SAN FRANCISCO IS
UTTERLY DESTROYED
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flames which soon consumed them en
tirely. The Palace hotel was consumed
.tv flames and from the wreck more
than 100 Unites have U’en taken.
The tire is spreading rapidly in the
residence district and the whole city
.cents doomed. The governor has or
ered out the militia to preserve order
as t he population is distracted and be
yond the power of the police to control.
The last days of Pompeii are being
enacted and the scenes of horrible
reali^nt art* indescribable. Many peo
ple have been driven insane front ter
ror and run helplessly about raving in
alter distraction. The police are dyn
amiting buildings as rapidly as iH».i
Morgues Filled W ith I>ead
San Kraneiseo. \priI IS l I*- m*
So far as known hundreds of persons
have been killed and thousands in
jured. The morgues art* tilled with
lead ami wounded, and the Pavilion
has been turned into a hospital for
maniacs ami injured persons. 1 he t*n
iiv w aterfront is ubla:*'. I he post
•dtiee budding at Seventh and Mission
street Collapsed entirely. The Kish
Marke culiutw ,1, carrving six persons
down to death in its fail. The Prand
,per« bouse s new burning and sever
»re aflame.
lias Works Blow Up
Tin hi!** gas "Oiks building has
ust blown up ami started a fresh and
terrible hla ** south of Market street.
>;ig buildings all over the business
districts a tv bunting fiercely. I 'epos*
tors e a run on the banks a few
media’ • oles*tl.
Tin r.ayor has appointed a tvliel
\u- wivde business and burnt districts
s 'th 'instructions to shoot to kill unv
n*rs' its eriptirg to steal.
\ si I’t's ll : ■ l ■ ' \ htl '
■oinb .!* d to issue from the Chronicle
•uildieg, which is st: I uninjuretf. If
s ust ere-s Market street 'rotn t m
Kxaininer site but »a> scarcely atlee
ed Ip the shock which wrecked the
Kxam per and t a!1 blocks.
Block in Oakland Collapses
The !•' upiro building in Oakland col
lapsed few minutes ago. killing hun
dreds. This was the first disaster
acres- tin bay.
The twelve-story Mutual Life build
.ng coliapst-d at noon. The eighteen
-IOI V fall building is still burning, it
i- « -r ■ 1 frame and only part I v eol
apstu. The new Monadnock build*
ng. nea-ly completed, has just col
aps«-d. The Palace hotel wreck is
-till bum vg. The flames continue to
-pread atic muscat ions point iO t lit■ en*
'ire tie-' uc* ion of the wholesale and
.-tail • strict in the tire.
The Postal Telegraph operators have
use d< - r d their post after working
-heir'hands for hours. The building
- ah: *■ t - go. The Western Pnion
•itiihii; • i- threatened and will soon
, ’ '
heekid. of which there -eems no
• H issibi iity.
hree i nib - and the vibrations were
if extraordinary severity. I’he second
-hock !;.-ted one minute.
City Hall Collapses
San Krrnc.-co. April Is At I o clock
he great, city hall building, covering
hi. block- and costing s7.ooo.ooo. col
ap-.'d from a tremor that -hook down
nanv other buildings. The . arth con
. inues to tr» nWe noticeably from time
*o time and buildings keep falling.
Great masses of debris from the
wreck-. ■ heaped along all streets in
An- bn-ines- district.
People Desert the City
Uh, 4*iy will Im‘ practically deserted I
onicii’ except for the workers. M.e
ial law prevails and the city is in
.-barge of regulars from the Presidio!
mdei* command of Gen* nil Funston.
The t all, Examiner, Palace hotel,!
Grand hotel, Spreckels. Idaho. 1 he*!
lan and l»H> other big buildings are!
mere scrap heaps. Many charred
skeletons have l wen taken fi'otn their
•uins. The police are keeping people
back from the streets where tall huild
ugs stand to prevent further casual
ies from falling wiiiv. More than
1!ih» residences have fallen in different
places and the wrecks have mostly
burned.
The Examiner building collapsed
tike an egg shell without a moment’s
warning. It is believed that at least
wenty persons are buried in the mins,
as that number of employes are row
ing who were known to be in the
building when it fell.
Stanford University Wrecked
Oakland. April 1* .*> p. in.-- A tele
phone message just received from Palo
Alto states that, tin- Stanford univer
sity buildings have collapsed from an
earthquake shock.
The telegraph companies have been
forced to leave San Francisco and are
establishing headquarters here. For
hours only one wire has been working
out of the city and that lias just been
cut off.
