Show SAN franciscan HORROR terrible elble destruction of me my by violent aud alii F flames fire results in all parts of metropolis geological scientists say no connection between quake and eruption it was waa during tho the reposo repose ot of 1 morning the sprang M alioe dask casting its golden rays nevadas and ana striking down into the peaceful slumbering valley of tile sacramento all the western hemisphere was at peace with the elect ats suddenly thero there came an awful growling and crashing beneath bourath the very cun tro of at san francisco andla and in a tenth of tho the space ot of time required to describe tho the event falling walls and tire combined to work on tho the metropolis of tile the pacific the tha most appalling natural calamity which has occurred on this continent sinco since the landing ot of the pilgrims the destruction that has be lccy en a accomplished Is almost incalculable the inferno of flames which burst forth simultaneously in various parts ot of the abe city was rendered still more terrible by tho the repeated qu akings of tho the earth by which the rescuers were in momentary nien tary danger of being buried with the dead beneath the fil falling p structures Thov carti rits mother earth carth proved as treacherous as a deadly snake and tho the usual ocean breeze by a strange perversion or of nature ria ture hauled around to a point where it fanned tho flames to intensity and became a deadly agent of destruction the general dismay ot of the populace lacu was augmented by tho the constant roar of dynamite explosions made in a vain effort to check tho the progress of tho flames tho the vast pall of smoke that blotted out tho the sky shy did not tend to allez alle the tha general anxiety yet in such surroundings calculated to inspire universal panic and madness thero there were performed numberless feats of heroism that will remain on tho the scroll of time as illustrious proofs ot 0 the ho which Is hidden ben beneath catli tile ali e surface surface or of ordinary life cool heads beads and brave hands with stout hearts behind them performed their work of rescue in tb the very face of death and even bhende serl bable horror of tho the was overcome sau san F francisco a vich and proud city has been swept by fires before and haa like he ashes moreover she has more than ahau once experienced earthquake tremors which were to say the least injurious and menacing but america is a cemented nation the disasters of one section bring together in ono one grand sympathetic bond tho the inhabitants of the others all anxious and insistent upon holding out the helping hand and voicing words of 0 sympathy to the afflicted sister states cities and towns throughout tho the entire union have offered unstinted assistance in ili the way of money food clothing all and medical attendance with which to relieve the want not only of san francisco but also tho the other california cities and towns which have suf suffered ferea wi with ith the metropolis of the state no connection with vesuvius coming althis disaster did practically coincident with the calamity in ili italy many persons suppose that there was a direct relation ll 11 between the two this idea bodei homeier ho weier or Is 13 logically contradicted b by director charles D walcott I 1 of the geological survey mr air walcott holds that there is no possibility of a connection between tho the earthquake and tho the italia Ital lri volcano for these two are arc entirely different scientific phenomena cespon abble tor for such buch earthquakes quakes and volcanic disturbances great earthquakes says mr walcott in tho the already hardened shell that surrounds thu inner mass that shell must give way at somo some point aside from the contractions ot of tile e earths arth surface another cause Is given that might affect the changing of the surface of a given part of the world this cause Is tho the accumulation of a vast weight of sedimentary deposit brought down by rivers for example the MI mississippi 8 sis sippi river is entirely mado up tit ut of tho the deposits of the streams washing down from higher lands the weight of that deposit would bo be difficult to calculate and resting upon a portion of tho the earths shell might occasion Us its sinking this theory Is hold held by some settle in III connection with tile california disaster for tile alio lah r Is tile tho depositor of vast weights of sediment in ili tho the pacific waters near sau san francisco 1 are arc never caused by volcanoes but by faulting plains this ta is particularly truo true of both seaboards aea sea hoards boards ot of the united states mr walcott and other scientists of the geological and geodetic surveys agree that scientifically the recent disturbances were caused ly by conditions identical with those pertaining during the earthquake which demolished moli moll shed Cliar leston S C on august 31 volcanoes cause shaking ot of tho the earths crust but the disturbances occasioned b by pent up gases eases seeking to escape aro are felt only locally the cause generally attributed to earthquakes Is tho the gradual cooling of the earth which is known to still be a molten mass inside when any object cools it contracts and so will tho the earth as it grows colder this contraction would unavoidably cause a disturbance disk |