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VOL. 5XVI.-NO. 14,154.
PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY., APRIL 20, 1906.
PRICE FIVE' (DENTS.
FIRE SWEEPS
RESISTLESS
ON ALL SIDES
Small Remainder of San
Francisco Seems Doomed
Beyond AH Hope.
BURNS IN THREE Hi
Undaunted Citizens Gather
Amid the Ruins to Relieve
. Hungry and Homeless.
DEAD NUMBER ABOUT 250
Leading Men Subscribe Freely
From Shrunken Fortunes.
BULLETS GREET LOOTERS
Flames Leap Across Broad Van Xcss
.Avenue to Western Addition.
Man With Dynamite Contin
ues Unequal Conflict.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 19.-6an Fran
cisco tonight Is the' city, desolate. It
seemed that tho acme of Its misery was
reached at dusk, when flames burst from
all ides of h beautiful" Hotel Fair
mount, the palace that bbvo every otlir
structure was apparency most strongly
entrenched against the Attack of the all
consuming Are. And surrounding that
lofty pinnacle of flame, as far as the eyes
can see to .the south, to the east and far
out to the west, lay in cruel, fantastic
heaps, charred and smoking, all that re
mained of a prosperous city.
The metropolitan city of the western
slope is In ashes.
Man's Struggle With Nature.
This lias been another day of uneven
struggle of man against unconquerable
nature. Acre after acre has been ground
into dust and ashes, despite the heroic
perseverance of tho flremcn to limit the
conflagration. Tonight there is a hope
that tho worst has been nearly reached
and that, when tomorrow dawns, the end
will have come, but the hope is faint in
deed. It the flames can be barred in
their devastation of tho Western Addition,
then finis will be written to the great dis
aster. People Kqual to Emergency.
But San Francisco Is not discouraged.
Its best and highest class has already
begun to plan for restoration and to care
for the stricken ones, and the relief will
be Immediate and effective. Total sub
scriptions of $180,000 were announced. Ar
rangements were made for the immediate
relief of the needy. Tho baking of 0.
000 loaves of bread dally will begin to
mrrow. Major McKeester was appointed
commander of the camps of the homeless.
Free transportation will foe provided by the
Southern Pacific to destitute persons de
siring to go to interior points. It was an
nounced that tomorrow there would toe
gin a dally delivery into the city or ten
million gallons of water.
Tonight dlreot communication was be
gun with the outside by telegraph. By
overcoming great obstacles, the Postal
Tjelcgraph Company managed to regain
one of its shattered lines. The Postal of
fice tonight Is located In a little wooden
structure erected on piles at the water
front shore.
Three Fires Still Burning.
Tonight three distinct fires were burn
ing. One was on that portion that ex
tends from Nob -Hill toward the water
front' ' It was traveling slowly toward
the Telegraph Hill section and may die
out from lack of material, or may again
sweep toward the extreme water front.
The center Are was In the Mission. The
Are has reached Eighteenth street, but
was making little headway to the hill
side, where thousands of people were
camped.
The .third and most dangerous Are is
that threatening the western section. This
Is really a continuation of the Nob Hill
fire. It is, 'edtre-Bhaped. with tho apex
pushing .forward. This Is the point
against "which tho firemen are bending
their v greatest efforts. Dynamite was
used lor -back-firing purposes with, only
fair success. Tonight many blocks may
bfc blown up.
Dead Will Total C50.
Chief of Police Dlnan said he thought
230 wesld fully cover the number of
deaths. Ho found it impossible to secure
details'.' ' About SO bodies have thus far
been found.
There was much, shooting of looters to
day. bHt the offenders were fortunate
enough te .escape with wounds.
FiremcH Get Water at Iast.
This afternoon at 4 o'clock water was
obtained la tho central fire district, to the
great jey ef the firemen, and It was then
tfeeMfftt that there was -a ceod flghtiag
chance to check the flacs on the east
ern side of Van Ness avenue. At 10
o'clock this morning the fire had reached
Van Ness and Sutter. The big power
house at Sutter and Polk streets was
dynamited and this somewhat stayed the
progress of the fire, but It swept across
the street, and the McNutt Hospital was
then blown up. Then the hlg Vulcan
apartment-house was desaollsbed.
