BAY CITY
Earthquake Visits
San Francisco
THOUSAND DEAD
Fire follows Shock
and Adds to Panic
NO WATER SUPPLY
Mains are Broken and Fire
men Fight Flames With
Dynamite-All Bus
iness Section
Is Gone.
City Surely Doomed.
Oakland, April 19. At 11 o'clock
this morning San Francisco is a mass
of ruins and the flames continue the
work of destruction, obliterating the
few remaining habitations. There is
no water and the city seems doomed
Dvnamite has failed to check the fire
Oakland has been placed under martial
law. The San Pablo ferry was sunk
by flying debris. All night the heav
ens were lighted by the light of the
vast conflagration. This morning a
mass of smoke marks the continunce of
the destruction amid scenes of unspeak
able horror. The estimated loss in San
Francisco will reach from $150,000,000
to (200,000,000 in the town.
The limits of the fire at this hour are
Nineteenth street on the west, Town
send street un the south and Broadway
on the north. Everything between
these streets and the waterfront is de
vastated.
Day Dawns Hopeless
San Francisco, April 19. Day dawn
ed on a scene of death and destruction.
During the night the flames consumed
many of the city's finest structures and
spread in a dozes directions to the res
idence portions.
The tear dimmed eyes of a myriad of
homeless, stricken, heart weary, help
leaf people watched the fire stretch its
long lone of red destruction from the
waterfront to the Mission, which i
feftept bl standing wood and brick and
Steel and iron made a huge, smoldering
scrap heap; around the shipping die
trict down to the bay shore, destroying
vessels, wharves and docks; and then,
in a bitter turn of the wind, Bhrivel the
Warm Belt, reach its destructive ban
ners over the Southern Pacific Btation
at Third and Townsend, crumpling cars
and engines and huge buildings into
bonfire ashes, and completing the fell
work of yesterday south of Market
street; then swing back, on the wings
of a self-made'Kale, to find new fuel
amid the stately homes of the men who
had been state buildes and railroad
magnates on Nob Hill.
Funston's Resume of Disaster.
Washington, April 19. The War de
partment today received the following
telegram from General Funston;
"Your four dispatches received.
Have already fiW several for you. It
is impossible now to inform you as to
the full extent of the disaster. City
practically destroyed. Troops have
been aiding police patroling and main
taining order. Martial law has not
been declared. Working in conjunction
with the civil authorities. Have not
interfered with the sending of any dis
patches. You cannot Bend too many
tents or rations. About 200,000 people
homeless. Food very scarce. Provis
ion houses all destroyed. All the gov
ernment buildings in the city gone."
Oakland, Cal., April 18. Earth
quake and fire today have caused the
greatest calamity California has ever
known. In San Francisco alone it is
estimated that 1,000 persons have per
ished, while as many more are suffering
from injuries.
The entire business portion of the
city is in ruins, and the flames which,
owing to the lack of water, cannot be
checked, except by blowing up with
dynamite buildings in their path, are
still sweeping through the city. It is
impossible at present to estimate the
property loss, for the extent of the con
flagration cannot be told until the fire
has burned itself out.
IS
IN RU N
The dreadful earthauake shock came
without warning at precisely 5:13
o'clnck this morning, its motion appar
entlv being from east to west. At first
the upheaval of the earth waB gradual
but in a few seconds it increased in in
tenaitv. Chimneys began to fall and
buildings to crack, tottering on the!
foundations. People became panic
stricken and rushed into the streets
most of them in their night attire
They were met by showers of falling
buildings, bricks, cornices and walls
Manv were instantlv crushed to death
while others were dreadfully mangled
Those who remained indoors generally
escaped with their lives, though scores
were hit bv detached plaster, pictures
and articles thrown to the floor by the
shock. It is believed that more or less
loss was sustained by nearly every fam
ily in the city.
Telegraph and telephone communi
cation was shut off for a time. The
Western Union was put completely out
of business, and the Postal company
was the only one that managed to get a
wire out of the city. About 10 o clock
even the Postal was forced to suspend
in San Francisco. Electric power was
stopped and street cars did not run.
Railroads and ferry boats also ceased
operations.
Today's experience has been a testi
monial to the modern steel building
a score oi inese structures were lu
coarse of erection, and not one of these
suffered. The completed modern build
ings were also immune from harm by
earthquake. The buildings that col
lapsed were all flimsy wooden and old
fashioned brick structures.
The burned district extends from the
water iront 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 water front along Market
to Montgomery and north from the wa
ter front to New Montgomery street,
Manufactories, hotels, wholesale houses
and residences, comprising the princi
pal part of the business section, have
been destroyed. The city hall, a struc
ture costing $7,000,000, was first wreck
ed by the earthquake and then destroy'
ed by fire. The Palace hotel, valued
at $3,000,000, also was burned. The
beautiful Claus Spreckels building at
Third and Market streets was gutted.
