200,000 PEOPLE HOMELESS
SAN FRANCISCO (via Oakland by
Courier), April 19.—San Francisco this
morning Is a city of desolation, and
lurid flames are still spread over the
undevastated portions of the town.
The business portion is in ruins. The
flames, owing to lack of water, cannot
be checked. Superhuman efforts have
been made to repair the breaks in the
water mains, but owing to the fire and
the streets tilled with debris, little
progress can be made, and owing to
the lack of water the flames lick up
everything before them, absolutely un
checked
Firemen Powerless.
The firemen, who have been fighting
the flames for 24 hours, are powerless.
The fire departments of Sacramento
and other towns which escaped the
ravages of earthquake and fire, are
rendering all the assistance possible,
but they can do but little.
In Residence District.
The better part of the residence dis
trict is still standing, but the tire is
sweeping towards it. also practically
unchecked, for the same reason—lack
of water.
Two Thousand May Be Dead.
The dead may reach two thousand.
. dies are mangled beyond recog
nition. and are lying unburied, as the
workers cannot leave their work of
fire fighting to bury the dead.
An appeal was made to the navy
department for vessels to carry the
unidentified dead to sea for burial be
fore decomposition sets in, as it is
impossible to give them any other
burial. The department responded
promptly, and the government vessels
here have been placed at the disposal
of the city authorities for any use for
which they may be needed.
Valencia Hotel Collapses.
The Valencia hotel collapsed last
night., and seventy persons are known
to be killed Their names cannot be
laerned.
New Fissure Opens.
The Market street fissure, which
opened yesterday morning during the
first shock to a width of twenty or
more feet, is still widening, and a new
fissure has opened at Valencia amt
Twenty-sixth streets tin the Mission),
and buildings in that section have
been wrecked.
No Deaths in Palace.
Although it was reported yesterday
that 100 persons had lost their lives
in tin' l’alace and Grand hotels, it is
stated this morning that all the guests
of those hotels and the employes es
caped, though nearly all of them lost
all their belongings.
The St. Francis hotel, on Powell
street, is still standing, though it is
badly cracked.
Many escaped from the tlaraes in a
manner almost miraculous.
Saloons Are Closed.
Every saloon in the city that has
escaped destruction has been closed,
and martial law is strictly enforced.
Fire Chief Sullivan was hurled be
neath falling walls, and was probably
fatally Injured.
The Chronicle building is tottering,
and may fall. The elegant Spreckels
building, in which was located the
Call newspaper, collapsed, and it is re
ported that twenty-seven persons were
killed.
Golden Gate Park Wrecked.
St Ignatius' church and college,
costing two million dollars, were de
stroyed. and Golden Gate park has
been wrecked. The great building
covering the children's playground
collapsed, but so far as known no one
was killed.
Tumbled Into Sea.
The well known Cliff house tumbled
into the sea when the second shock
shook the city, and scarcely a vestige
of it has been left.
The big f< try depot at the foot of
Market street was wrecked, and Is
practically a ruin.
Telegraph and telephone wires
throughout the city have nearly all
been destroyed, and communication
with the rest of the world is by courier
to Oakland.
A Mysterious Explosion.
The Occidental hotel, on Montgom
ery street, and the California hotel
both collapsed. The roof of the Lick
house, one of the oldest hotels in the
city, w ts blown eft by a mysterious
explosion, and the earth is still trem
blb g.
A Third Shock.
A third shock occurred last night at
M o'clock, and move may be expected
at any n inute, and cause all the stand
ing buildings which remain to collapse
like striking the tents of an army. Big
buildings totti red. swayed and then
fell with a crash almost indescribable,
tilling the lir vith dust and scatter
ing debris far ami w.de.
Fear L oss >f Life.
It is feared that there was consider
able loss of life in the basements of
the ('all and Examiner buildings, which
collapsed yesterday.
Appalling Scenes.
The scenes are appalling, and they
grow more heartrending as time passes
and new horrors are revealed. Sisters,
brothers, wives, husbands, parents and
children have been searching all night
for missing relatives, and cries <>f
agony are heard amid the roar of
(lames and the crunching and grind
ing of tottering or falling walls. A
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DID you take advantage of our Spring Opening Sale? If not you should
not lose a moment in calling on us to inspect the elegant line of 1906
spring and summer novelties that are now being shown. Remember
these goods have been held in reserve and are entirely new.
