Show I 1 FIRE FIRE 13 BURNING IN SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO LAST NIGHT I 1 I 1 P gium wis was visible isable front from oakland la nd lack of water to extinguish smoldering N ebbers embers san francisco 40 april aril 22 the fire alre having exhausted exhaust etl itself with the exception caption ol 01 uie tile sll naming flaming embers in a thotis thousand and places hero here and there e through the br bli ned district the associated socia ted press prem for the purpose of f determining with accuracy tile ilio boundaries of the con conflagration fl 1011 sentous sen sent tout out an autor automobile nobile tody today which skirted tho tire on its hides the register of this machine at the theand end ol of the tri trip p showed that it had I 1 traveled twenty six miles chica thorer thor ore may ho be taken as the length of the tin line along which the flames traveled this ahei included the tal commercial and most of the demaly dem aly populated portion of the residence district with all the splendid and great mansions that had grown up tip with the progress of the 1 cli city ly 1 trip through burned district the start of tle tour was made from the pacific mail fall lock dock at the earlier corner ot 1 I first and brann brannin in streets traveling along the north line of brannan the alre ato ate its way vay to Sc second ond where t crossed the sti sarc ap and consumed tile tho warehouses uses of fac ue great wine firm of 0 f Lach mali 1 jacoba at the southeast tout liea it corner of brannan and second then it moved along the west line of second to townsend and along the north nn in of 0 TownE townsend end to tn seventh on tills this particular front A lt licked up th the degreat great building of the gou southern thern at tho the corner of fourth and townsend strato this building was formerly the main offices of the styx l tem under the ihunt ington regime but of late years had been used by th the auditors of tile tho freight vied and departments of lt it contents only t the records record were saved cleaning streets bu directly ji front of the rueni ruins thero there was already evidence of the undaunted spirit tl that at animates the citizens of salk sai francisco in this cries crisis Is for men were at work cleaning the debris from koirth street in order that the southern pacific might run spur tracks northerly iheria along the the line ol 01 0 fourth in fil market for tho the purpose of carryl carrying ng away he immense mases ma ina ses of bricks and ruined material littering the streets and the sites ol A the business houses that so lately crowded that area and in this con lection is noted that the freight and passenger depots along the southern line of Town townsend senJ street as far east as third though built in the most fragile manner end of the most perish alle able materials were not so MI much as scorched standing at tho the corner it f fourth fourth and Town bend streets ones eye caught the inns of the great brick catholic church if st rose one block distant on an brinnan near fourth which ame osroe carbt years ago guttered fuffered a visitation of fir and had only lately risen on its ruins in which seemed to bet be in perishable biriuk ant and stone I 1 in its ite progress the conflagration consumed all the dwellings along the line of capp to a point halt half way between nineteenth and twentieth leaving intact the row rov of residences fronting the line of twentieth between capp and the mission thence it burnel along the north cinq lin of twentieth to dolores at which point it war waft stayed by the great openings which were for formerly forni erly the jowish cemeteries of this city buta bich within a few years hive have been purchased hazed by the municipality and were in process of being converted into a pleasure 9 round ground here ire are encamped some of we the many thousands who are arc homeless fire was put out before leaving this district it may be mentioned that an independent fird was started wednesday morning immediately after the he trembler in tho dry goods store of c lipman at the corner of twenty second and mission this alre burned over an area of by feet but there beag being water in the mains at ahat time was checked garveling Tar northerly on dolores from twentieth was nothing but a waste to he be seen on the east line of dolores po scarcely arcely FL a vestige remaining of the I 1 randsome hand nand some structure erected hy the sisters ff nf notre dame at the northerly end of 0 dolores where it meets the extension of 1 market arket 11 street the flames were diverted by the great pare cut at that point eating easterly hence dilong along the south line of clinton park i to 0 guerrero Guerr ern and along the vast line of guerrero i in their course courar the halt half constructed hospital of Cath Catheri erlile to market whence the spread along aang tho southerly line of that thoroughfare easterly ese terly to gough thence