The Rialto building and dozens of oth
er costly structures were also destroyed.
The Hall of Justice is threatened, and
will undoubtedly go. The Examiner
and Call buildings are gone and the
Croker building, across the Btreet from
the Palace hotel, is on fire.
mi j
xue ireaxs oi tne eartnquaxe were
many. Wide fissures were made in the
streets, street railways were twisted out
of line, sewers and water pipes were
burst, and it is feared that there will
be an epidemic of disease. Provisions
are being sold at fancy prices, and even
water is being vended by the glass.
it is impossible to give a list of the
dead and wounded, or even a list of the
principal buildings destroyed,
OUTSIDE SAN FRANCISCO.
Many Towns Ruined by Earthquake
and Hundreds of Lives Lost.
San Jose, April 19. One hundred
and fifty persona are reported killed in
thia city. The entire business portion
ot the town bordered by St. James on
the north, Market on the west, Third
on the east and San Fernando on the
south is a complete mass of ruins. The
city is under martial law, the streets
are being patrolled by troops. All
hospitals are crowded with dead and
dying. The electric plant is badly de
molished and the city is in darkness.
San Francisco, April 19. Reports
from the interior are most alarming.
Santa Rosa, one of the most beautiful
cities in the state, in the prosperous
county of Sonoma, is a total wreck.
There are 10,000 homeless men, women
and children, huddled together. The
loss of life is not to be estimated. It
will probably reach the thousands.
The main street is piled many feet deep
with the fallen buildings. Not one
business block is left intact. This de
struction includes all the county build
ings. Nothing ia left. What was not
destroyed by the earthquake was swept
by fire.
Messengers bring the Baddest tid'ngs
from Healdaburg, Geyserville, Clover
dale, H opland and TJkiah. In every
case the loss of Hie and property is &
shocking as here.
Oakland, April 18. Reports from dis
tricts outside of San Francisco indicate
widespread damage. San Jose, 60
miles south, lost many buildings and
from 15 to 20 people killed. The an
nex of the Yendome hotel collapsed and
fires broke out.
Stanford university and Palo Alto
suffered. At Stanford, many handsome
buildings were demolished and two
people were killed. Six other students
are lying n the Palo Alto hospital
with bruises, cuts and internal injuries.
The courthouse at Redwood City
and other buildings collapsed. Menlo
Park, Burlingame and other fashion
able auburbs Buffered. Santa Rosa, to
the north, Napa, Vallejo and all towns
around the bay were damaged.
DESTRUCTION GROWS HOURLY
riremen biow Up Buildings Frantic
People Flee for Safety.
San Francisco, April 19. With each
succeding hour the devastation and de
struction in this etrlckeu and prostrate
ruin of a city grows and grows. At 8
o'clock tonight it seemed as If nothing
could save the comparatively Binall
portion of the 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 flame
have reached westward far beyond Van
Iees avenue and are wiping out build
ings and seeking more to devour.
lu every excavation and hole
throughout the north beach household
s are burying household effects,
throwing them into the ditches and
covering the holes. Attempts are made
to mark the graves of the property so
that it can be recovered after the flames
are appeased.
Chief of Police Dinan Baid he thought
250 would fully cover the number of
deaths. He found it impossible to se
cure details. About 50 bodies have
thus far been found.
There was much shooting of looters
today, but the offenders were fortunate
enough to escape with wounds.
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 premises and it will be operated
under municipal 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
their clubs for the purpose of bringing
about an equitable distribution of the
loaves.
BLAZE LIGHTS MIDNIGHT SKY.
Conflagration Seen From Oakland
Appears Unchecked.
Oakland, Cal., April 19. (Mid
night) At this hour the light from
burning San Francisco does not appear
to have diminished, and is almost, if
not quite, as brilliant as last night.
Although the flames have swept their
way three miles westward from the
water front, the entire sky is' illumi
nated by the glare of the unchecked
conflagration. There ie no wind and
only the faintest suspicion of a breeze
here tonight, but it is said there is a
stiff breeze blowing over San Francisco.
A gigantic column of smoke hangs over
the desolated city, the apex forming
fantastic shapes thousands of feet in
the air and slowly drifting away to the
northward.
Although telegraphic communication
was established this evening with the
Ferry building on the San Francisco
Bide, only a very limited amount of
matter could be handled, The tele
graph company would receive but a few
hundred words of press matter, giving
the wires over to pressing commercial
business. It is believed that by to
morrow morning additional facilities
will be had.
The telegraph companies are com
pletely swamped by thn enormous vol
ume of messages reaching here, as well
as the crush of business filed for the
outside world. It is unlikely there will
be any further news matter from San
Francisco before morning.
