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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (April 19, 1906)
a THE MORNING ASTOIUAN, ASTOMA, OREGON. THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 190& 7 .0 rJ aA vy3 riS lHV rLS DEL) WHOLESALE SECTION IS COMPLETELY DESTROYED Latest Reports Show Entire Dcstrict Bounded By Vallejo, Howard, East and Snsome Streets, Has Been Swept Clean By Fire. INSURANCE COMPANIES WILL PAY ALL LOSSES Authorities' Will Not Allow Boats to Cross the Bay With Passengers SAN FRANCISCO, April 18. The latest reports at police head quarters show the entire district bounded by Vallejo, Iloward, East and Sansome streets, embracing practically the entire wholesale por tion of the city, has been swept clean by. the fire. Also the district bounded by Second, Market, Eighth and Folsom streets has been devastated. In the latter district is included most of the city's finest and most substantial buildings. The area covered by the flames up to the present is about eight square miles, or several hundred city blocks. Very little, if any water is available and blowing up the buildings by dynamite is the only means of checking the progress of the flames. Most of the buildings untouched by flames have been greatly damaged by earthquake shocks. The pecuniary loss at 4 p. m. is conservatively estimated at $100,000,000. Insurance Companies Will Pay Commissioner E. Myron Wolfe announced that eighty odd fire in surance companies interested have decided to pay dollar for dollar to everyone insured with them. The companies will not discriminate between fire and earthquakes, everyone insured will be paid the extent of the loss. But two of the companies affected are Pacific Coast con cerns, others having their principal offices East or in Europe, all will stand the loss without danger of failure. Insane Patients Run Wild WASHINGTON, April 18.-The Western Union has received an this afternon states the Agnew Asylum near that city is. a total wreck; that many inmates are killed and the remainder are running around loose, terrorizing the community. The superintendent of the institu tion and his wife were both killed. No Boats Allowed to Cross Bay LOS ANGELES, April 18. The Postal Company received news from its Oakland office on Broadway street this afternoon that not one boat has crossed from San Francisco to Oakland today. Troops are guarding the ferry landing at San Francisco. No one is allowed to depart. No communication whatever between San Francisco and Oak land is allowed, Prays for Stricken City WASHINGTON, April 18. In his opening prayer in the Senate today Chaplain Edward Everett Hale made reference to the San Francisco disaster without mentioning the name. After the transaction of routine business the Senate adjourned in order to permit the Democrats to proceed with their conference. 000000000000000000 000000000000000000 APPEAL FOE AID! TELEGRAPH OPERATORS SEEDS SEEDS SEEDS SEEDS SEEDS SEEDS SEEDS SEEDS r PRING NOW IS THE TIME TO PLANT YOUR VEGETABLE, FLOWER AND GRASS SEEDS. WE HAVE A LARGE AND CHOICE VARIETY. Red Clover, White Clover, Tim othy, Orchard. Blue Grass. Choicest Varieties of Sweet Pea and Nasturtium Seeds. A. V. AL,L,BN w ! w I Sole Agents For Baker's Barrington Hall Steel Cut Coffee. I $ fj v 1 w Sgqggs gaais saaas SQ33S saaas scrags saaas scrags J TO THE PEOPLE OF ASTORIA A calamity beyond description has visited our sister State of California. Thousands of our neighbors haw been killed or maimed and thousands of others have boon ruined. At such a time the human heart is filled with sympathy and everyone feels like doing something to alleviate the distressed and suffering. Money cannot bring back to life the dead nor restore the injured to former health, but it can relieve the suffering and it will also show iu a substantial form how we sympathize with our fellowmen. Therefore, knowing the people of Astoria as 1 do, 1 coufi dentallv appeal to our fellow citizens to subseribe to the CALIFORNIA EAKTHQFAKE FIX I) as liberally as thir means will allow and as quickly as possible. In order to facilitate the collection of funds, 1 hereby desig nate the three Hanks of the City as Depositories wheiv the people may subscribe their mite. Let us treat our neighkirs as we would have them treat us under like circumstances. Astoria is prosperous Astoria must help. HERMAN WISE Mayor of the Citv of Astoria. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO REMAIN III THE LIST At Salinas Loss $2,500,000 Salinas, Calf, April 18th. One hundred and eighteen miles from San Francisco At 5 :15 A. M. three shocks from nn earthquake visit ed this town lasting five, ten and forty-two seconds. They came from the Northwest and Southwest. The damage will be two ami a half millions. No lives were lost, but a number of people were injured. The Spreckles Sugar Factory is entirely destroyed, with a loss of $l,500,00p. Second Shock Occurs- The high school is wrecked. Another shock ocenred at 2:25 P. M.. The Watsonville Moreland Academy was destroyed by fire, and several buildings have collapsed. The shocks were also felt at Monterey and Pacific Grove, though little damage was done. At the Del Monte Hot Brave Operators of Postal Telegraph Company Con tinue to Send Messages Out of San Francisco Until Compelled to Leave. OAKLAND IS DAMAGED BY FALLING CHIMNEYS General Funston Petitions War Department to Send Immediate Supplies to the City. NEW YORK. April lH.