The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-20
DESoLATEsAND IN ASHES.
Sun Rose upoH the Ruins of a Once
Beautiful City.

Beautiful City.
San Francisco April ts.-tvf. OAK
Iand-)-The mag p4e Of .he- c4iarn. 5
| that has befa1le rrau-iscc IS an
parent this Fl,es4 81 rad SIN
arose above FizoI. and d.ssipsstC5
the pan of ~ sSss that huns over
| the strlckef Er1cts. Lookine tass-
ward FROM heights in The cen r,lt
portion of thu metropolis. ever f.i9s. All
tested to the awful havoc wrouent 81
eartf Quake and fiame% Where once
rose noble uu11ings in serrie1 columns
nov nov stand go i hui fraiI wallis. Ls0
lated JotteriiE ceznueys. heaps oil
twisted iron ana huge lies of bri1ic
ard mortar. %Rt, to adG to the horror
o. The situation. tho obstruction had
not reached IFS csnclusion.
Raging Seas a. Flame.
In several sections he fire was still
l2g rs with -nabate5 Vigor, converting
-7tI smoke and ashes everything in the
sAape u rcnbustibe material, and
turnlnI iuto ruin -ructures that had
cost IEuli3Ds g. ere [. .r.s,
1t v sg with SAD ened hearts that the
conn lunity viewed the ruin of their
city, but the eEteut of the devastation
has not yet coue to the fully realized
The people are aware of the catastro-
pf only ln q aZed way. and II VIII
no De until the horrors of famine and
~ T. are adCeI to their suffering that
Il 1,-' will be III pressed with the awful
e .ss Of the destructive work of dis
tg-hcd nature and the fiery element.
Famine is already presenting its
liueOus face At best the city never
,aTrisd more than three days supply of
0roy siOns and food. and now with the
Wholesale districts and ware houses
wi1sd out, there is already a shortage
of fpod and prices this morning in most
ir.s ances we're trebled and quintupled.
A~ associated Press man was
obi I'd - pay % cents for small
E-asA ~ mineral water in the Hayes
Vale. district. There IS absolutely
uG1 a crop OF water in that half of the
city that has been laid waste.
Thieves Slain Without Mercy.
THIS morning policemen were sta
l1Trd at some of the retail shops reg
uiaJ'ng the sale of foodstuffs and per-
hitting only a small portion of goods
10 )e delivered to each purchaser, the
idea being to prevent a few persons
ga herring in large quantities of sup
es. Reports were received that nu-
erous shootings had occurred of men
lught in the act of lOoting. The mil
Lary is unusually strict in observing
man on Market street who was found
digging in the ruins of a jewelry shop
was discovered by a naval reserve man
and fired upon three times. The fellow
sought safety In flight. but the reserve
man brought him down by running his
b, yonet through him. The bodies Of
three thieves were lying in the streets
on the south side this forenoon.
Rumors Without Number.
Reports Of widespread shooting game
to press representatives from various
VIZ but So.
is impossible. In fact, concerted action
of any kind is simply out or the ques-
ton and almost every official is acting
on his own responsibility, it being a
physical impossibjlity to communicate
with superior authorities.
Yesterday some sort of systematic
communication could be had by means
of automobile. but today every street
is piled high with ruins, and to add to
this trouble there is constant danger
from falling walls. On miles of streets
the front walls of ruined buildings still
stand, Swaying with the conclusions of
distant dynamite explosions, and the
rising winds. Frequently a crash Of
stone and brick followed by a cloud of
dust give warning to pedestrians of the
unsafety of travel
All manner of reports of death and
disaster are coming to the temporary
headquarters Of the authorities, but
they are received with due allowance
to the excitement of the occasion.
Panic Seized the Survivors.
The flight of residents from the city
continued today in the nature of a
panic. a slight earthquake at 5 o'clock
this morning accentuating their terrors.
The ferrybOats to adjacent counties
were crowded to the utmost this fore
noon, and to the westward portion of
the peninsula a constant thrOng of
homeless people carrying their portable
household belongings are adding to the
colonies in the secure sandhfllS and the
parks. Golden Gate park and the I'M
improved blocks of the districts south
and north of the park are already pre-
senting the appearance of tented cities.
many varieties Of shelters being impro-
vised from bedding and blankets.
Fire Reaches Mob Hill.
The wind changed this forenoon to
the west and the flames changed their
devouring direction southwark and be-
gan eating their wide Swath from the
water front on the north of Market
ct nm n IKvba iS Mob IJII