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COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 21 , 190 (‘>.
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Greatest Earthquake in th e History of the United States— Wrecks the Largest City of the P a cific Coast.
F la m e s F o llo w an d Thousands of Lives are Lost, Together with Hundreds of
Millions of Dollars in Property Destroyed.
The most terrible calamity of five people in its ruins.
: Canadian Bank: West UnioD, four
modern times came upon Sun Fran
The i 7 story building of the San stories; Occidental, four stories;
cisco Wednesday morning in a Francisco Call was entirely destroy Scottish Rite Masons Temple; New
great series of earthquakes, which ed along with the Claus Spreckels Jewish Synagogue.
not only threw down great build buildiiiL's and numbers of other
Soon after the first shock was
ings, but broke water mains, cutt great buildings
over the mayor and others got to
Mayor Schmidt called for assist work and began to plan relief and
ing off the water supply ho that it
was impossible to fight the files an ce tioni >-11 cities that could reu- protection.
General Funston of
which broke out shortly after the l dei aid, asking for fire departments 1 tbe Army Post took charge for the
first shock was felt about 5 :15 a. 111 ! and for d.v: atnite.
j governmjnt and troops were brought
General Funstou with the full in to guard tbe ruins and give help.
m.
The firet shock occurred about foice of the United States troups
Secretary Taft ordered that every
5:15 aud lasted three militates, and .'ere pti* in charge ot the guarding thing possible be done for the re-
was followed by interimt'ent shocks | of the disttici and the city was put | lief of the people. Tents will be
until about 8 o’clock when they under martial law, and an order sent from all posts in the United
ceased. The shocks broke tile line issued that any |>.rs->u caught steal States, and great quantities of
ol water mains, gas lines, etc., and ing should he instantly shut.
l rations as well.
rendered the fire department nnd
At an ear.y hour the ferries were
INSURANCE.
rescuerers unable to do any thing to compelled to stop running, as the
The principal buildings affected
relieve those caught in the ailing entire water front where the docks
and piers ate located was under fire were brick aud frame structures,
buildings
The greatest damage done by the
The great building occupied by while steel buildings suffered much
earthquake proper was in the dis the Pacific Status Telephone Co less. The insurance rate in San
trict where the wholesale bouses was entirely destroyed, by lire after Francisco was unusually low on ac
stood, but the entire business sec au explosion which blew the roof count of the very small loses there
heretofore. Many suits will un
tion fell prey to the fire which off of the building.
spread without any breaking. As
The loss oi life cannot be estima doubtedly be brought as a result of
soon as the fire commenced and it ted, although it is thought that at the great losses, which it is esti
-<as found that uo water could he ie;.3t two thousand p< ople lias been mated will easilv reach $ 250 , 000 ,-
secured dynamite was resorted to, killed. The Federal government , 000 .
and hundreds of buildings wer*1 has beeu appealed to for help and
PECU LIARIT IES.
b! own up in the attempt to stop the for permission to bury at sea, bodies j
Tbe earthquake, as is usually the
progress of the fire.
that cannot be recognized.
The first reports indicate that the
These are a few of the great case, made many peculiar conditions.
| Great fissures have been torn in
district was along Drum, Davi", buildings destroyed.
Front Battery and Sansotne streets,
Call, two stories; Claus Spreckels, streets, in many places the ground
but that from there the flames 19 stories; llearst, 8 atones; New has sunk, street railways have been
spread destruction in all directions Chronicle. 17 st rits; White House, twisted all out of shape, water
for miles.