While the firemen were fighting with
dynamite, the steeple of St. Mary's Ca
thedral, a Roman Catholic edifice, which
bad withstood the earthquake shock,
caught fire. A fireman scaled the steeple
with a hoso and played a stream on the
burning section, and the blaze was extin
guished. Thousands of people cheered tho
heroic deed and the handsome building
was saved.
North Beach Seems Doomed.
At S o'clock tonight the fire on the east
erly slope of Nob Hill was eating Its way
toward Telegraph Hill. A stream of salt
water was being pumped from the bay
through a hose one mile long to quench
the progress of the conflagration, but it
seemed that North Beach, like the great-
rORLORN HOPE HAS FAILED.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 19. AU
efforts to check the rpread of the
flames at Van Ne arenue y blow
ing up a mile of building on the eat
ld of Van Keu avenue have proved
trultlem.
The fire has spread acroM the broad
thoroughfare and from present Indica
tions the ' entire western addition,
which contain the homes of Ean
Francisco" millionaire and people of
the wealthier clara. Is now doomed.
The destruction of the. western ad
dition of the city practically com
pletes the work of the ravaging
flames and marks the devastation of
the entire city.
er portion of the clt3', was doomed to de
struction. The Conried Opera Company left for
New York on tonight's overland, after
having played two nights here. All the
costumes and properties of the company
have been destroyed, and all of the indi
vidual members have suffered heavy per
sonal losses.
Municipal Bakery Started.
There is a great shortage of the bread
supply In the city. This afternoon, after
a panic at the California-street bakery,
the police took possession of the prem
ises and It will be operated under mu
nicipal control. At this place men battled
with women and children In their efforts
to each seize four and five loaves of
bread. The police used th-lr clubs for
tho purpose of bringing about an equi
table distribution of the loaves.
E. H. Harrlman, president of lb
Southern Pacific, has telegraphed that he
had left New York tonight on a special
train, and that he will take charge here
Immediately upon his arrival. The head
quarters of the company will be estab
lishcd at Oakland temporarily.
DESTRUCTION GROWS HOURLY
Firemen Blow Up Buildings Fran
tic People Flee for Safety.
SAN FRANCISCO, April With each
succeeding hour the devastation and de
struction In this stricken and prostrate
ruin of a city grows and grows. At 6
o'clock tonight It seemed ax If nothing
could save the comparatively small por
tion of tho city -that yet remains un
burned. The entire business and whole
sale district is now only a glowing fur
nace while the giant tongues of fire have
reached westward far beyond Van Ness
avenue and are wiping out buildings and
seeking more to devour.
At 4 o'clock Mayor Schmltz and Chief
Dlnan saw that the only hope of saving
the western addition, with Its forest of
frame dwellings, and the Richmond dis
trict, with Its thousands of homes, was
to check tho cruel march of the wall of
fire at Van Ness avenue, which crosses
the city from north to souu., where the
retail store and fine apartment-house dis
trict ends, and where the residence sec
tion begins. This avenue Is 1R0 feet wide
and the possibilities of checking the
march of the flames here looked hopeful
to those who wero looking for ways and
means in the hour of need.
Big Guns and Dynamite Ponorldss.
Orders were given to concentrate every
fire engine In the city at this avenue, to
marshal troops of soldiers there, the po
lice and all the army of workers and
make one last determined stand to save
tho remainder of the city. i
The co-operation of the artillery was
secured, and huge cannon were drawn to
the avenue by the madly-dashing "horses
to aid the dynamiters In blowing up the
mansions of the millionaires on the west
side of Van Ness avenue In order to pre
vent the flames from leaping across the
highway and starting on their unre
strained sweep across the Western Addi
tion. Ever available pound of dyna
mite was hauled to the spot, and the sight
was one of stupendous and appalling hav
oc, as the cannon were trained on tne
palaces and the shot tore into .the walls
and toppled the buildings In crashing ruIiC
At other points the dynamite was used
and house after house dwellings worth
millions was lifted Into the air by the
power of the bellowing blast and dropped
to the earth, a mass of dust and debris.
Spurred On by Heroism Alone.
The work was neceisarily dangerous
and many' of the exhausted workmen
kept going and working through a stretch
of 48 hours without sleep and scarcely
any food, through force of Instinctive he
roism alone. Many have been killed while
making this last desperate stand. Many
of the workers In placing the blasts took
chances that spelled Injury or death.