Carpets
In all the newest designs and colorings. A few
specials.
Ruby Mills, Ingrain . $ .40
Defiance Mills, Ingrain . .60
Sovereign and Hercules Mills, extra super.
all wool, Ingrain . .. . .80
Dunlap Mills, Tapestry .90
Smith Bros.’, Tapestry. $1.00
Dunlap Mills, Velvet .$1.20
Smith Bros.’, Velvet .$1.60
Special prices on oilcloths and linoleums. All car
pets from 75 cts. a yard up, made and laid free of
charge.
Furniture
In our Furniture Department we are showing the
largest and most complete stock in Nome.
Weathered Oak, Golden Oak, Maple, Ash and
Spruce. Special price features during Spring
Opening Sale.
Lace Curtains and Portiers
A complete line of all qualities and makes in lace
curtains and portiers.
Regular price $ .75. Spring opening price . $ .55
Regular price 1.00. Spring opening price .. .75
Regular price 1.25. Spring opening price . . .95
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Satine Foulards
All colors, in assorted patterns, 30 inches wide. .20c
Arnold's Satine Broadcloth
Solid colors—Light blue, navy, brown, red, green
and white . 37!/2
Lawns and Organdies
A full line of plain colors and white. ... 15c and 25c
Dress Goods
Cash mere, Henrietta, Albatross, Serge, Cheviots,
Mohair, Voile and Grenadines in all the spring
shades and black.
Regular price rate. Spring opening sale $ .371/g
Regular price 75c. Spring opening sale.57
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Silk Shirt Waist Patterns
Plaids, checks figures and Moire effects in light and
dark colors.
2 patterns, 5 yards lengths, each .$4.50
22 patterns,, 5 yards lengths, each . 5.00
4 patterns, 5 yards lengths, each .5.50
x patterns, 5 yards lengths, each .6.00
2 patterns, 4 yards lengths, each .6.00
Mercerized Waisting and Dress
Material
Mercerized Poplins, light blue, brown, greens,
cream, cardinal and navy, at . 30c
Mercerized Crepes, white, cream, tan, red, navy,
green, at . 35c
Mercerized Moire, light blue, navy, red, pink,
green, white, at . 75c
Mercerized White Waisting and Dress Material,
in figured Swiss, Cheviot and Madras.25c to 75c
Cotton Cheviot Waistings
Ldght and dark colors, checks, stripes and
figure* . 17i/2c
Silk Mercerized Gingham
All colors, neat styles for shirt waist suits.,45c
Ginghams
Blue Ribbon Zephyrs . 15c
Leghorn Zephyrs . 15c
Percales
32-inch Juno Percales . 12^c
32-inch Gibraltar Percales . 12'/2C
36-inch Sea Island Percales .20c
White Linene Suiting
3 qualities . 15c, 20c, 30c
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Except
Saturday
constant stream of people all night
long have been going Into the tem
porary morgues looking for missing
relatives or friends.
150 Insane Persons.
Over 150 insane persons liave been
taken Into custody—men and women,
the young and old. their insanity being
due to fright and excessive grief over
lost relatives. A large number of
these insane persons have died since
being taken Into custody
Crushed in Streets.
When the first shock shook the city,
about 9 o'clock yesterday morning,
those who rushed into the streets at
the first disturbance were crushed by
falling walls. These included men,
women and children.
Obscured by Smoke.
This city is obscured by smoke, and
cannot be seen from a distance, al
though the smoke and flames are vis
ible for fifty tulles.
Dynamite Only Savior.
The only chance that is now left to
save the city is by using dynamite to
blow up the buildings. And even the
supply of explosives is exhausted, but
the Southern Pacific is rushing trains
outside to secure more.
Praying in the Streets.
The immense Southern Pacific office
building, on California street, col
lapsed, adding additional horror to a
scene of terror.
People are praying in the streets,
and the agonizing cries of men and
women and children may be heard all
over the doomed city.
