The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-09-19
q Children
in
Fire Ruins
Six Professors Also Unac-
counted for in Check Of
Flame-Swept Area of
Berkeley.
Damage Is $4,000, O,000
BY Universal Service.


Berkeley, Cal, Sept. 1S.-With the
smoke of Berkeley's fire Of yesterday
slowly clearing away today, 21 chill
dren and five University Of California
professors are reported as missing.
Whether they actually perished OF
took refuge among strangers and
failed to notify their relatives ant
friends is the question which has sent
searching parties into the ruins In an
effort to answer.
All Of the professors homes were
in the fire area. The children were
pupils of the Hillside school. which
was burned. As none Of the teach
ir.g staff Of the school was reported
missing. police entertain hope that
the little ones may have been taken
into private homes.
Loss May Be $4,000. 900.
Loss in the fire was variously esti'
mated between s., ,00o,o and 100000
900 as citizens began taking stock OF
damage done by the conflagration
which swept approximately so blocks
of residences
That the loss will amount to $40,
600 900 was the estimate fixed by C.
c. Enslee, president of the Berkeley
Board of Fire Underwriters. Enslee
said that less than s4,000,o0o insur'
ance was carried on the property de
stroyed, leaving Berkeley facing a
loss Of Sc 1000 900.
Thousands of dollars was paid this
afternoon to fire victims by the va
rious companies. Payments will be
made 100 cents on the dollar. Enslee
declared. He said approximately 100
agencies are involved.
Persons whose policies were de
stroyed were urged TO confer with
their agents Immediately in order to
expedite adjustment
Glasses Are Resumed.
A smaller estimate was placed by
A. Hodkinson, manager OF the Boarc
of Fire Underwriters of the Pacific,
who said he believed the loss would
be about 100000. The University
OF California sustained no damage
whatever, and classes were resumed
today as usual
The fires that ragged all day yes
terday and far into the night in 20
counties of central and northern Cali
fornia appear TO have about burned
themselves out. providing a wind does
not fan the burning embers into re-
newed fury.
1t is estimated that approximately
900 square miles of the most prosper
Gus section OF the state have been laid
millions. Reports of narrow escapes
are frequent. but thus far no loss OF
life has been reported
Famous Valley In Ruins.
The Valley OF the Moon" In
Sonoma county. made famous by the
late Jack London's novel, today is bu,
charred mass. Resort towns oi
Sonoma Vista, Caliente Park and
Boyes Hot Springs were wiped out by
flames.
In Upper Sonoma, Duncans Mills
and Markham were destroyed. as wers
several Russian river summer resorts
and a score OF private homes in the
vicinity. of Guerneville.
In Marin county. north OF San Fran
cisco. several summer home settle
ments and 80 square miles Were
burned over: in Solano county the
Vallejo water works is encircled by
fire and stock ranges are a black
ened mass: the town of FL Dorado
was destroyed. This same condition
is reported in dozens of other places
where the flames are now reported
under control.
List Of Missing.
The list OF those reported missing
was announced as follows by the
police: Anne Stone. IL: Barbara
Howard and Keith Bowen, two Tenn
berton children. Cieghone girl. IA
Alice Mulford. Frances Wetfer. IS
two Talbot children. Mcclure child
DeYounge child. II. c. Bryant. Z
Phyllis Price. Billie Herms. Jack Bas
ford. Betty Swims. Edna Rowe, kath-
ervn and Elizabeth Clarke.
The missing professors are: c. #,
Shaw. professor OF soil technology
r. G. Voorhies. assistant professor of
animal hushandry: G.. II. Marsh. as
sociate professor OF Spanish; c. NJ
Haring. professor OF veterinary science
and director of the agricultural ex
pertinent station, and w. II. Rastoni
specialist In agriculture extension.