Money Pours In.
The following list shows how the cit
ies of the United States are responding
to San Francisco's urgnt need o' help:
Los Angeles, $200,000; Salt Lake,
$100,000; Sacramento, $50,000; Port
iand. $100,000 i Indianapolis, $10,000;
Spokane, $5,000; Stockton, $20,000;
Seattle, $40,000; Pittsburg, fou.uuu;
Omaha, $10,000; Goldfield, Nev., $10,
000; Tacoma, $10,000; Eugene, $2,000.
Besides these John V. Rockefeller
has given $100,000; Clarence H.
Mackay, $100,000, and the Andrew
Carnegie hero fund, $25,000. There
are also thousands of telegrams pouring
into San Francisco from all parts if the
United States telling of funds being
raised.
Find Shelter at Berkely.
Berkeley, Cal., April 19. Tonight
Berkeley is packed with over' 1,000 re
fugees who have been brought across
the bay to escape the horrors of the
San Francisco conflagration. The home
less and hungry are fed at the station
from long benches provided by the
citizens' relief committee, which in
cludes representatives of all the fra
tenal and religious organizations in
town. The women students and pro
fessors of the State university are doing
great work for the sufferers, and to
night are finding shelter for all.
Treasure at Mint Is Safe.
Washington, April 19. The United
States mint at San Francisco escaped
serious damage from the earthquake
and the conflagration. Its Btock of
gold, silver and bullion, amounting to
about $39,000,000, is safe.
FIRE STILL BURNING
But Has Lost Its Fury and Is Now
Slowly Dying Out.
NATION COMING NOBLY TO RELIE
Foreign Countries Stand Ready With
Help, But Their Aid Will Not
Be Needed.
San Francisco, April 20. Plunged
into absolute darkness tonight at 10
o'clock, San Francisco has not seen the
conculsion of the devastating work of
the conflagration.
The fire that started at Nob Hill and
worked its way to the North Beach sec
tion, sweeping that section clear of
buildings, was later veered around by a
tierce wind and made its way southerly
to the immense Beawall sheds and grain
warehouses. The flames were heading
directly lor the immense Ferry build
ing, the terminal point of all central
overland and local trains of the South
em Pacific road. The darkness and the
wind, which at times amounted to a
gale, added fresh terrors to the situa
tion.
Tonight the principal remaining fire
was confined east of Van Ness avenue
and north of Union street, but was
burning its way to the shore.
Late this afternoon the police broke
open every saloon and corner grocery
in the saved districts and poured all
malt and epiritous liquors into the
gutters.
HUNDREDS DEAD IN HOTELS.
Over 75 Bodies Taken Out One
Hundred in Cosmopolitan.
San Francisco, April 20. The three
story lodging house at Fifth and Minna
streets collapsed and over 75 dead bod
ies have been taken out. There are at
least 50 more dead bodies exposed.
This building was one of the first to
take fire on Fifth Btreet.
At least 100 people were lost in the
Cosmopolitan hotel on Fourth street.
The only building standing between
Mission, Howard, East and Stewart
streets is the San Pablo hotel, which is
occupied and running. The shot tower
at First and Howard streets is gone
This landmark was built 40 years ago
The Risdon Iron works is partially de
troyed. The Great Western Smelting
and Refining works escaped damage,
also the Mutual Electric Light works,
with slight damage to the American
Rubber company and Vietagas Engine
company. foiger $ros.' uonee and
Spice house is uninjured, and the firm
is giving away large quantities of bread
and milk.
Many are dropping dead from the
heat and from suffocation.
Over 150 people are reported lost in
the Brunswick hotel, Seventh and Mis
sion streets.
NATION TO THE RELIEF.
War Department Assumes Entire Con
trol of Situation.
Associated Press dispatches from
every important city in the land indi
cate that $12,000,000 in cash is already
in sight for the relief of the fire and
earthquake sufferers in and about San
Francitco, and that a total of $20,000,
000 is l'kely to be raised. The United
Stats will grapple alone with the situa
tion growing out of the total destruc
tion of one of her richest and most pop
ulous cities. Foreign countries, in view
of the magnificent responses of the
American people to the call for aid,
will not be asked to contribute, though
numerous offers have been made.
Before the cabinet, at its meeting
yeBterday, had resolved upon this
course, however the Dominion of Can
ada had taken cognizance of the situa
tion in San Francisco by voting $100,
000 in cash for relief, and dispatches
from the seaport cities of British Co
lumbia indicate that they are ignoring
the existence of the international
boundary line and are joining in the
work of forwarding money and provis
ions with their sisters cities on the Pa
cific coast.
Ruins Small Companies.