All Hope Gone.
All hope seems to have been aban
doned. Every theater in the city has
either been wrecked by the earth
quakes or burned by the fire.
Loss. $200,000,000.
The loss to date, it is now estimated,
will reach at least two hundred million
dollars, i'll isis probably conservative,
as it will take days, perhaps weeks, to
arrive at anythin" like a correct total,
besides the immense numbers of build
ings that have been destroyed, many
millions of dollars’ worth of goods of
all kinds have been totally destroyed,
and many business men have been
ruined completely.
Stanford University Wrecked.
PALI» ALTO, April 19.—All but one
of the Leland Stanford university
buildings. including the Memorial
church, the finest structure of its kind
in the world, have been wrecked by
the earthquake which occurred yester
du> Two students are known to have
been killed, and many have been in
jured.
Insane Asylum Destroyed.
The magnificent state insane asylum
at Agnews, near Santa Clara, was to
tally destroyed by earthquake and four
hundred of the inmates killed. The
bodies of 225 have been already recov
ered. but more than 150 bodies still
remain in the ruins. Over 100 es
caped, and they are now roaming
about the country.
Half of San Jose.
SAN JOSE, Cal., April 19.—Half the
buildings in this city collapsed during
the earthquake shock, which was most
severe, and the number of the dead
will reach into the hundreds. The
new Hall of Justice, costing a half
million dollars, was demolished, and
the Presbyterian church. St. Patrick’s
cathedral and the high school are in
ruins.
Five Hundred Killed.
SANTA ROSA. April 19.—Not a
brick or stone building is left standing
in this once beautiful city. All were
demolished, and more than five hun
dred persons were killed. The desola
tion is awful.
Other Places Damaged.
OAKLAND, April 19.—Sacramento.
Alameda and many other towns have
been badly wrecked, but it is Impossi
ble to get authentic reports, as the
wires are down In every direction, and
chaos seems to prevail everywhere.
Supplies for Homeless.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 19.—On
receipt of a telegram from General
Funs ton, commanding the department
of California, calling for thousands of
tents and rations for the stricken peo
ple of San Francisco, the war depart
ment has ordered the commissary de
partment at Vancouver barracks to
forward tents and 200,000 rations.
Commissary Depot Destroyed.
OAKLAND. Cal., April 19—The San
Franlisco commissary depot has been
totally destroyed by fire. Nothing was
saved.
200,000 Homeless.
General Funston has just wired the
war department that 200,000 people In
San Francisco are homeless.
Ordered to San Francisco.
ASTORIA, Or., April 19.—The reve
nue cutter Perry has left for Sirtt Fran
cisco, with ordct's to proceed as fast
as possible to re! der assistance.
Medical Assistance.
LOS ANGEL -.S, Cal., April 19.—A
special train wi. h 75 doctors and four
coaches with Pained nurses left here
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Francisco at 11:30 this morning. An
other tret;,, carrying doctors, nurses
ind extra policemen, left this city this
morning.
Came From Northwest.
SALINAS, Cal., April 19.—The earth
quake yesterday morning was record
ed as coming from the northwest to
this city, half of which has been de
stroyed. No lives were lost, but the
property damage will reach $2,000,000.
Railroad Track Swallowed.
SACRAMENTO, April 19—All trains
to Oakland have been abandoned. The
Southern Pacific track, south of this
city, disappeared in a fissure, and more
than two miles was lost.
The town of Collinsville, on the Sac
ramento river, was demolished.
Fears Family Are Dead.
SEATTLE, April 19.—Mr. Howard
James, vice president of the Great
Northern Steamship Company, left by
special train this morning for San
Francisco. His family are there, and
he is unable to get word from them,
and he fears they have been killed.
The Harbor Ruined.
Steamship officers in Seattle have
received messages from San Franlisco,
expressing the fear that the harbor of
San Francisco has been ruined. The
tidal wave that sometimes accom
panies an earthquake was not pro
nounced, and it did little or no dam
age so far as can be learned, the water
being only violently agitated.
Oakland Slightly Damaged.