Business District in Ruins
Oakland. April 19 !> a. in.. From
I San Francisco by courier rI be entire
| business portion of the city is in total
ruins. The flames are still spreading
j and owing to the lack of water they
| cannot be ehecked. The firemen are
powerless. General Funston says
20.000 people are already homeless.
'Hie death list may reach 2000.
i Many bodies are mangled beyond
recognition and the workers cannot
leave the tiro region to bury the dead.
An appeal to the navy department
brought an order placing all available
naval vessels at the disposal of the
local military and they will carry all
! the unidentified dead to the sea for
I burial before decomposition sets in.
The department placed all vessels in
i the hands of the local authorities for
! any usi* possible.
City Obscured by Smoke
From Oakland tlu« city is obscured
by the dense volumes of smoke rising
from the Humes, which are visible
fifty miles. The onl\ hope of saving
any part of the city is by dynamiting
buildings in advance of the fire. 1 his
has been done to a great extent al
ready hut has so far not checked the
i onward march of the fire. I’ho supply
of explosives i> exhausted and the
Southern Pacific is rushing in special
trains carrying more.
The area of disturbance is spreading
I north of the hay. and Sacramento.
I l»ei keiry. Alameda ami many other
places are badly shaken up and mini)
! builtiings in them wrecked. This cit\
has MiiVered h ast of alt so far. It is
impossible to get complete reports as
nearly all wires are down.
The big army depot and commissary
! here was totally destroyed this morn
ing. Nothing was saved of an immense
stock of supplies which was awaiting
shipment to Manila.
Wrecks Park Buildings
Ti, Hold* n Hate park is almost a
wreck, nearly all it' buildings being j
demolished and the whole surface j
shaken up. The huge building cover- j
ing the ehildren's play ground col-j
: lapsed like a shell. The Cliff house)
was swept into the sea. It stood at
the ocean's edge. Not a vestige is
left of the big ferry depot at the foot i
of Market street. A third severe)
shock occurred last night at b o’clock i
and the earth is >till trembling. It is
* expected that another violent tremor*
may oecue at any moment and wipe
out ail standing buildings. Kach shock
so far has eau> d all buildings within *
the area of disturbance to collapse!
, like the striking of army tents.
Fire Chief Sullivan was temporarily
: buried and probably fatally injured by
falling walls this morning.
\sylum (iocs Down with 400.
Santa Clara. April lb The magnif
icent state asylum for the insane col-1
! laps. ii this morning, killing h*° in
mates. It is a total wreck. Already
_’g:> I..niies have been recovered. About
I To bodies are still in the ruins and lot)
patients escaped and are roaming
around the country.
Hundreds Dead in San Jose.
San Jose, April lb Half the build-1
ings in this city have collapsed and the j
list of dead reaches far up in the hun
dreds. The new hall of justice, cover
ing a block and costing s'xfO.000. is de
molished. The Presbyterian church, j
St. Patrick's cathedral and the high)
school are in ruins.
Kuin at Stanford
Palo Alto, April lb Only one of the
Leland Stanford Jr. university build
ings remains standing. Vll others,
ineluding the memorial church, the
j tinest building of the kind in the
world, have collapsed. Two students
■ were killed by falling walls and many
injured.
Santa Rosa Wrecked.
Santa Uo.<u April 19 Not a brick
or -'torn* building is standing in this
city. All are totally demolished, be
sides many frame buildings, and at
leas' lOO lives arc lost.
Jars Sacramento Valley
Sacramento. April 19 -All trains to
(takland have been abandoned. More
than 1000 feet of Southern Pacific
track south of this city disappeared in
a tissure this morning. The town of
Collinsville, on the Sacramento river,
was demolished.
Tremor Strikes Salinas
Salinas. April 19—A severe earth
quake shock was recorded here yester
day morning, coining from the north*
west. No lives were lost but half the ;
buildings in the city were destroyed
with a lo>s of $2,000,000.
Sends Medical Aid
Los Angeles. April 19-A special
train carrying seventy doctors and
four coaches of trained nurses left here
last night and was due to arrive in San ,
Francisco at 10 o’clock this morning.
Another carrying doctors, nurses and
extra policemen departed this morning
with orders to make record speed.