The fire line at 6 o'clock extends a mile
along the east side of Van Ness avenue,
from Pacific street to Ellis. All behind
this, excepting the Russian Hill region
and a small district along the north
beach, has been swept clean by the flames
and great steel hums of buildings and
pines and shafts and spires have been
dropped Into the molten mass of debris
like so much melted wax.
Shot While llHHting fer Food.
Sufferers arc invading what few build
ings remain in the hope of find lag some
thing to eat. They only 1et whea
FOOD NEEDED BY
iO,H PEDPLE
F. Leadbetter's Call
to Portland.
WORK FOR COMMEROIJIL CLUB
He Tells What Relief Commit
tee Found Most Urgent.
FUNDS GIVEN BY LOCAL MEN
Portland Must Help to Feed and
Hohhj Homeless and Hangry
Ho! Mayor Schmltz Rises
to Great Emergency.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cat. April 13. Spe
cial.) Mayor Schmltz asks not for
money, but provisions, flour, potatoes,
breakfast foods, coffee. At a meeting or
the various committees today at S P. M.
at Fillmore and Bush streets, reports
from all directions were very bad. The
writer offered Portland's assistance an1
a request was made for Immediate ship
ment of a cargo of supplies.
Mr. Anderson reported only 5.OM.0CO gal
lons of water on hand, the mains In bad
shape everywhere and broken In all
places. The Mayor stated- that the emer
gency mains were nearly finished and
would supply 10,X.00 gallons tomorrow.
On lights, Rudolph Sprockets reported
that nothing can be done.
Mr. McNary reports that nothing can
be done towards resumption of civil au
thority. Liberal Golden Gato Men.
On finance Claus Spreckels subscribes
C5.0W, Rudolph Spreckels and others JIO.
000 each, total J 73.001 N. T. Guggenheim
subscribes 5S0.OW. others 175.053.
Mayor McKeever, at the request of
Mayor Schmltz. was appointed to the
control of GsMen Gate Parte by Central
Funston. The park and. fcUU. James D.
Poelan says, are the. city Every tbtr.i
south'of Market, street Is gon tiir enlire
Mission and all north of Market street
from the water front to Van Ness avenue
and to Broadway. At P. M. tto
fire is crossing Van Ness avenuo at But
ter street.
Schmltz Rises to Occasion.
Exorbitant grocers who have stocks
have been made to sell at fair prices by
Mayor Schmltz. who has risen nobly to
the occasion and Is everywhere.
A vote of thanks was given Oakland
and Portland for assistance offered.
The necessity for supplies will Increase
ns the lays go by. as the scanty stores
carried by the fugitives will soon give
out and many are too old and feeble
to travel far.
Get Commercial Club to Work.
Get the committee of the Commercial
Club to work, as the entire city appears
to bo doomed, and .Cr people are
homeless and hungry. San Jose. Santa
Rosa and Santa Cruz are badly dam
aged; other cities not much hurt. Tho
THE SITUATION AT MIDNIGHT
At midnight the Are was still burning with every probability that It
would destroy the few remaining sections of the city. The last desperate
effort to stay its progress was the blowing up with artillery and dynamite
of a range of splendid mansions on Van Ness avenue, but the names
leaped across and continued on their way westward. At last accounts they
were advancing toward North Beach.
The only hopo of stopping tho are Is the recovery of thi water supply
late tonight.
The people of San Francisco, having been almost without food and sleep
tor two days are becoming desperate from hunger, thirst and exhaustion.
They swarm the streets, mobbing bread wagons and bakeries, drink out of
mud puddles and are only restrained from catering buildings by use of
arms by the soldiers.
Tens of thousands are camped along the beach with their belongings
.while other tens of thousands have swarmed across to Oakland and de
voured the few supplies In that city.
The committee of safety, presided over by Mayor Schmltz, has' begun
taking measures for the relief of the people. The Federal Government
nas appropriated 11.000,000, and every city In the country is raising lib
eral funds In money and provisions. Salt Lake and Los Angeles have
started trains loaded with supplies for San Francisco.
President Jordan, of Stanford University, announces that the prin
cipal buildings of that institution are wrecked, many others damaged
and that the -loss aggregates S4.e00.O0B.
