Show FIRE VERSUS DYNAMITE OF tim F EXPLOSIVE asp 1 I AT SAN SALY FRANCISCO akay CISCO TO FIGHT FLANKS as three men of navy at risk of their lives place compound in teeth of oncoming 11 are wadic blocks lazed to prevent disaster through tho destructive agency of dynamite the section of san francisco still standing was saved at a cost coat of more than a million dollars this powerful compound was wielded by three cacti of 0 tho the U S navy sent by admiral mccalla from mare walla island with orders to chock check the conlin licious tantrum of nature reversed the direction of the west wind tu the aholo populous district to tho the west blocked with fleeing refugees and except liy by tho the disastrous claro on tho the water front seemed sate safe by 9 0 van ilan noss ness avenue Is flat as the earth on the east side every pound of at gun cotton did its work and though tho the riling burned it was but feebly from golden gats cate avenue on the north the tha fire crossed tho the wide street in but ono place tho claus spreckels reside residence on the corner of california street thoro there the flames were writhing up tho the walls walla before tho the dynamiters dyna miters could reach it yet they made their way to tho fou foundations dallons dat lons carrying their explosives despite tho the furnace like heat tho the chargo charge had to bo be placed so swiftly and the fuso fuse lit in such a hurry that tho the explosion was wag not quite successful from tho the trained viewpoint of tile tho gunners dut but though the walls still stood it 11 was waa only an empty victory tor for the fire as bare brick and smoking cing ruins are poor poop food for flames 1 WORK OF WEEK capt Alac BrIdes dynamiting squad realized that a stand was hopeless except on van ness avenue they could have forced their explosives further lt ift tho the burning section but not a pound ot 0 tho the terrible guncotton gun colton could be or was wasted tho the ruined block that met tho the wide thoroughfare formed a trench through the clustered structures that tho the conflagration wild as it was could not leap engines pumping brine through fort madison adleon Sl from tho the bay completed tho the little work that the guncotton had left but for three days the li haggard aggard eyed firemen guarded tho the flick cring ruins the desolate waste straight through the heart of tho the city Is it route mute witness to the most heroic and effective work of the whole calamity three men did this three simply because they would not trust their work to others and when their work was over and what stood of tho the city tor for the first time rested quietly they departed as modestly as they had bad come they were ordered to savo save san francisco they obeyed orders and capt and his two gunners mado made history on that dreadful night gration at any cost of life or property with them they brought a ton and a halt hall of gun cotton the iha torrI terrific fic power i ot of which was waa equal to the maniacal do termination of the fire capt macbryde was in command of tho the squad chief gunner adamson placed tho the charges and the third gunner sot set them oft off tho thunderous detonations deto nations to which tho the terri terrified flea city listened all that dreadful friday night meant the salvation of many lives A million dollars worth of property noble residences and worthless shacks alike were blown blohn to drifting dust but that destruction broke irit of the fire and sent tile the raging names flames cringing back over their their own charred path DYNAMITE A BLOCK DEEP the whole cast side of van ness avenue from golden gato gate to greenwich was dynamited a block deep daei though most of tho the structures stood untouched by 11 ame or cinder 01 ol one c rge failed no one building stood upon it foundations unless somo some second ma |