4 stories, stock entirtly removed; pipes bent, put out of grade, sewers
A great portion of the water front Winchester Hotel; Grand Opera cracked and disconnected, buildings
ia on filled in ground, which caved House; Claus Spreckels’ house and wrecked in one place, and the next
in greatly, although no large build stables, Van Ntss avenue;St Luke's one undamaged.
inga have been allowed to 1 e built Episcopal Church; Mechanic’s L i
For a long time it was thought
there, the land being used mostly brary; Crocker, 11 stories; I.ick that the fire could be confined to
for foundries, shops and factories. House; Uphaui, six stories; Fire the business section by the destruc
A report of early Wednesday house, on Bush street; California tion of buildings in the path of the
morning reported the Palace hotel, Hotel, 8 stories; New Hatnman fire, but it leaped over all obstruc
which is one of the land marks of baths, in course of construction; tions and spread farther and farther
the progress of the great west, as Sau Francisco Gas A Electric Co.; gettiug into the better part of the
being afire and (hat it would be dy St Francis Hotel. 12 stories ; Pacific residence section on Nob hill in a
namited to try and save the build- ( Union Club; St Dominie’s Church; comparatively short time,
ings in close proximity.
St Duustau apartment house, six
Thursday noon it was decided to
The Valencia hotel early fell a stories; Concordia Club, 4 stories; blow up all the residences on the
prey to the flames, but weakened Hotel Granada, 5 stoties; Hall of east side of Van Ness avenue be
by the shock it fell hu rying seventy Justice; Pacific National Bank; tween Golden Gate avenue and Pa
cific Avenve, for a distance of a mile
hoping to check the flames there,
but later reports says that tbe fire
swept over it. This is in the heart
of the most fashionable residence
district of the city.
Salina3, 11 ., miles south of San
Francisco was hadly wrecked by
tbe same earthquake and it is esti
mated that the loss will amount to
$ 2 , 5 oo,ooo. The shocks at that
point lasting 5 , 10 and 42 seconds.
The State Insane asylum at that
Headquarters For
point was utterly wrecked and hun
dreds of persons lost their lives in
! >t.
Commercial Men
Mining and
Up-to-date
A ll k in d s of
Hardware— -N one b e tte r
M ade
Griffin & VeatcbCo.
A report
from Los Angeles
were wrecked on every hand, wires
were broken and, many fires were Thursday night said that a severe
already burning before he had time shock was in progress, and during
the message the line broke and
to leave the city.
nothing further has been heard.
Former Earthquakes in California.
J. M. Isham received a great
During May, 1812 , the whole
southern portion of California was many telegrams for transmission
violently agitated, shocks continu but it was impossible to send them
in, as there are no places for de
ing throughout the summer.
In June aud July, I8 o 8, there livery.
were numerous severe shocks at
Thos. Conger aud wile are feai-
San Francisco.
iug that Mr. Conger’s parents have
On October 8, 1805 , the whole suffered in the disaster.
region adjacent to the bay of San
The earthquake was felt iu Grants
F'ranciseo was violently disturbed
and many buildings thrown dowD. Pass and Ashland, and iu the latter
Hardly a brick or stone structure place a number of clocks were
escaped damage. But tew lives stopped at the time of the shock.
were lost.
Vancouver, Wash., felt the earth
In 187‘i the whole Sierra Nevada quake and the chandaliers in the
mountain range was violently Catholic Church were noticed sway
shaken, the centre of the shock be ing. A shock was noted there some
ing along the line of the range, the twelve years ago.
waves extending east and west into
Mrs. Ed Wilson is greatly dis
Nevada and California.— Guard.
turbed over the safety of her mother
The Hopkins Art Institute with aud brothers and sisters in San
its priceless treasures has been en Francisco, whose home seems to be
tirely destroyed, as well as the within range of the disaster re
Standford University museum. The ported. Her mother Mrs. Eliza
government Mint is the only large beth Smith aud brothers Frank and
government building left. Within Fred Smith, and sisters Nettie
its vaults are stored $809,000,000 Smith, Mrs. Mollie Fleming with
in coiu and bullion and these the her son Eddie Fleming and wife,
and Hazel Flood, all live in oue
director announces are safe.