The destruction of the state insane asylum at Agnews Is complete
and two physicians and 55 patients wero-killed and many others Injured.
railroad to San Jose Is damaged, but the
main line Is uninjured. The Are Is still
burning Aercely at 10:30. and unless a
change of wind occurs the rest of the
city Is doomed: F. W. LEADBETTER.
CONGRESS GIVES 1,966,660
Senator Perkins Ask for $566,668,
aBd It Is Doubled.
WASHINGTON. April IS. The Sen
ate and House today passed aad Presi
dent Roosevelt this evening- signed a
joint resolution appropriating 11. DO 0.680
for the relief of the Saa Fraaclsco
earthquake and Are sufferers, the
money to be expended under the di
rection and at the discretion of the
Secretary of War.
As first presented by Senator Perkins
the amount to be appropriated was
Axed at JBOfl.eeo. Tawney. of Minne
sota, of the appropriations committee.
Introduced tho following substitute for
the Senate resolution:
Resolved, by the SBAt aad How of Rep
resentative of the Valted States of Aaserioa
In Caacrees assessMea. that the Secretary af
War Is heresy asOMrteed aad If artcted to
nielli la 8MB market r itHicjJX
a roruiAK xjojet fcnd.
Tse OrgBla. Ja retpMse to maay
resttesta. wilt accept cMtrtaattoas to
a popular rasa far relief of the Call
fereta eartaaaak aad tire raSt-ren.
A aassfeer A maHcKed cotttrlfcuUoes
were offered yesterday to The Ore
gealaa. aad accepted; aad aarcesUoss
cam from penoas who desired to
turn la tkelr stock certificates to the
LeirU aad Clark Exposition, on walch
a divide ed of 23 per cent has been de
clared and Is about to b realized.
All persons who deflre to contribute
to the popular fund, either by money,
checks or XawIs and Clark certifi
cates, properly indorsed to The Orezo
nlaa. way send thtm to or leave then
with the cashier of The Oreroalaa at
the -lrntlne office. Subscriptions
yesterday follow:
Fred W. Etowell 1100.00
W. Reldt 100.09
M. L. ripe 10.0
Berottels 4 Cohen 23.06
J. M. Gellert 3.00
I. Aroneen 10.00
Fraak Jfaa 36.00
A. A. Bailey .. 10.09
A Frtead 1.09
X. Campbell 10.00
Iascaa McHUUa 3.0
Total . .1321.09
Lewis aad Clark Certificate.
Value.
Henry Welnhard Brewery,
per Paul Wesslnzer and
Henry Wagner 10.060). .J2.500.00
Flelschser. Mayer Co.
uteae .. i.ooo.oo
Blsmauer & Hocb (1230) 63.30
Total, certificates S3.5AS.30
Cash 331.00
Grand total... 13.953.30
sltteac aad quartermaster supplier, lo addi
tion to lh rurollr beleaxlnc to the Govern
ment establUhment. aM Isso th saa to
such destitute persona as aar been rendered
bomelera or are la needy circumstances, as
a result of the earthquake which occurred
April 18, and the attradtag ccnfUrrxtioc;
and la executing this joint resolution lh
Secretary of War Is directed to co-operate
with the authorities of the Stat of California
and the Mayer of the Cities of San Francisco.
Berkeley, Oakland. Alasseda and such other
cities oa the Pari Be Coast as may have suf
fered dasiase. Be It further
Received. That the Secretary of the Treas
ury, of the Navy and the Secretary of Com
merce and Labor are hereby directed to co
operate with the Secretary of War. la extend
tor relief asd assistance to th ftrlckrn .people
herein referred to. aad extend the use of
naval vessels, revenue cutters and other vestels
and Government supplies under their control
on the PadSc Coast. Be It further
Resolved. That to enable the Secretary of
War to execute the provisions of this Joint
r-wotut!oa there Is hereby appropriated out
of any money In the treasury not otherwise
appropriated the arum of 11.CCO.0CO to be
expended tinder the direction and in the dis
cretion of the Secretary of War.
Tawney explained that the- larger
sum was absolutely needed: that Sec
retaries of other departments were In
cluded so that naval vessels, cutters
and Fish Commission boat Albatross
could be used.
