Show SAN FRANCISCO LIES T IN ASHES ashot 7 aza earthquake and fire bring death and desolation to city at the he golden gate gae the number of lives lost being esti mated at from to 1500 while the monetary loss is at least and may reach WO residents are arc living in public parks and on vacant lots the fire at san francisco has ha been gotten atten under control but only after the entire business section of the city had been wiped out but a few buildings on the outskirts being saved it Is impossible to estimate the loss of life and the total loss lose will probably never be know various estimates of the number of dead are made the figures being all the way from to 1500 1 the property loss is estimated at from to A great many buildings were gutted and much may be saved from the wreck no effort has been made to identify the dead and in fact it la Is impossible to do so many bodies being entirely consumed in the flames extraordinary measures for relief have been taken con gress has appropriated 1000 achile gifts of from to have been sent by leading financiers of the country and everywhere offers of assist once ance are made carloads of food are being shipped to mhd suffering people and everything possible done to relieve their distress the rhe city will be rebuilt of that there Is no doubt san ban francisco the number ol of lives lost as the result of the earth quake on wednesday april 18 and the th terrible fire which fol followed lomed will alit ably y never be inov n as undoubted ly many bodies mere burned to allies and man mani will mill never be identified dut but it is known that at least 50 ore are lead dead as the result of the terrible catastrophe while scores of uni denti fled corpses have apen dumped into trenches unknown gra gracs graca cs for the isake eake of preserving the public health the monetary loss as the result of the earthquake and fire Is simply appalling being placed at from to rol ROI la V watt western manager of the royal queen insurance company and one of the most prominent incur ence wen on the he coast was asked it if te be would hazard an ail estimate on tile the financial loss lie he said my idea is something like 1 I have heard other insurance men place the figure lt at N Q e an dont t know it is simply too big for any human head to figure at this time 11 after four days of ebaos chaos and such terrible destruction of proper property t y and hu in man suffering buffering as has seldom been wit lessed in all the past ages during which time almost almast the entire business portion of 0 this great city and many of its most palatial residences were destroyed either by earthquake or fire the names flames were mere brought under control in some bome portion port ions si of the city and had burned themselves out in other places for I or lack of further fuel to feed the hungry maw ol of the fire demon but what vast end and terrible destruct tion few of the magnificent build ings of the city are left standing and vot not a landmark that made the city famous remains nearly every house in the city is damaged the work of relief for the sufferers its is going forward as rapidly as ble the homeless are now being eup supplied plied with aith foud enough for their pressing needs carload after carload of supplies BUpp lles from eastern points and from rom sister towns of the stricken city are being rec received elied and distributed and it Is believed that suffering from pack lack of food will not be great the greatest danger that now threatens thre otena tile the residents of the stricken city is the breaking out of a pestilence which abich may bs be caused from inability to preserve sanitary requirements but everything that can be done Is being done to prevent such an occur rence vast armies of men will be put to work at once to formulate meas eures ivria of protection for the public health that the city mill w be rebuilt greater and nd grander than ever there Is not the shadow chadow of a doubt no sooner floener have the shouldering ing embers cooled than sn an army of men will commence tib work of reconstruction men like james jama D phelan isaac guggenheim herman Ole Oler reich elch W R hearst and hundreds hun dreda of others who have cortri g ted to the up vp building of we ilia is cl the hae baie not lost heart ut ti r readi to make a new ana grander city on the ruins of the old one the mail service of the he citi was mas re fumed saturday three hundred and fifty men inen are at work mork in ili the main ot of flee at seventh and ail mission Alis sion escaped serious damage in spec tion by 1 george it arm barong and inapt actor 0 con nell that all but fifty bags ol of mill which went ment through the fire havo been recovered and air Is ii now being hand led expeditiously aine branch offices are in ili op operation cration all trains are causing mall mail into the city and this Is being distributed at the he post alich was only partially pait lally damaged branch offices under tb h co authority of the postmaster and the military are established the city and the adji adjacent cent hills aher the refugees are camped all mall mail matter should be add essec to the old street number in san sail francisco unless the new address Is pos known money orders aie a I 1 e beina cashed as rapidly as funds can be se cured ibe postmaster has completed complete ii arrangements with mith the superintendent of the mint to convert into cash paper now on hand in the he lice all money orders will mill be paid on demand and represent the only pos possible bible meant of sending money mone into san francisco at present letters are aie being accept ed without stamps or envelopes cm eni elopes and will mill reach their destination without delay d lay homer S king president of the san francisco clearing house it quoted as saying the banks are more than willing to help br lp the people who mho have shared in tile the common distress chicago and Balti baltimore moie recovered from even greater setbacks the people of sar Pran francisco cisco hane hae always been progress lve ive and are recognized as aa hard work ers there Is no reason why the should not do the same the bankers will help to rebuild the city we are absolutely satisfied an and it assured as to our own standing most of the money that Is put into eh clr cul atlon will be directed into channels chan nelt where it will be most effective in tire tho re of business interests you may state that the poor peo pie and the mage ft age earners who mho have hait suffered loss by fire should not be ba needlessly alarmed there will be ng nc pressure for payment on the tha part 0 the banks bank lne e mill ft ill wait we W ie espee to operate cooperate co o in every re hect with UK or people who mho must build tire new sai Francl francisco co san francisco li 19 imlig a taste 0 martial law when hen darkness hills falls up on the desolated city every Inh abllan 0 of athe the homes that are left standing an forced to grope thir their way about li 11 darkness and when cooking Is to N b done it must be done on fires hullt built li it the yards as no fires are allowed in side the houses this rule Is made tc prevent a further spread of the it flames ames and in order to save as many hornet as possible sible no chances are taken mayor has issued the tol fol lowing proclamation which citizen are instructed to observe do not be afraid of famine there ther mill ft be abundance of food supplied dc D not use any water except for drinking and cooking purposes do not light any ires fires in houses stoves or fire place po do not use any house closets under suy any circumstances loit bat dig earth closets in yards or vacant lots using it if possible chloride of lime ol 01 0 some other disinfectant thus pre irions are being taken to prevent disease and the danger 0 of pes burned district Dietr lct boundaries in the section north of market street streel the he ruined district Is practically bounded or on tile the west by vanness av denue although in many blocks th flames destroyed squares to the wes weal of that thoroughfare the vannest avenue line runs northerly to green street which Is a few blocki from the hay bay then the boundary ROCS go es over telegraph hill bill and doat to that portion of the shore that tha t face oakland practically everything in eluded between market vanness vannesa av denue greenwich and the bay Is li ir ashes on the east side of alyde hill the file burned down to bay street streel and montgomery mont gomery avenue and stopped at that intersection all south of mar mail ket hot street with mith perhaps some excel alons 00 na in the vicinity of the pa ial mall dock la Is gone this section it bounded on the north by market street and runs out to Guerr guesro cro street boet out that street two blocks turns turna west to dolores runs west six blocks ti t twenty second street taking in fou fort blocks on the other side of dolores the fire then their took an irregular bourst southward spreading out Us aa far as ae twenty fifth street and going down that thai way to the southerly bay shore mission dolores church the oldest building in this city erected years yeara ago by the spanish missionaries sur the earthquake shocks and was sav d from the it fire re it Is constructed of adobe brick the newer church built of baiel alongside of the old building suffered from the earth 1 |