Jose Horror.
Los Angeles, April 21.-Several
men prominent in local business life,
who passed through the earthquake
horror at San Jose, reached home
yesterday. Among them was State
Senator Cornelius Pendleton. He
told of the escape of himself and 9th
ers from the ruins of the Vendome
hotel after that building collapsed
He said they then made the rounds
of the city and saw at least 20 dead
AT ST. Agnew's hospital they counted
so dead; but there were many more
Practically every brick and stone
structure in San Jose, he says, was
totally or partially demolished
Sheriff White tells much the same
story as Senator Pendleton concern
ing the destruction at San Jose. At
st. Agnew's hospital he says 60 boil
les were taken out of the ruins and
it is believed there were 100 more
under the wrecked building. He
says:
There is not a brick or stone
building two stories or over In San
Jose today that has not been levelled
10 the ground or that will not have 10
be torn down. Some fires startea
after the quake. but the fire depart
ment soon had them under contro =