The. resolution was adopted at 3:30.
within ten minutes of Its being re
orttiu. The subUrVato wa reported onkihe
UMlind that1 Itift nvnntUt jihntil, i He
..(oablM and the rtrry 6f war
should be relieved from any statutory
prohibition requiring bids to be secured
regarding- the needed supplies.
RELIEF COMMITTEE AT WORK
Refugees Flock- Across Bay Eren
Rich Cannot Buy Food.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 1.-(1 P. M.)
The committee on rafety. consisting of 50
prominent citizens, met with Mayor
Schmltz this morning and organized a
finance committee, composed of James N.
Phelan. F. W. Hellman. Claus Spreckels.
J. W. Downey Harvey, Thomas Magee.
J. L. Flood. William Rabcock. W. F.
Herrln. M. H. DeYoung and Robert J.
ToWn.
Before the meeting bad organized Claus
Spreckels gave JX,0fO. Rudolph Spreckels
51.0. Harry Tevls H6.&3H. Gordon Brand
ing SH.W). Steaaor Martin tS8. J. I
Flood Wftk with a promise of more.
The Mayor announced that the water
cosapany promised a supply of water this
afternoon In the Western Addition, and
in the Mlsatea by tomorrow. Committees
were appointed to take charge of tho re
lief of ths destitute aod the work has al
ready begun aad assumed some system.
GeMea Gate Park will be the mala
refuge, and suppHes will be seat there.
Boats are being provided to take people
across the bay, and thousands are avail
ing lharaseJvea.of.tha privilege. The Uni
versity of .CaM tors Va. at Berkeley has vol
unteered to take care ot assa.
Mayor Schmltz has appelated ate com
mittee of W citlxaas. spwoi&l oScrra with
fall power to represent Mm. aad with
power te reaaUtUes me. svppHes, vehi
cles aad beaU for subtle ue. TJslaaa
are rushed In aad ' arraagemesKx
mae for taatr tHrfts(ji, trevMe te
feared within' a few days. Bvt men of
wealth caaAet obtate food wKh aJt tfeek
money. Generate, Fuasten aad Sumner, la com
mas ef the Federal treeps. are render
ing great service. Refugees wba go t
the Presttto are take care of. "but
STRICKEN CITY
TO BE RELIEVED
Trains Carrying Pro
visions Now on Way.
WILL ARRIVE THIS MHH6
Large Sums Raised for Earth
quake Sufferers. "
CONGRESS-GIVES $1,000,000
California Legislature Will Be Asked
to Appropriate Like Sum Whole
Nation Responds to Appeal
From San .Francisco.
8 AN FRANCISCO. April 19. By day
light tomorrow the first relief trains,
bringing cooked food, provisions, blan
kets and clothing for the famishing
earthquake sufferers, and medicines, phy
sicians and nurses for the sick and
wounded, will arrive In San Francisco.
Temporary relief has been afforded from
the Oakland side of the bay. but the news
that solid trains laden with provisions
are being rushed forward from Portland.
Los Ar.geles and Salt Lake, and that oth
ers wfi follow at close Intervals, relieves
the strain of the situation.
The announcement that Congress had
passed a resolution appropriating J1.0CO.
CC0 for the relief was followed tonight by
messages from Oakland stating that Gov
ernor Pardee will call a special session
of the California Legislature to vote
whatever relief may be deemed neces
sary. The response to the first appeal for
aid has been so prompt and generous
from every section of the country, how
ever that the need for Federal and state
relief has been shorn of Its imperative
urgency.
All Cities BHd States Aid.
It? thU tlnib of -ilrrat calamity nnd suf
fering the hearts of San FrancJscVs
stricken thousand.?, overwhelmed a&d
benumbed by the horror ot the events of
the past X hours, are Ailed te over
flowing with gratitude for the Instant
response of tho citizens of sister cities
In this and other states to the appeal ot
the ruined metropolis for assistance.
Commercial rivalries and local Jeal
ousies have been forgotten and state and
sectional lines wiped out by generous
sympathy, and from all the larger cities
ot the Coast and from many cities and
towns In the Mtddls West and East
where such action could not have been
looked for, telegrams are pouring In an
nouncing tho subscription ot big sums
for relief.
Los Angeles Leads All.