Stanford Uuiver.-ily has suffer d :s ence, and from the repoits that
severely in the loss of several build have come iu Mrs Wilson is sure
ings, the Encina Hall, tbe new that that they have been lost. Mrs.
gymnasium building, the Quad Mollie Fleming has been in the
rangle, and the great orch at the central West Union Telegraph Of
entrance to the grounds. It is fice there for twenty live years, but
thought tliet the loss there will be all Mrs. Wilson’s efforts to reach
her have been useless.
close to $4,000,000.
The latest reports say that all ef
forts are unavailing, that all dyna
mite has been used and th 3 t 4it is
impossible to make any impression
on fires.
Some six miles of the Southern
Pacific track on the Main line sank
so that it was found necessary to
send trains around another way.
Many people are famished nnd
rich and poor alike have mobbed
bread wagons, stores, shops trying
to get something to eat. With all
the supplies that can possibly be
shipped in, yet thousands will
suffer.
Suffragists Convention.
The Lane County W ir.an Suff
ragist Convention will l e held in
Eugene in the court house Satur
day, April j8tb, 10:30 o’< 1 >ck a. m.
The afternoon session will begin at
two o’clock.
Evening session, 7:30. The con
vention will bo organized at the
morning session and reports heard
from various campaign comrnifees.
Interesting speakers from diff* r-
ent parts of the county will ti ke
part in tbe program.
Mrs Emma Smith DeVoe who
has proved such a capable aud cf
fective organizer and brilliant lec
turer will be present.
The convention will also have the
pleasure of hearing Rev. Anna
Shaw the National P r e s i d e n t . Sbe
will conduct a question Lox in the
afternoon and address a mas» meet
ing in the evening. lie". Anna
Shaw is probably the most ¿.¡Bed
and brilliant woman in Ameriei to
day and the people of Lane conu’v
are most fortunute in having tue
privilege of hearing her.
Great quantitias of provisions are
being shipped from all quarters. In
Portland vast efforts are being made
to collect supplies. Within a few
hours of the first notice trains were
being loaded and rushed through.
Corps of nurses and doctors were
carried by special train to aid.
Trains are being sent from all over
the county laden with rebuilding
materials. The telegraph lines are
Great Disasters of the U. S. •
putting up new lines, sending in
The loss of property in San Fran car loads of wire, etc., and gathering
cisco tar outstretches any other loss operators from everywhere so as to
Game Warden and Deputies Will Aid.
known, by many millions of dollars relieve the situation.
but the loss of life is supposed to be
Gamewarden Baker is getting up
RELIEF ACTION .
not nearly as large as in other dis
a fund among his men to assist the
The United States is rendering relief work.
asters.
In the great Charleston earth ali possible assistance. Congress
quake only 4 1 people lost their Thursday voted $ 1 ,000,000 for the
Memorial Sermon.
lives but the property loss was relief. Portland has already raised
Commnnder Woods announces
$loo,ooo and from all quarters are
great.
The Johnston flood resulted iu vast aums being sent. The South that Rev. Grace ol the Presbyterian
tbe loss of lo.ooo lives and millions ern Pacific is sending great train Church will preach the memorial
loads of food stuffs, as well as bed sermon for the G. A. R. in Ihe
of damage.
ding
and clothing just as fast as Presbyterian Church Sunday, May
The tidal wave at Galveston
drowned g, 500 . The Chicago fire they can be collected. The food 27th.
made losses of millions, but all supply in the citv is said never to
Runaway With Preachers.
these losses of property do not com be sufficient for more than a few days
and
then
a
great
portion
is
destroy
John Arne and wife took home
pare to the loss in San Francisco.
