| Show THE SAN FRANCISCO DISASTER at this writing the worst concerning the disaster that overtook san francisco on the of last month is now no w a matter of general knowledge the damage by earthquake was comparatively slight and had it not been for the uncontrollable fire that broke out in various portions of the city soon after the I 1 most severe shocks were felt the damage f inflicted would not have necessitated the almost complete rebuilding building re of this once great business center the loss of life was not nearly linearly as heavy as at first supposed although ir many bodies will yet be found in the ruins when the clearing up time comes t strange as it may appear while the fires were raging in san francisco and commini cation with the outside world was an impossibility in reports were circulated in the stricken city that nearly all of the big cities of the united states had suffered a similar catastrophe one prominent mining man of salt lake who was encamped in golden gate park with his family the day after the earthquake tells how these rumors were in circulation as follows of course we were all at a high nervous tension and we ilent dept light during the first night along after midnight a man made the rounds of the camp telling everyone that salt lake had been destroyed and that the city had sunk into the ground not a soul being saved my wife who heard him was greatly excited and said it is no use john to struggle any longer the world is coming ito an end and we might as well make up our minds to die now many thousands felt this way the nervous strain was terrible and with some the effects will last many months with a few the aftereffects after effects will be fatal for one thing the calamity brought out all that is good and noble in human nature and generous to a fault were those who had a stitch of clothing i ng on their backs or a dollar in their pockets and salt lakers who went through the horror speak in the highest terms of the disinterested ai kindness and unrestricted generosity of residents of san francisco and the humanity and brotherly love noticeable among those who were strangers to each other iwhite the disaster for awhile interrupted all transactions on the san francisco mining exchange order has now been re stored and although crippled by its environments on the exchange is again doing business and the volume of trading will soon be as large as it was the day before the disaster many of the large machinery manufacturers were seriously injured some lost all but it is pleasing to know that the majority of such concerns with works outside of the quake and fire limit are doing business again although on a limited scale and it will not be long before they will have reached the limit of their usual capacity once again quite a number had main or branch offices and works in los angeles and in towns outside of san francisco and these some of whom are patrons of the mining review are filling orders as fast as they are received in the mb meantime antime arrangements are being perfected to build a greater san francisco and it is believed that the new city will eclipse the old one in solidity beauty and importance the widespread wide spread response to the call for assistance for the inhabitants and transients of the stricken city was beautiful to behold and this kindness this pity in the time of dire distress will long be gratefully remembered by the needy recipients |