Especially welcome Is the news that
Los Angeles', besides sending food by
train and boat, has pledged S3M.0CO In
cash and has already raised more than
halt of the amount. Hardly less so is
the telegram received here today stat
ing that Salt Lake1 has undertaken to
raise JK0.CC0, and that the Utah Legis
lature will be called together In special
session to assist in the movement.
North Coast Cities Generous.
From San Francisco's northern neigh
bors, Portland. Seattle and Tacoma. and
from other smaller cities In Oregon and
Washington telegrams announcing the
raising ot money and the dispatch of pro
visions, bedding and clothing bring homo
to- Hie stricken population of this city
the knowledge that In their time of need
they have warm-hearted and open-handed
friends who will assist them to re
trieve their broken fortunes. Omaha. In
dianapolis, Philadelphia, Pittsburg and
even far-away Atlanta have telegraphed
assurances of money and supplies.
Sacramento has taken the lead for the
smaller cities of California by assuring
a contribution of 16, CO, aad wealthy res
idents of the Bay cities, at heme and:
abroad, are quickly coming forward with
money for their less fortunate fellew
dtteena. Among the largest gifts from private
citizens Is 169,669 from John D. Rocke
feller, and members of the New York
Stock Exchange are sending $55,060.
BERKELEY OPENS ITS GATES
Will House ami Peed Thousands of
Homeless Refugees.
BERKELEY. Cal.. April 13. Extraor
dinary relief work for the benefit of the
vast population which was rendered
homeless by the San Francisco earth
quake Is being; achieved by a local citi
zens committee headed by Rev. E. L.
Parsons, paster of St. Mark's Episcopal
Church. The work of providing meate
aad sleeping accommedatieBS for the
large numbers who are pearls; late
Berkeley by every train frem San Fran
cisco is being Jeteed In. by' -university and
townspeople aHke.
President Wheeler has thrown open the
grounds eT the University of Cask?ernia
to the weary refugees and the- churches
have smdertakea the 'task of supplying
great quantities of feed. "Meate wiH be
served frem a great tent which has been
erected under the campus oaks, while
steeping accommodations will "be provided
by strewing the baseball, grounds with a
deep layer of straw. If the weather
proves Inclement the homeless . wHt have
the opportunity of sleeping! la Barmen
Qjmwiiliim. Teats will ateo be placed'
tfce OSJM4M. , ' ' '
All the pairtihougcs of the JpUcttpaT
asmnhurf ei the esty have; bea sea
trsc rta Op .it mC the Mjjr, aad y
charttaMy tecltned citizens are giving
their extra heme accommodations.
A special request has been sent to the
women ef Berkeley to bake all the bread
they possibly can. as there Is a dla tress -,mg
bread famine on the other side ot
the bay. This te accounted for by the
fact that all the bakeries: that have been
left standing are not allowed to build
Area under their ovens on account of
the danger of starting other Ares through
damaged chimneys- Native Sons and
Daughters and the Benevolent Protective
Order of Elks kept open house last night
for the relief of the poor.
Medical attention for a large, number
of injured persons is being- provided in
Berkeley. The local hospitals have been
thrown open and the medical men are
bending every effort to alleviate the suf
ferings of the unfortunates.
Among those who are believed to be
fatally hurt arc William Cunningham,
whose skull was crushed in tho collapsing
walls ot a hotel, and C. W. Harris, a
lumberman of 598 Howard street. San
Francisco, who was badly burned about
the head.
Care will be taken to prevent any law
lessness during 'the tlmo that the uni
versity grounds and the homes ot the
college town are thrown open. All the
student cadets were summoned to report
at the Armory tonight and detailed for
DONATIONS FOR RELIEF.
"San Francisco X ISO. 000
United States Government-. 1.000,000
New Tort Stock Exchange. 83.000
John D. Rockefeller......... 100.000
Sacramento 30.000
Philadelphia 25.000
Ixs Angeles 200.00O
Indianapolis 10.000
Pittsburg 50.000
Carnegie Hsro Fund 23.0OO
Salt Lake and Utah.. 100.000
Stocktcn 20.000
Mrs. John W. Mackay. ..... 5.000
Atlanta 10.000
Omaha 10.000
Goldfield 10.000
guard duty. A large number of special
deputies have been sworn In by the
Chief of Police to prevent thieving.