The greatest loss of life known in ed and only the outlying stores with them Friday after tbe special
the world from earthquake was at have any goods and unless food revival service Rev- Ross, the Evan
Jeddo, Japan in I703 when 2 oo,ooo reaches the city promptly there gelist and Rev. Memingcr and wife
to have dinner. As Mrs. Arne was
people were killed. The greatest will be a severe famine.
driving down Main street one of
losses for a century have been with
Santa Rosa is entirely destroyed
in the last six years in India, in according to the latest reports, leav the lines slipped from Mrs. Arne’s
two earthquakes in which 35,000 ing to,000 homeless. What build hands and the horses commenced to
run, but by her pulling on the one
and 4 o,ooo lost their lives.
ing« were not ruined by the earth
line were forced into the sidewalk
Many travellers were on the quake were destroyed by fire.
just in front of C C. Cage's saloon,
trains north from San Francisco
Thursday and Friday and those
San Jose was very badly wrecked, before they had a chance to do any
who had been in the fated city had the greater portion of the business damage.
terrible tales to tell. The Tele section being destroyed and hun
Tbe terrible catastrophe at San
gram says that Henry Hahn of dreds of people have been killed.
Wadbams & Co. was one of the All hospitals are crowded. The Francisco pa-seethe ability of the
guests in the Palace hotel when tbe j Hall of Justice just completed at a human mind ¿0 imagine. The loss
I shock came and tells of tbe awful | eoat of $300,000 is entirely de of life and the destruction of prop
| scenes which he saw. Buildings stroyed
erty are more vast than can be
readily calculated The cause cf
such great disasters are bevoud our
knowledge. Scientists tell us that
the crust of the eatth along the Pa
cific Coast is thiu, aud that at San
Francisco it is especially thin, and
that this great trouble is caused by
a shrinkage of the earth’s surface.
The line of ihe wave was north and
south. Why the Great Father sees
fit to allow such terrible things to
happen surpasses our humble un
derstanding. Man seems to never
fear tbe elements of nuture, aud
builds his home where it pleases
him, irrespective of natures prepa
rations. All of our great cities on
waterways have encroached upon
the natural boundaries, and iumany
instances there is where the greatest
loss of life occurrs. We never know
where the next disaster will strike,
and it behooves the human race ali
to be prepared for that time, he it
when it may. San Francisco lies
suffering, bleeding, she needs our
help in her distress. Do what you
can to aid.
RELIEF FUND
TO B E
R A IS E D
Cottage Grove Will Help All She
Can- Mass Meeting Last Night
to Raise Funds ami Supplies.
The following telegrams have
been rec ived a;-ki • foi ussislai c»
and tho Mayor called or .1 mass
meeting to meet Friday ni:;ht to
raise relief funds, which will be
nobly responded to.
Call For Relief.
Mayor, Cottage Grove, Ore .
Governor Pardee,
California,
wires me that people are in great
need of immediate supplies. Threat
ened famine. What can he done
should be done quickly. Please
organize to assist itt alleviating sut-
fering of our neighbors.
G eo E. C h a m b e r l a i n ,
Governor.
The Mayor of Cottage Grove, Ore. ;
San Francisco general relief com
mittee of Portland Mayor Lane
asks your city to make up car load
lots of provisions and supplies con
sisting of blankets, tents, stoves,
cooking utensils, and wire the Sec
retary. Have arranged for free trans
portation by special tiaius to at
tach your cars.
J. B. L a b e r , Secty.
San Frau. General Relief Com.
Free Transportation.
O. R. k N. and Southern Pacific
will transport free of charge sup
plies for San Francisco sufferers,
when consigned authorize relief
committee. Give proper publicity.
R. B. M iller .
Supply Depot at Nugget Office.
A supply depot has been made at
tho Nugget office where supplies
can be sent.
The special relief train will carry
great loads of supplies. A carload
is wanted from Cottage Grove.
Send blankets, mattresses, stoves,
food stuffs, money, anything you
can give.
Commercial Club Will Send Help to
Frisco.
A called meeting of the Commer
cial Club was held Thursday night
to decide on sending some money to
tbe sufferers at Ban Francisco, but
on account of having a small meet
ing it was thought best to defer ac
tion until Friday night when i full
attendance could he had. It is tho
idea of the club to give $roo an 1
then let members give individually
in addition.
Many town people are greatly
worried over the condition of a f•
fair\«atSan Francisco, us many
have relatives and friends there.