| Show SAN FRANCISCO earthquake and fire bring death aej desolation to city at the golden gate the number of lives lost being esti mated at from to 1500 while the monetary loss is at least and may reach residents are living in public parks and on vacant lots the f re at san franc hat been gotten under control but only after the ent re bus ness sect on of the ty had been w ped out but a few bu edings on the arts be ng saved it is ble to est mate the loss of 1 fe and the total loss w II 11 probably never be know var ous est mates of the number of dead are made the agures be ng all the way from to 1 the property loss is est mated at from to A great many bu edings were gutted and much may be saved from the wreck while every effort has been made to ident fy the dead it s immoss ble to do so many bodies being entirely consumed in the flames Extra ord nary measures for rel ef have been taken con gress has abed 2500 i wh ie g ats of from to have been sent by lead ng f nanc ers of the country and everywhere offers of as st ance are made carloads of food are being sh aped to the suffer ng people and evereth ng poss ble done to relieve the r d stress the ty w II 11 be rebuilt of that there is no doubt san francisco the number of I 1 lives lost as the of the earth quake on wednesday april 18 and the terrible fire which followed will ably never be known as undoubted ly many bodies were burned to ashes and many will never be identified but it is known that at least are dead as the result of the terrible catastrophe while scores of uni denti fied corpses have been dumped into trenches unknown graves for the cake of preserving the public health the monetary loss as the result of the earthquake and subsequent fire Is simply appalling being placed at from to rol la V watt western manager of the royal queen insurance company and one of the most prominent ansur ance men on the coast was asked if he would hazard an estimate on the i financial loss he said i my idea is something like I 1 have heard other insurance men place the figure at we dont know it is simply too big for any human head to figure at this time after four days of chaos and such terrible destruction of property and hu man suffering as has seldom been wit hessed in all the past ages during which time almost the entire business portion of this great city and many i of its most palatial residences were destroyed either by earthquake or fire the flames were brought under control in some portions of the city and had burned thenice tea out in other places for lack of further fuel to teed the hungry maw of the fire demon but what vast and terrible destruct tion few of the magnificent build ings of the city are left standing and not a landmark that made the city famous remains nearly every house in the city is damaged the work of relief for the sufferers Is going forward as rapidly as ble the homeless are now being supplied with food enough for pressing needs carload after carload of supplies from eastern points and from sister towns of the stricken city are being received and distributed and it is believed that suffering from lack of food will not be great the greatest danger that now threatens the residents of the sand en city is the breaking out of a pestilence which may be caused from inability to preserve sanitary requirements but everything that can be done is being done to prevent uch an occur rence vast armies of men will be put to work at once to formulate meas ures of protection for the public health that the city will be rebuilt greater and grander than ever there is not the shadow of a doubt no sooner have the shouldering ing embers cooled than an army of men will commence jhb work of reconstruction men like james D phelan isaac guggenheim herman Ole reich W R hearst and hundreds of others who have buted to the up building of the ils of the pacific have not lost heart but are ready to make a new and 6 ander city on the rums of the old one the mail service of the city was re fumed saturday three hundred and flit men are at worl in the main ot fee at seventh and mrs on streets wh ca escaped serious damage in spec tion by george R arm strong and postoffice Post office inspector 0 con nell show that all but fifty bags of mail which went through the fire have been recovered and Is now being hand led expeditiously nine branch offices are in operation all trains are carrying mail into the city and this is being distributed at the postoffice post office when was only partially damaged branch offices under the authority of the postmaster and fie military are established throughout tie city and the adjacent hills where the refugees are camped all mail matter should be addressed to the old street number in san fran cisco unless the new address is pos known money orders are being cashed as rapidly as funds can be se cured the postmaster has completed arrangements with the superintendent of the mint to convert into cash paper now on hand in the postoffice post office all money orders will be paid on demand and represent the only possible means of sending money into san francisco at present letters are being accept ed without stamps or envelopes and will reach their destination without delay homer S king president of the san francisco clearing house quoted as saying the banks are more than willing to help the people who have shared in the common distress chicago and baltimore recovered from even greater setbacks the people of san francisco have always been progress ive and are recognized as hard work ers there is no reason why they should not do the same the bankers will help to rebuild the city we are absolutely satisfied and assured as to our own standing most of the money that is put into cir cul atlon will be directed into channels where it will be most effective in the re establishment of business interests you may state that the poor peo pie and the wage earners who have suffered loss by fire should not be needlessly alarmed there will be no pressure for payment on the part of the banks we will wait we expect to operate in every respect with the people who must build the new san francisco san francisco is having a taste ot martial law when darkness falls up on the desolated city every inhabitant of the homes that are left standing are forced to grope their way about in darkness and when cooking Is to be done it must be done on fires built in the yards as no fires are allowed in side the houses this rule is made to prevent a further spread of the flames and in order to save as many homes as possible no chances are taken mayor has issued the fol lowing proclamation which citizens are instructed to observe do not be afraid of famine there will be abundance of food supplied do not use any water except tor drinking and cooking purposes do not light any fires in houses stoves or fire place do not use any house closets under any circumstances but d g earth closets in yards or vacant lots using if possible chloride of lime 01 some other disinfectant thus precautions are being taken to silence prevent disease and the danger of burned D str ct boundaries in the section north of market street the ruined d strict is practically bounded on the west by vanness av denue although in many blocks the flames destroyed squares to the west of that thoroughfare the vanness avenue 1 ne runs northerly to green street which is a few blocks from the bay then the boundary goes over telegraph hill and down to that portion of the shore that faces oakland practically everything in eluded between market vanness av erue greenwich and the bay is in ashes on the east side of hyde street hill the fire burned down to bay street and montgomery avenue and stopped at that intersection all south of mar ket street with perhaps some excel eions in the vicinity of the pacific mall doci Is gone this section is bounded on the north by marl et street and runs out to guerrero street goes out that street two blocks turns west to dolores runs west six blocks to twenty second street taking in tour blocks on the other side of dolores the fire then took an irregular course southward spreading out as far as twenty fifth street and going down that way to the southerly bay shore mission dolores church the oldest I 1 building in this city erected years ago by the spanish missionaries sur the earthquake shocks and was saved from the fire it is constructed of adobe brick the newer church built of anck adside of the old building suffered from the earth quake |
