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Show 72 Page - THE HERALD. Provo, Utah, Thursday, April 18. 1985 Official Ups Record of Deaths in '06 San Francisco Quake vist, who has spent two years contacting relatives of missing people and checking numerous records, said she now has the names of 1,500 persons who are SAN FRANCISCO iL'PIi The San Francisco earthquake which occurred on April 18, 1906. killed more than 1.500 people, three times the officially announced toll, according to a new study by the city historian. A year after the disastrous quake and fire, the city Board of Supervisors announced the total number of dead was 478. In 1908. the state Board of Health said 503 died, and the US. Armv's official count was ashes. Most of the newly reported victims were living in the "south of Market" area inhabited mostly by poor newcomers to the city The very poor lived there," she said. "When the earthquake struck and fire raced through this district, know.i to have been in San Francisco on that fateful morning and have never been heard from since. "The letters are still coming in," she said. "The count will continue to rise and could easily reach 2,000." She said it is likely hundreds went uncounted because they were 498. buried But Gladys Hansen, city archi these people weren't registered anywhere. They weren't voters and weren't in the city directory. They were transients. They just disappeared." Hansen sent more than 1,000 letters to historical and genealogical rubble or burned to in groups around the country asking and was never found after the quake. Her name was chec ked out and added to the list. them to puonsii in their newsletters an appeal for information about people who may have died in San Francisco in the great quake. She checked each report carefully against available tax records, Another letter reported down in the family Bible." The cause of death is known for only 260 victims of the quake. Of these, 75 died of burns. 74 were crushed to death and others died of asphyxiation, exposure and heart that Thadeus Gillham, a barber living on Market Street, vanished in the quake. Hansen did not count him because she found a T.W. Gillham, laborer, listed in the city directory in 1907 and he could have been the same person. "We decided to put Fannie C. Marsh on the list because we received definite statements from the family that she was here and voter records, hospital records, school registrations and other his- torical records. that after the quake the family talked about her death and wrote it If she found cor- roborating evidence, the person was added to the toll. Gladys Sparrow of Porter Corners, N.Y., wrote that her great aunt, Minerva Patten, born in Ohio, was in San Francisco in 1906 attacks. Fifteen people were known to have killed themselves. Projecting these known causes to the 1,500 known dead in the quake, Hansen concluded at least 86 people were so affected by the disaster that they took their own lives. National Briefs Sat and Jury Deliberates Fri., Clown Bribe Case Sunday Only! BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (UPI) -jury ponderod Wednesday the case of a mother accused of trying to bribe "Tickles the Clown" to keep silent about a prank at her daughter's graduation. The Superior Court jury started deliberations late Tuesday afternoon in the case of Mary Diorio, 36, of Fairfield, who faces a possible 10 years in prison on charges of tampering with a witness and bribery. Diorio also is charged with breach of the peace for allegedly hiring Robert Fuller, who performs as Tickles, last June to toss a pie in the face of a Fairfield school official who had disciplined her daughter. Prosecutors said she paid Fuller $34.95 plus a $10 tip to throw the pie and later offered him a $10,000 bribe not to discuss the incident. A USE YOUR CHARGE OR BANKCARD i V 40 r She was in the courtroom Wednesday as deliberations resumed, chatting with friends and joking with her lawyers. Defense attorney Joseph Ganim summed up his case as "a story about a clown who threw a pie and never got arrested." Bonanno Enters Plea Bargaining - SAN DIEGO (UPI) Joseph Bonanno Jr., son of a reputed former New York crime boss, has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge in exchange for dismissal of four conspiracy charges in a federal drug case. Under the plea bargain, Bonanno, 39, pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court to making a false statement to a federal agent. He faces up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine when he is to be setenced on the charge June 10. But Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Lasater told Judge Leland Nielsen he would recommend Bonanno be placed on probation. Four cocaine conspiracy charges against Bonanno are expected to be dropped. Bonanno, 39, is the son of Joseph "Joe Banannas" Bonanno Sr., a former New York organized crime boss. Mayor, Where Were You in '62? FESTUS, Mo. (UPI i - 1 1 . Teenag- ers and some adults are upset over a plan by town officials to erect concrete barricades on Main Street this weekend and put an end to the decades-oltradition of cruising. On Friday and Saturday nights, dozens of teenagers get in their cars and drive up and down the six blocks between the McDonald's restaurant and Majik Market, an grocery. "We ride around and talk to our friends," said Chip Gillie. 16. "It's dp Cr.njc:izite i w.;- - d I I Widest I pocnAhclewzUS coarstnaiatoa. CxJafrtS fcfyfctor wft cargo fro T, all-nig- Novelty Company Admits to Fraud NEW ORLEANS ilTli - Less than hours after its indictment in a kickback scheme, a novelty company pleaded guilty Wednesday and agreed to return $400,000 to the disastrous 1984 World's Fair, The reimbursement by East Coast Jewelry was approved by creditors nl the riverfront expo, which shut down Nov. 11 more than $100 million in debt, and by a federal bankruptcy judge overseeing is fiscal i r lf m . i 15. ..,.... - , ' Reg. oFf 16.50-24.0- O 1290 South state inOrem 225-950- 0 . O 0 Jmmmmmmm ; vfv IJxVf J Q O O 62nd South and Highland Drive in Salt Lake 272-866- 1 I i f V t I i t, , jr'tr. 8 i , ,;" - ' . l""l,in ' 1 SFiS? hrH .... . rTrA, s IffJX ,J h I Vl P4 f I UmMpJ Reg. 24.00 f Shop Fri. Q Jl -) CD till 23rd and Wash. 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Mayor Charles Earls and Police Chief Hon Scaggs decided last week to install concrete barn-cade- s this weekend through three blocks of the cruising route. The barricades would be in place weekend nights only. Many of the town's older residents former cruisers, themselves are against the idea "There were nighLs I d put Hlo miles on my mom and dad's car in those couple of blocks." said Julie Montgomery. 29. "I've gut a little boy who's going to be 4. and I don't want that taken awav from him." YS Jeans Park City Holiday village Resort Center j 1 |
