Deseret Evening News | 1906-04-19 | Page 8 | San Francisco Mint Escaped Serious Damage

SAN FRANCISCO MINT ESCAPED SERIOUS DAMAGE Washington April AIrl 19 The United Pollet States mint at al Sin San r escaped e eald ml eri tilts oils llamas from Crom tim the Ihl earthquake and the and mind 18 its I of gold and silver and Ind bullion bulon Amounting to 10 about 1910 Is I inCA Ife fe the director of or the tho mint mini this morning received It n tel 11 telo w gram Iral from Supt leAch Lench dated Oakland yesterday which pays Sun thun ll early Irly this morn mornIng mor leg Ing by hy terrible I earthquake followed by b Ore fire which hafl hl burned burel the greater part of or lre the hl ln district Mint not much by ly shocks limit but thu big 1 badly shaken mind and may have OVA to 10 rome core down but not sure suro lurt about It nol Every building mound the tho Ihl entire entre mint burned burnell to the ground It I li he lionly hon only on I building not destroyed for tot blocks block I r reached building before worst wort of ot the lira fire lre came Orating finding a 0 lot hOt of or our men frn stationed Il iii t points of vantage from rOot roof to base basement mont ment men I and Ind without apparatus and ami help h lp from lire department we A successfully ought fought lre tho lira lime 11 away Awny although nil all al limo Iho windows on out Mint avenue and Ind back chile aide 1111 third story tor were burned out lire com leg Ing In drove us lie 11 back for tor a 1 time Ad Adjusting Adjusting rooms and ond refinery renneI damaged som CainE and heavy h ny tone stone cornice on that Ihal Wo sIde of or building melted off of The Tho ho roof root burned some little G O J H It Sixth V 1 1 8 S Infantry wn Was with six tx m uncut IMn n s M nt by ly commanding of or department who rendered aid