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â€"â€"â€" San Francisco Shaken to its Foundations thredtened. _All _ day â€"longâ€"explosions shook theâ€" city and added to the terror _of the . inhabitants. i ; ‘MBre,‘many thousands ot peopre conâ€" fellated and. viewed the awful scene Great sheets of flame rose high in the Meavéns or rushed down some narrow street, joining midway between the sidewalks. « The dense smoke that arose from the fire districts spread out like an immense funnel and could have been seen miles gut at sea. Occasionaliy, as som> drug house or place stored with chemicals was reached, most fantastic effects were produced by the colored flames and smoke, which rolled out against the darker baokground. * Stanford University and Palo Aito suffered. At Stanford many of the handsome buildings were demolished and two persons were killed. One of them was Julius Hanna of Bradford. Pa., and the other was Otto Gurts, a fireman. Six other students are lying seriously hurt in ths Palo Alto Hosâ€" pital. _ J Reclaimed Land Aids Ruin. The greatest destruction occurred in that section of the city which was reâ€" claimed from San Francisco Bay. Much of the devastated district was at one time, low, marshy ground, covered by water at high tide. As the city grew it became necessary to fill in many acres of this low ground in order to reach deep water. A | The latest reporis at police hsadâ€" quarters showâ€" that the entire district surrounded by Vallejo,.. Howard _ East and Sansome streets, embracing pracâ€" tically the wholesale portion of ‘the clty, has been swept clean by the fire. The district bounded by Market, