Seward weekly gateway., 1906-04-21
LATEST NEWS FROM
SCENE OF DISASTER
sy callo to me Daily Gateway.

SCENE OF DISASTER By Gable to The Daily Gateway.
 San Francisco, April 20 Noon Fire is spreading everywhere south of Market street where amy buildings remain. Everything to oTwcuy-~cvan,n street and south Co the foo,hi}l, is gone. On thc north side lame, are now racing down Broadway toa small section O. thc business district still standing. The whole westward resi- deu,e district k a sccthing furnace Not building in the whole city will be left.
 The United State, mint k only part Iy destroyed because of the large area of open ground around it, but it is the only building left standing south of Market street. The district iS com pletely wiped out. Dynamiting has ceased everywhere because it k of no avail. Telegraph Hill is in flames.
 The cruisers Marblehead and Chica- 20 are landing marines to aid in the protection of life and property Hm- dreds of corpses are lying neglected in the streets. The ferries refuse to. allow anyone Co return from Oakland and all entrance to the city is stopped. Household goods are being spilled in the streets in the burning district and consumed because there are no con vegauces to move them.
 People are fleeing by thousand, across thc bay without clothing eN- ccpr what they wear. The Big Fon- toIIa warehouse and canneries near Fort Mason are beginning 10 burn and che flames are working on the green ~hrubbery a, the edge O, Golden Gate park.
 Homeless Number SOO,OOO
 People are now docking out of the city in rowboats and other boats of any kind they can obtau. carrying only blankets, but the supply Of water craft is wholly inadequate. Last night there were 100000 homeless people in the city. Tonight there will be 3OO,OOO. A majority will lie in blankets on the beach near the Cliff house site.
 Not a drop of drinking water is to be had in the whole city except that sold from bottles at 25 cents a drink. In the city there is scarcely a days supply of food of all kinds. Steamers are hurrying there from other coast towns where all bakeries are working day and night to furnish bread. Mayor Schmitz stationed policemen today at all bakeries in the city to see that only a small quantity of bread be sold to one person.
 Officers with drawn pistols are fore ing citizens to work. Sailors from government vessels were taken ashore today to assist in the task of giving succor.
 Rich and Poor Sleep Together
 Last night 3OO,O0O people. former rich men, society women, workingmen, boys, girls and outcaSts, slept together on the ground in Golden Gate park and on the beach where the Cliff house stood, The great camp of the home less was in charge of Major McKeever.
 The Postal telegraph established temporary office last night in tent on the waterfront, over warm ashes, and again has line out of the city.
 Bakeries are being set up in many places and 5O,OOO Ioaves of bread will be baked in the city today.
 After midnight the flames in the residence district travelled so fast that they licked up the debris left by the dynamite explosions of buildings be- fore the workers could carry the rub bish away to clear an open space and the effort to stop the fires by dynamite was futile. Nearly all the elegant homes along both sides of Van Ness avenue were blown up but the fire Ieaped across that wide street as though it had been an alley.
 Att o'clock this morning Van Ness avenue was a mass of seething flames which were sweeDinU toward Russian Hill Chinatown is completely wiped out.
 Caring for Refuges
 A limited number of refugees are being taken care of at the Presidio. President Hartman wired today to Southern Pacific officials to place the ferry boats of the company at the dis posal of all who may wish to leave the city. Thousands are hungry but sup