-The World received throughout the day news of the San Franeiseo disaster ix due in part to the courage of the telegraph operators there who stuek to their posts and eontinued to send news and other messages in xpitc of the great personal danger. The operators and officials of the Postal Telegraph Company re mained in the main office of the company at the corner of Market ond Montpomery streets, opposite the Palace Hotel until ordered out of the building because of the danger from dynamite explosions in the immediate vicinity. The men then proceeded to Oakland, across the bay and took possession of the office there. Tonight the company is operating seven wires from Oakland. All messages from the city musl three chimneys fell through the roof, killing a bridegroom, and one of I be taken across the bay in boats. The Associated Press has estab- the hotel help, and injuring several others fatally. At Jlollister. the Grangers' Union warehouse was destroyed. Mrs. Griffith was killed and her husband is insane from the shock. Water Secured in Sections "WASHINGTON, April 18,-The War Department has been fur nished the following message from the Western Union at San Fran cisco: "Although water is secured by the firemen in many sections, the fire by no means is under control. It is raging around Pine and Montgomery streets and the Western Union Telegraph Company build ing has been abandoned to its fate. At Oakland the ferry house, where the company has established its office, it is difficult to obtain in formation concerning current events." Damage Not So Bad NEW YORK, April 18. The Western Union is in receipt of a mes sage stating the situation in Oakland is not very bad. A few buildings had the walls thrown down. Falling Chimneys Damage Oakland WASHINGTON, April 18.-A private telegram from Oakland for warded to Secretary Metcalf says the principal damage done in Oak land is caused by falling chimneys. Governor Starts for Citv SACRAMENTO, April 18.-Governor Pardee started for San Fran cisco at 3 p. m. to be on the ground to take immediate steps for fur nishing relief. 300 Killed at Santa Rosa SACRAMENTO, April 18.-Dr. Stone, superintendent of the Napa State Hospital, telephones the governor's office that an automobile ar rived there with the news that Santa Rosa is ruined and between 200 and 300 people are killed. War Department Appealed to WASHINGTON, April 18.-Messages from General Funston were received here at 11 :45 p. in. addressed to Secretary Taft saying: "We need thousands of tents and all the rations that can be sent,.- About 100,000 people are homeless. The fire is still raging. Troops are all on duty and assisting the police. The loss of life will probably be 1000. The best part of the residence district is not yet burned." Burned Area Eight Miles Square OAKLAND, April 10. An area of thickly covered ground of eight square miles has been burned over, there is no telling when the fire will be under control. Mayor Schmitz was about early and took meas ures for relief protections for the city. General Funston realized that stern measures wee necessay and gave orders that looters were to be shot on sight. Four men were summarily executed before 3 o'clock this afternoon. The burned district extends from the water front south of Market street to Mission street and west to Eleventh street. The fire extends out Hayes and McAllister streets nearly to Fillmore and from the waterfront along Market to Montgomery and north from the waterfront1 to New Montgomery streets. Manufactories, hotels, whole sale houses, and esidences comprising the piiieipal pnvt of the busi ness section have been destroyed. . lished a boat service for its news. j W, C. Swain, an electric engineer in the service of the Postal re turned several tunes tins evening to the main building m San lran cisco and got into communication with the East, His last messieq was timed 5:47 p. in. lie was then surrounded by explosions of illuminating and sewer gas. The Postal's building was not destroyed up to 7 p. m., The roofs only had Ih'cii damaged. It was surrounded by lire on three sides. The cable apparatus of the Postal Company was moved this afternoon to a cable hut on the beach near the Cliff House. The destruction of the telephone building in San Francisco has broken telephonic communication with that city. The Southern Pacific is doing its utmost to get people out of the city and is not charging refugees for transportation. Another Earthquake Occurs EOS ANGELES, April 18 (8:45 p, in.) A telegraph operator named Baum arrived in Oakland a few minutes ago itfa launch and he says another earthquake occurred in San Francisco at 7:45 p, m. 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