Show I SEEK REFUGE IN OAKLAND Thousands of Refugees Crossing the Bay From Burned City ity Oakland April 21 Driven from the San Francisco water front which was almost swept sept away by fire last nigh night t tand and early this morning thousands o oSan of ofSan ofSan San homeless are seeking refuge in this city today The survivors ors crossed the bay in ferryboats tugs and launches and were met at the Oakland wharves hancs by large relief com corn committees committees which at once set about the task of relieving the needy need and suffer ins in Those seriously injured were at once sent to the improvised hospitals hospital and food was provided for hundreds o of hungry persons Rigid Inspections were made for contagious diseases and a number of persons were placed in quarantine quarantine quarantine antine Along the principal streets of Oak Oakland Oakland Oakland land there was a picturesque pilgrim pilgrimage age of former householders who wh dragged or carried the meager effects effect they the had been able to save The sur stir survivors survivors who could not be cared for in Oakland made an exodus to Berkeley and other surrounding cUes cities where re relief relief lief committees are actively at work Pictures of Despair Utter despair was pictured on man many faces race which showed the effects sleepless days and nights and the theof of proper prop r food I Despite the fact that nearly nearh all th t the e churches pavilions and large larg halls hans of the city have been converted into temporary lodging places there ther will not be bp room enough tonight to ac accommodate accommodate accommodate all aU the people who have hav surged urged into Oakland The effort to toma ma even ordinary sanitation at atlese these lese congested places is a serious task and nd all tHe tIte medical men of the city are engaged 01 n 1 taking immediate charge ch rge of the lie refugees es who became ill Employment bureaus have been has hastily Lily ily established and men who vho are willing villing to work worl on railroads and nd other large construction schemes in various parts of California and Ne Xe Nevada Nevada vada are furnished with free transportation transportation tation to the scene of labor It is be believed men will be provided with work within the next few days and nd that the present Congestion congestion will not last ast |