PARK AND THEATER OPENED
Oakland Offers Camping Places and
Provides Relief.
OAKLAND. April 19. Thousands of
refugees rendered homeless by the terrible
calamity which has o?ertaken San Fran
cisco, have come to this city. On learn
ing of this the Realty Syndicate at once
offered Idora Fark. for the use of those
left without shelter. Tho offer has been
accepted by the police and Are depart
ments, and 100 cots have been placed' In
the theater for the use of the refugees.
Relief stations have been established at
the City Hail and at the various parks
throughout the city. Other relief sta
tions havo been established in churches
throughout the city, which are considered
safe for use as such.
A report comes that the Martinez bank
building, one ot the Anest structures- In
the town, has been completely destroyed.
It Is Impossible to estimate the loss.
Many of the structures which, from the
outside, show little apparent damage, on
closer examination prove to have been
badly twisted and racked by the shock.
NEEDS BEDDING, FOOD, TENTS
Mayor Tells- Governor Wants of the
Ruined City.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 19. The fol
lowing appeal for aid has been sent
out by Mayor Schjnltz to Governor
Pardee, and shows the destitution of
people and the dire need of food and
shelter:
"Send all supplies as soon as possi
ble to Golden Gate Park. Have bakeries
In small towns bake all the bread they
can. We want bedding, food and
tents."
Indianapolis Sends $10,000.
INDIANAPOLIS. April 13. After a con
sultation with a number of Indianapolis
business men at noon today Mayor
Charles A. Bookwalter sent tho following
telegram to Mayor Schmltz of San Fran
cisco: '
"The people of Indianapolis authorize
you to make a draft upon me for $10.
000 for the relief of the suffering people
of your city. Let us know If further
assistance will be needed."
A. general call for relief ha9 been Is
sued, and any sum in excess of the $10.
000 will be forwarded to tho stricken
city.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
TESTEnDATTS Maximum temperature. 74
der-: minimum, 47. Precipitation, none.
TODAX'&V-Increaslng cloudiness, followed
by .showers. Cooler. Winds becoming
southerly.
The California Disaster.
Desperate efforts to atop San Francisco, tire
- fall and- it la still burning. Page 1.
People, crazed .with hunger and thirst, mob
bakeries, roam streets or flee -to Oak
land. Page I.
Survivors of disaster tell their experience.
Page 1-
RelleC TQted by Coagresa and pouring In from
all sides. Page L
President Lead&etter calls Portland Com
mercial Club to action. Page l.
Rtfogees eahaait food, supply of Oakland.
Page 8.
Fames landmarks of San Fraaclsco de
stroyed. Pag 0-
Exteat of disaster at Insane Asylum.
Page 3.
President Jordan tells of damage to Stan
ford University. Page 8.
Stars ot Conrled'a opera company lost.
Page 1.
Pertlaadera la San Francisco telegraph aews
of safety. Page 18.
Moeey aad food seat by relief train from
Portland to the Golden Gate. Page 1-1.
T(ala conveys Portland doctors aad nurses
n aid the afflicted In the California
metropolis. Page 12.
Natteaal.
LaFellette- speaks oa rate bllL Page 2.
C Sullivan to succeed Fore as Dlttrlct At
torney Ojl Washington. Fags 3.
Burlington officials dented Immunity by
Judge McPherson. Page 3.
Sport.
Faciflc'Ceast Baseball League may transfer
games to the Northwest. Page 19.
Cemmeretel aad Marteo.
Ssvsral 1-laes of groceries exhausted by re
lief purchases. Page 19.
Steps taken to prevsat sugar corner.
Page J.
Xtporta 'of calamity cause bad break;' la
-ssks. Page 19. ' j '
Srtefafe ateaaMr Oceaao arrives from- Saa
Fraadsee. Page 19.
Piisfiad aad Vtetetty.
O. R. N. ad Part lis a tt Ssattle Railroads
fits a stlpalatiea agreeing to certain
points ever Maegly Jaacusa right ef
way. Page- 39. '
First rsfageoa- to arrive In Portland from
the deemed elty tell of the horrors et
the eertawMke. Page 9.
Fadfie Ceas.
Oregea- and- Waahlagton, cities aad towns
are giving 1 rally to. Saa Fraaclsco re
lief faad. Irc 8.
