The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-18
Shocks Continue.


Los Angeles. April 18.-A dispatch
from San Francisco says:
Up to II o'clock about 400 dead had
been brought to Mechanics pavilion
and others were coming in all the time.
The troops are maintaining order as
far as possible. but the population has
no thought Of anything but escape from
the city. Shocks continue at intervals.
At 900 and at 10 o'clock there were
heavy shocks that did further damage
and brought increased panic The Ne
vada bank block and the Western I'm
ion buildings at Pine and Montgomery
are utterly demolished.
A lodging house at Second and Stew
enson buried many victims, six having
been taken out. It Is said that build
ings were destroyed at Salinas, about
a hundred miles south OF San Fran
cisco. Nothing has been heard from
San Jose or Santa Cruz and other
cities south of San Francisco on the
coast.
When the first shock occurred at
5:15 a. m. most of the population were
in bed and many lodging houses col
lapsed with every occupant. There
was no warning of the awful catastro-
phe. First came a slight shock fol-
| lowed almost Immediately by a second
and then the great shock that sent
buildings swaying and tumbling. Fire
broke out Immediately. Every able
bodied man who could be pressed into
service was put to work removing the
victims
Panic seized most of the people and
/ they rushed franticaliy about. Toward
| the ferry building there was a rush Of
| those fleeing to cross the bay. Few
| carried any effects and some were hard
I ~ dressed. The streets were filed i'm
n1ediately with panic stricken people
and the frequently occurring shocks
sent them into panic Fires lighted up
4 the Sky in every direction in the break
| ing dawn. In the business district
/ devastation met the eye on every hand.
/ 1t is said that two ships at anchor III
the bay were sunk.
The area bounded by Washington,
Mission and Montgomery streets and
extending to the bay front is devastated.
This represents the heart of the hand
some business section.
Western Union Opens Up.
New York, April 1s.-The Western
/ Union Telegraph company announces
/ that Il has esta blished an office in SaT
1 Francisco in the Ferry building at the
I foot Of Market street and that it has
! wires running into this building and ir
( working order. The following MESA g
was received here from the Ferry build
Ing:
I'VE are surrounded by flames, bu
the FIRE can not touch this building
It was said by Western Union off
cials in this city that the Ferry build
ing is on the water front and Is sep
/
court 800 feet wide.
Worst Is to Come.
Chicago. April 1s.-The federal au
thorities in this city declared today tina
they had received information indicat
ing that the reports of the disaster il
San Francisco have fallen short of tn
actual facts.
superintendent of Mails West declare,
that he had been informed by Officials
railroads ga rvviF7er he fnr014e-7
mails between here and the Pacif
coast that the loss of property will b
immense and that it is certain that tn
death list will run into the thousands
Superintendent West said:
THE mail service in California vii
be hanpered almost beyond description
Incoming mails from across the Pacid
ocean must be landed somewhere els
; than san Francisco and this will caus
great delay IN the arrival of the mail a
eastern points.
Little Damage at Sacramento.
Sacramento, Cal. April 1S.-The Sc
verest earthquake felt in this city 1
3 many years occurred at SIS o'cloc
this morning. Buildings rocked Xix
cradles Many clocks stopped. n
> serious damage was done. A feV
, cracks were discovered in the ston
postof1ce building. Slight damag
: was done to some brick buildings
= Telegraph and telephone wires wer
Frustrated between Sacramento an
= san Francisco, and no communicate
could be had with the latter city thl
e morning.
S Chimneys and water tanks ver
e shaken down at Suisun. Solano count.
e and at Tracey. San Joaquin county.
o Where the Earth sank
d New York, April 18.@The Wester
Union has received a report frol
Sacramento that the Southern Pa
cihc will attempt to get a train mi
a San Francisco, starting from Sacrs
II mento and taking a roundabout roul
to Vallejo, which is On the Bay