along abe east cast line of gough to page along ti thea north line of page haft hafl way to ue octavia tavia sparing are row of buildings along the easterly line of octava as far as fell where here they reached to tie the paste easterly aly line of octavia ani an l along that line northerly to fulton where on the west side they were fronted by a half burned block that had been consumed by a fire started by an overheated lamp on the morning of the along mcalister Alleter Mc along the southerly line of mcalister the flames made their way to gomph stopping slopping long enough to consume abe northwest corner of gomph and thence along tho easterly line of goliah to golden gate avenue thence along the southerly rw line 01 ol bt golden gate avenue to van ness and along the easterly line of van vad ness nes to sutter suiter whore where they locks from the north side of sut silt crossed to the west side and burned ter and tho the east line of franklin through to clay in this district were included some r ot splendid mansions or of the city ch atef ef among which was the majestic hoi ho i of claus clans spreckels at a the corner of clay and van ness this splendid piece of i architecture done in brown stone in the chateau style and adorned with I 1 all that wealth and taste could gather still mill stands though blackened by the ordeal arld and div divested osted of all its beauty a melancholy test testimony mony of the futility of human endeavor still burn burning along the easterly side of van ness toward fort mason tile the fire reached gree greenwich along the south line of which it spread to larkin and along the baet line ot of arkan 1 to lorn lom hard bard thence along the south line ol of lombard I alard to hyde and along the cast cas line of hyle to chestnut easterly thence along the routh r line of chestnut to lo taylor thence along the cast lino line of taylor to bay along the kouth line hn 1 of day to mason and down the east side of mason to the city front t oases among ruina I 1 within this vast of smoldering embers were found three oases cases where human beings still luve have their as before the great conflagration on one e of these wass was to be seen on the very summit of telegraph ah hill perhaps a score of homs homes still stand at tho the north northwest wes corner of af jons jones and green the residence dence of 0 D baldwin the r real eat estate dealer in the na mills building Is in still habitable across the way at the north west mrs I 1 edward r dwar hu ll 11 her r has preserved her home on a cout southerly herly line of grec Gre greenaa enat at 10 09 to 1017 areto are to be found the residences of mr kirk harris george T phillips B J birdsall wm win hanke charles obrion and martin artin Nl fussier i in tills this cluster are alro the horned of H P Liver livermore pore capitalist on vallejo Ie between tween jones and ar taylor aylor miss K M 1 I atkinson 1032 broadway homer parker karkor 1030 broadway ell sheppard capitalist at vallejo and taylor rev jos jog worcester cester 1030 vallejos Valle jor livingston jenks northwest corner of val lojo abild taylor thomas thomais richardson lumberman 1032 1030 vallejo iN morgan lorgan sheppard 1034 vallejo frank stone insurance 1036 vallejo mrs virgil williams widow or of the artist and of the elder mr polk father of willis polk the architect arceli there are also six sets of flits flats in this vicinity which remain intact the courageous men and wornon women who saved their homes by main effort while a soa of flame raged and roared about them iri id their great thankfulness for the mercy that has been bown them have on only this small complaint to make that in their distress they have been quit caban donod by the cow constituted authorities aties ties and for their protection have organized a patrol system of their own each man of tho the number taking a two it hours 0 urs task of duty duly I 1 some 00 houses lying ort on the couth and east slopes pt telegraph hill remain to attest the efficacy of the juice of the grape in quenching the lames flames when water failed fa for r in this qua quarter arter the householders many of whom are italians saved their tasir abodes by a free use also of the red stored in their ciel cellars the rod red walls walle of the houses slow show tile the stains where cla claret soaked sacks lind hn d been used to cool the heated walls wall of the buildings the one remaining spot unburned in the district is bounded by montgomery battery jackson and washington VAs hington in this district is the appraisers building in which is stored a halt half million dollars orth of valuable wares belonging to io the importing of san francisco tho saving of this and the adjoining buildings being a ascribed to the heroic endeavors of captain wolf and his men of company D I 1 twenty second IT S infantry autry who with such means as they had badat at hand succeeded suc ceded in fighting oft off the devouring element |