Chicago, April 20. It was declared
last night by Chicago insurance men
that many of the small accident and
fire companies probably will be forced
to suspend business because of their
enormous loss in San Francisco. Even
some of the bigger companies will be
hard pressed. The total amount of lia
bility convolved is now placed at more
than $180,000,000 in San Francisco
alone. This is considered conservative.
Added to the losnes in, San Francisco
will be at least $50,000,000 to be met
in other ci ies.
Will Build $5,000,000 Plant.
New York, April 20. It was an
nounced at the office of M. Guggeon
heim's Sons today that orders have
been issued by that firm to proceed as
soon as possible with the construction
nf a $5,000,000 smelting plant in San
Francisco.
REAP CROPS OF FOREST.
Plans
Completed for Using Reserve
Timber for Ties.
Washington, April 18. The demand
for lodgepole pine ties by the Western
railroads, which prefer thorn to any
other because of the eaae with which
they take preservatives, has greatly in
creased the market value of the Rocky
mountain forests in Northern Colorado,
Wyoming, Eastern Idaho and Southern
Montana, where lodgepole pine is the,
predominant tree. These forests are
largely within existing and proposed
national forest reserves, and are conse
quently under government control, bo
that the Forest service has felt the need
of preparing plans to permit the sale of
ch mature timber in them as may be
safely spared. During the past year a
working plan was completed for about
46,000 acres in the Wyoming division
of the Medicine Bow reserve.
It was found in the first place that
the protective value of the forest as a
cover for the watersheds is so great that
any utilization of the timber crop must
be subordinated to it. Throughout the
region the control of stream flow by the
forest, cover is the prime consideration.
The mining industry, which is of
high importance, will not be hampered
by the disposal of reserve timber, since
all the mining claims located in cr near
the tract include timber sufficient for
the needs of the owners. The present
moderate grazing of cattle is carried on
without risk to reproduction of the
forest.
The Medicine Bow forest reserve con-
tains the largest continuous body of
lodgepole pine to be found in the
Rocky mountains.
The completed plan provides for bet
ter protection of the forest from fire,
including effective measures for coin
pact piling of debris and h niflh in nnnn.
ings ready for burning; stipulates that
all timber to be removed shall be
marked in advance by the forest offi
cers, who will be furnished with a full
set of instructions to govern all steps in
the logging operations; and requires
that all merchantable Darts of the treH
be used.
Similar working Diana will l nm-
pared for available bodies of timber on
other reserves, making Dossibla the
utilization of these vast forests under a
system of scientific management whirh
will perpetuate and improve the stand
and, above all, safeguard the forest
cover on the watersheds.
ALL READY TO SIGN.
Columbia
River Jetty Bill
by the Senate.
Is Passed
Washington, April 18. On motion
of Senator Fulton, the senate yesterday
paased the bill which was adopted by
the house of representatives appropriat
ing $400,000 to continue construction
of the Columbia river jetty. It took
only one minute to secure its final en
actment. When the engrossed copy of
the bill reaches the president, it will
take him even less time to sign it.
The bill which the senate passed was
that introduced by Representative .
Jones and, although identical with Mr.
Fulton's bill, which went through the
senate a month ago, it was neceesary to-
put the house bill through the senate
in order to make it a lav. This re
quired the senate to pass two bills tp.
propriating $400,000. When the house
bill was agreed to the senate, oil mo
tion of Mr. Fulton, recalled its original
bill from the house and tabled it.
The bill should reach the bresirienh
the latter part of this week. Comment
ing on
said:
its final passage, Mr. Fulton
"To Mr. Burton, chairman, and Mr.
Jones, of Washington, a member of the
house river and harbor committee, are-
we especially indebted. Both these
gentlemen should be held in kindly
remembrance by the people of Oregon.
It is fortunate for us .that Mr. Jones is
member of that committee, for he is
not only a friend of Oregon, but he is
one of the strongest men in tne house,
and is recognized as one of the leaders."
Arranging West Virginia Scale.
Indianapolis, April 18. The execu
tive board of the United Mineworkera
of America began a special session at
the Claypool hotel to consider questions'
that have arisen out of the strike situa
tion in the bituminous district. The
proposition of the operators in the
Kanawha field of West Virginia to pay
an advance of 3 per cent in wages was
taken up, and a message of instruction'
Bent to the representatives of the min
ers, who were to meet tonight at
Charleston, W. Va., in joint scale com
mittee with the operators.
Canadians Buy Mexico Car Lines.
Mexico City, April 18. The report-
ed sale of Mexico electric tramways to
the Mexican Light & Power company,
Canadian corporation, has been con
firmed. Werner, Beit A Co., of Lon
don, Bold all their holdings for $11,
250,000 gold. The actual cash paid
will be $6,250,000.