Cavers Ms Mead aad Chamberlain have
'issued procIaMatteaa. Page 8.
WaaMnctea t Supreme. Court decides that
traieta4ie4t company eaaaet be held
for ks own hHl ef U44g. Page 1C
LtH ' sari Pert la ad. had' 'Seattle' will be
ywwt te Xertkweet Cesmt. Face S.
FUGITIVES
TELL TALE
OF
A Graphic Description of
Ruined City by Visitor
From Oakland.
EXODUS IS A WILD FLIGHT
Rich and Poor Alike Are Strug
gling to Reach the
Ferries.
GARRY ALL WORLDLY GOODS
Fire-Fighters Make Their Last
Stand Against Flames.
EXPERIENCE OF REFUGEES
Streets Filled With Naked and Half-
i
Dressed People After the First
Shock Falling: Walls Kill
the Dazed Victims.
OAKLAND, Cal.. ApriM9. A, newspaper
man. who crossed. . the. baylate this after
noon gives the following graphic TdescrJg
tlori ot the destruction ot San'FjraLnciscoJ
"San Francisco is 'a city ot ruins. Tlusro
Is no pen that can describe tho scene ot
desolation left In the wake of the terrible
disaster.
"What remains of San Francisco is a
heap of smoldering bricks, its magnifi
cent buildings, its Market street. Its gay
and happy throngs are no more. Its in
habitants are fleeing from it as though
from a dread pestilence. The ferries are
taking Its thousands at every trip. The
boats running in every description are
loaded to the water-line with fleeing peo
ple. It ct renting in Disorder.
"East street presents a scene, the rout
of any army never equaled (for Its dis
order. Extending along the water front
It is the only means of access to tho fer
Ties. It Is the one highway along which
the rich and poor, old and young, with
rthelr bedding and worldly possessions
tied up in every sort of odd packages, are
-making their way.
"The scene beggars description, and the
pen of a Hugo or Tolstoi would bo un
equal to give any adequate idea of it.
And, oh! the loss of it! The awful isola
tion and waste of what men In this world
set great store by. The loss is untold
and the effects will be far-reaching. The
fnsurance companies are threatened with
a loss probably equaled only by the great
fire at Chicago, and the lire is still rag
ing. . !
Making s Final Stand.
"At 6 o'clock it is burning with unre
strained fury. And the entire "Western
Addition is threatened. Ona final stand
is being made at Van Ness avenue and
O'Farrell street."
C. A. Duffy, of Owensboro, Ky., who
has been in Santa Rosa since last October,
was the only one out of several score
to escape from the floor in which ha was
tiuartered in the St. Rose Hotel at Santa
Rosa. He came to Oakland on his motor
cycle after he was released, and tells
a thrilling story ot his rescue and the
condition ot affairs in general at Santa
Rosa.
Caught In the Debris.
Mr. Duffy says that when the shock
came he rushed for the stairway, but the
building was swaying and shaking so he
could make no headway and turned back.
Ho threw himself in front ot the dresser
In his room, trusting to that object to
protect him from the falling timbers. The
"dresser held up the beams which tumbled
over him, and this, protected, him some
what from the falling mass ot debris.
"I was imprisoned five hours." said
Mr. Duffy, "hefore finally being rescued.
Three times 1 tried' to call and the res
cuers heard mc, but could not locate my
position from the sound of my vioce. and
I could hear them going away after get
ting close to me.
Help Comes at Last.
"Finally I got hold of a lath, from tha
ruins around me, poked It through & hols
left' by the falling of a steam-pipe, and
by waving It and yelling at the same
tune, finally managed to show the people
where I was."
There were about 209 people killed in
the destruction of the three hotels, ami
not lass than! 5&) in the whole town. The
business section of the place collapsed
te the ground almost Inside of five min
utes. Then the fire started and burned
Fourth- street from one end to- the other,
starting at each end and meeting In the
middle, thus sweeping over the ruins and
burning the Imprisoned people.
T saw two arms protruding from one
part of the debris and waving frantically.
There was so much noise, however, that
the screams could not. fee heard. Just
then, as I looked, the flames swept over
them and cruelly finished the work; hagun
-ky tha aartas.uaka,
HORROR