General Manager O. B. Mars ton, of
the Alaska Mercantile Company, re
ceived the following dispatch this af
ternoon from the company’s repre
sentative in Seattle:
"Expect to hear from your mother
soon. Do not expect to receive a reply
for Lawton for some time. Telegraph
company advise damage is very slight
in Oakland. Berkeley seriously dam
aged. A terrible flreis now raging in
the Crocker, Stanford and Hopkins
residences, across to Hayes street.
Dynamite is exhausted.”
CONNECTED
STORY NOT
POSSIBLE
Nugget’s Special Service.
SEATTLE, April 19.—It is impossi
ble to get a connected story of the ap
palling disaster that has overtaken
San Francisco.
Only one wire to the south is work
ing, and it is crowded with thousands
of messages, some of them a day old.
The citizens’ committee met this
morning, and an appeal will be made
to the people of Seattle to raise a relief
fund for the homeless people of San
Francisco. X. A. Nadeau is treasurer
of the committee.
OAKLAND, Cal., April 19—(By
Courier from San Frascisco, 2:45 p. m.)
—The whole city is at the mercy of
the flames. Half the residence district
is already consumed. The dynamite
supply, both private and that at the
government arsenal, is exhausted.
Fires in Fifty Places.
Now that there is no water to be
had, fires have started in fifty new
places in the residence district, by the
wind blowing embers.
The five-million-dollar new Fair
mount hotel is ablaze, and the South
ern Pacific’s mammoth passenger depot
at Third and Townsend streets has
been burned, and it looks as if the
city would be almost completely oblit
erated.
Flames Spread Westward.
The ruins of the big city hall, which
collapsed yesterday, have caught tire,
and the flames are spreading westward
to the fashionable residence district,
which is being rapidly deserted, al
though some linger to watch their
homes, only to see them consumed.
Four Ghouls Killed.
The soldiers who are guarding the
city have shot and killed four ghouls,
who were robbing dead bodies found
in the ruins. An outlaw element is
appearing, it is believed they are com
ing from other cities in other parts of
the state.
Berkeley University Damaged.
The state university at Berkeley is
badly damaged.
200 Corpses Cremated.
The Mechanics’ Pavilion, where 500
bodies, which were rescued from the
debris of the ruins, were taken, caught
tire and is now smoking ashes. Two
hundred corpses were cremated.
No Street Safe.
No street in the city Is safe. Walls
are falling everywhere, and more than
3,000 persons are now in the hospitals
suffering from injuries.
The French and +he German hos
pitals are threaten) d oy the flames,
and the patient-' a.'» bring moved int >
Improvised tents in GoldenGate park.
Ten Square Miles Devastated.
An area embracing ten square miles
of the city has been devastated, a
thousand city blocks wrecked, and 160
city blocks burned.
The Chronicle building fell this
morning, and Is now a heap of twisted
iron and ashes.
Maddened People.
Maddened men and women are still
running, shrieking through the streets,
and the soldiers and police are unable
to restrain all of them. Many men
who rose yesterday morning from their
beds millionaires are now penniless.
Twenty Killed.
SANTA CLARA, April 19.—The
county court house and six buildings
were razed to the ground and twenty
persons killed here yesterday.
Napa Wiped Out.
.NAPA, Cal., April 19.—This town
was partly wiped out by yesterday's
earthquake, and many people were
killed, the exact number not being
known as yet.
Nob Hill Ablaze.
OAKLAND, Cal., April 19.—At 2
o’clock this afternoon Nob Hill, San
Francisco, is ablaze. It is also re
ported that six more small settlements
in the vicinity of San Francisco have
been wiped out. and that a majority
of the inhabitants perished.
Police Officers Killed.
Police Sergeant Steve Brunner, Sr.,
was killed today by a falling wall of
the city hall building.
S‘ Francis Ablaze.
The St. Francis hotel is ablaze.
The insurance men say that losses
will be paid, regardless of the earth
quake clause.
Ira Orton Telegraphs.
Albert Fink this afternoon received
a telegram from Ira D. Orton, who is
in Princeton, Mo., the home of his
father. Mr. Orton stated that Mrs.
Orton was in San Francisco and he
was unable to hear from her.
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