The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-18
TO-DAY is ANNIVERSARY OF SAN
FRANCISCO DISASTER.
PLUNGED IN A RUINED MASS
4 Memorable Day for San Franelsco
People, Although Il Has Be
Come Ancient History 70
Many Of Them.
Ardmorclte special

ArdmorcIte Special
San Francisco. Cal April ls-Jus,
year ago today mo newspapers
throughout the world wore telling
their clarified rradera ia big black
scarrhoaIs. that San Francisco was
utterly destroyed, wiped On tho map.
annihllated completely and beyond
hope ~ resurrection Today San
Franclsco is again a great city. not as
biz nor az carcfree as prior 20 the
disaster. but sun a great and pro
Rrcsslye metropolis Sears stIll re-.
main hlackcued heaps Of ruins re-
minsccnt ~ one ~ tho greatest catas.
trophies in an hittory but the he.
role people 0f the brave city are DO.
ing their best 20 hide them The bus
iness sections ~ rho city, a year ngo
almost wholly devastated. has been
largely rebuilt To most people the
days Of horror that followed the
quake have become dim memory.
and 10 some llghthcartcd onos mere
joke year ago IN the depths of
the dlrest ~ disasters San Francisco
Is nov going about 81. business or
pleasure a. unconccrncdly as ever.
2aA .hO were rendered pcuulless a
year ago are today wondering II their
"sure thing" will get under the wire
FIRST ln tho ffih race az Emeryyille
Anyone Who imagined that the Gold
On Gate city would be- rendered sol.
emn and melancholy and Bedate by
the great holocaust has, In the Ian.
guage Of the street. another think
coming.
Wednesday. April ls. 1906. 1t is a
memorable date for San Franciscans
even though II has become ancient
history FOR most Of them. At a quart.
er past hye In tho morning the earth
heayed violently. The walls OF many
buildings were shaken down, but tho
damage was slight az compared with
N" devastation wrought by the fire
that followed A few mlnutes after
the quake. which lasted only about
thirty seconds. flames broke out at
many places along Market street. In
tho ghetto and factory districts. The
brief upheayal Of the carths crust
had broke the water mains and no
water was available TO fight the
flames
Dynamite was used by the Nremen
and soldiers. the latter having been
sent 10 the stricken city by Gener.
al Funston. In a vain effort 10 check
the flames Some of tho proudcst
buildings erected by men were by
men destroyed Wednesday night the
throbbing heart Of the city was n
mass Of flaming ruins. All of thar
night thousands oi homeless people
ilcd before the advancing flames.
There was little excitement and no
attempts nt looting. possibly due 10
the fact that Mayor Schmltz had Is.
sued n proclamation authorizing the
federal troops and police TO XIII any.
one engaged I'm the commission of
any crime. On the hills. beyond the
reach OF the Are demon. all san fran.
cisco campcd, rich and poor together.
watching the destruction OF the city
AS calmly as Nero at Rome.
Thursday the flames advanced on
the residence district. licking up the
palace OF the millionalrcs rs greedIly
as they had dcyouvd the tenements
OF the ghetto. Through Thursday.
Thursday night and Friday the fire
ragged. Through It all the nremon
fought vainly, hopclcssly. Friday
night after the greater portion OF
the city had been destroyed. the fire.
men made their last stand. and won
All OF this To the people Of San
Francisco, is but ancient history, and
well nigh forgotten: but san Fran.
cisco remembers the debt n yrlti.
tude II owes 10 the people of to
nation who provided succor in IT'S t,-,e
of need, aud some day. Il 1pportunuy
oners the debt viii be paid in .ull.