Like a Roaring Furnace
Oakland, April 19 ~> p- m. At 4
| o’clock the flames in the northern resi
dence district of San Francisco wore
slightly subsiding. In other localities
they were blazing like a roaring fur
nace. A car of dynamite which bad
just arrived from Portland was to bo
used in blowing up residences east
of Van Ness avenue between
Golden Gate avenue and Pacilic
avenue. Van Ness avenue is tho most
fashionable residence street in the city
and has raunv costly houses. The
Hibernian Savings bank lias been de
stroyed with its vaults unopened.
Gen. Funston is considering the ad
visability of calling for more troops
from Vancouver Barracks to relieve
those now working, who are almost
worn out by continuous labor without
rest. Special trains from Vancouver
are expected to arrive in Sacramento
in the morning with tents and rations.
The supplies will be brought from
there in automobiles as no trains are
running because of the breakage in
tracks.
Many persons have dropped dead
from heart disease. Fire Chief Sul
| livan. who was injured in' falling walls
I yesterday, is dying. More than twenty
1 policemen have been injured, some of
j them fatally. Firemen and soldiers
: are falling from exhaustion and many
iate lying under wagons asleep with
I (lames leaping all about them.
Mechanics' pavilion, which was con
: verted into a temporary morgue for
jibe reception of 500 corpses which
i were rescued from the debris of the
' tirst ruined buildings, is now in ashes
j and iiiii'T i ban ion bodies were cro
I mated in its Maine. Not a street in
the city is safe for walls are Falling
i everyu here.
More than .'»000 injured persons are
j now in hospitals and at this hour the
! big'French and German hospitals are
threatened In approaching (lames.
Attendants are moving the patients
| into improvised teuis in Golden Gate
; park.
saves $100,000,000 From Mint
Superintendent I-each of tiie l’. S.
mint lias just wired to tlie treasury
department at Washington that all
tin* money in the mint was saved.
The amount was about 000,000.
Leach says the rescue of the money
and bullion was due to the efforts of
Lieut. Armstrong of the Sixth infan
try and his men, who worked heroical
ly at the peril of tiieir lives until all
was saved.
The walls ol the St. Francis hotel
have just collapsed. The criminal
element is increasing in number* and
six ghouls have been shot up to this!
hour. Two steamers are now loading
with refugees at the foot of Jackson
street. Their destination is unknown.
Fifty new fissures have opened today
in as many new localities and tremors
are almost constant. A high wind is
blowing towards the residence district
carrying the lire embers that way.
while the flames continue to devour
remaining buildings in the business
portion. The new *.‘>.<>00,000 l-air
mount hotel is ablaze and the mam
moth Southern I’acitic passenger depot
at Third and Townsend has burned to
the ground.
Tlx* panic among the people is inde
scribable and uncontrollable. Groups
of maddened men and women run
shrieking through the streets and the
soldiers and police can do nothing to
restrain them. Many millionaires are
; penniless and almost the whole popu
lation will he reduced to beggary.
Many Killed at Napa
Napa was partly wiped out and it is
Our Brand “WEIGHT GUARANTEED"
When you see a tent set up look at the
brand and it is a safe bet it was made
by us. THERE MUST BE A REASON.
Seattle Tent and Awning Go.
Our gQflds are on sale by all reliable
merchants in this neck o’woods.
We make mining hose of all kinds
reported that the death loss there was
heavy although details are lacking.
San Jose Wiped Out
San Jose, April 19—3 p. in. This
city is practically wiped out. Martial
law has been declared and the hospi
tals are crowded with dead and dying.
Twenty Dead at Santa Clara
11 is reported from Santa Clara that
the courthouse and six other buildings
were razed to tin* ground by an earth
quake shock and that twenty persons
were killed in tlie ruins.
Appropriates Money for Aid
Washington, !>. C.. April ID- Con
gress this morning passed a joint reso
lution appropriating $."»(X),000 for the
relief of San Francisco and other
stricken cities of the California coast.
This afternoon another resolution w as
passed appropriating $1,000,000.
Kills Bridal Couple
Salinas. April 20 The earthquake
shock caused a chimney ta fall through
the roof of a house at llolliber. killing
a bride and groom, just wedded. The
building was badly wrecked.
Seattle Headquarters
All Alaskans going to Seattle on
business or Tor other purposes are
cordially invited to have their mail
addressed to themselves in care of the
Industrial Bureau of the AlasKa Cen
tral Bail way Company. Lumber Kx
change Building, Seattle, Wash., and
to make the Bureau their headquarters
while in that city.
Alaska Central Railway Co.
G. W. PALMER
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Prospector's Outfits High
est Prices Paid for Furs....
Knik P. O. Alaska
O. LASCY
D. S. DEP. MINERAL and LAND
SURVEYOR EOR H1L DISTRICT OF ALASKA
< *i vil Engineer, and Land and Min-,
ing Attorney. Address Seldovia,
Alaska, or in care of Mail Agent,
Steamer Dora.
FRANK H. LASCY
U. S. MINERAL and LAND
Surveyor for the District of Alaska.
and NOTARY PUBLIC
Addres: Seldovia. Cook Inlet, Alaska. |
or care Mail Agent, Steamer Dora,
GLACIER SALOON
R. Weierman & H. Hitchcock. Proprietors
Wines, Liquors & Cigars
Glacier Creek, Euruagain Arm. Alaska
TINNING PLUIVIdIiHU
HARDWARE |
Guns, Ammunition, Mechanics Tools, Cutlery.
Nails, Glass, Rope and Building Paper.
STOVES AND RANGES I
GRANITE AND TINWHRE
I I Jl Fourth Ave., Seward, Alaska
• L—• VJ EX Em ■ Prompt attention given mail orders
THE SEWARD CLUB
Fourth Avenue, Seward, Alaska.
THE ALASKA TRANSFER
CHRISTIENSEN &. LAUBNER, Proprietor*
m. _i r* Special attention to City Trade
Pianos and Safes Moved C|,;u,tourofder.,er
General Forwarders phone main seward. Ai**ka
gg———m—F-ty w—i——
Spring Is Here
With its 8eauty and Sunshine,
but also with its ailments.
What Are its Ailments?
Impure blood, weak constitutions and irregular bowels.
If you feel stupid, lazy and mean; have boils, pimples and erupt ions
on the skin, you should at once begin to use
Sarsaparilla with Celery
It contains iodide of potassium and iron, and is the best general
tone and blood purifier known. Purifies, recruits and stimulates th»*
circulation, and stimulates the secretions of the entire system.
In the Clutches of the Grip
If precedents count for anything, it won’t be long until la grippe
will have many of us in its clutches. No need for alarm, however, if
you are provided with a supply of (Juikerettcs (irip Cure. -r» cents the
1m>x. “Forewarned is Forearmed.”
Prescriptions
There is just this much about it: if your prescription is filled by n>.
it is filled just as the doctor intended that it should lie. It should af
ford you a good deal of satisfaction to know that.
OWL DRUG CO. ™D
CHAS. A. TECKLENBURG
THE SEATTLE BAR
-t- ONLY THE BEST
Wines, Liquors and Cigars
Bohemian and Olympia Beer
FURNISHED ROOMS WITH STEAM HEAT
Fourth Avc. and Washington St. Seward Alaska.
HE COMMERCE
FOURTH AVENUE
A Gentleman's Resort and (dub Rooms
FURNISHED ROOMS
We Purchase Gold Dust at Regular Rates
PETERSON Be BROWN, Proprietors
HOTEL McNEILEY
Completely Renovated. New Management. Hot
and Cold Water. Modern, Plastered Rooms.
Electric Lighted. Baths. Reasonable Rates.
11A W KI N S & W HIT T E M O R E. IbtOPKi K t o it s
Fourth Avenue. .... Seward. Alaska
NORTHERN QA LOONI
E. L. WHITTEMORE, Proprietor
WINES. LIQUORS AND CIGARS
FOURTH AVE. SEWARD. ALASKA
The New Oregon Cafe
The Only First Class Place in Seward
Open Day and Night
D. C. BROWNELL
THE ONLY EXCLUSIVE
I
Hardware Store
F C HALE President DICKERMAN. Vicc-Prcs
BANK OF SEWARD
Transacts a General Banking Business
We receive deposits, buy and sell exchange, foreign and Uom-stic: buy gold
dust and bullion: make collections. All business committed to ,:ur care will
receive prompt and careful attention . — —
Your Business is Solicited
WAGNER’S PLACE
FRED WAGNER. Proprietor
WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS
A Good Time and Right Treatment for Everyone
ARTHUR R. BOYLE
Expert Watchmaker, Jeweler and Optician
See my solid 14k gold, high grade, Lady’s Waltham and Elgin watches
at $30.00- regular New York prices. Gentlemen's watches up to the
highest grades and all jewelry at equally moderate rates.
Chronometers repaired, adjusted and rated.
At HU/I nDllfl ^TflBF building vacated
Uff L I/I\U1J O I "IlL by Bank of Seward, next week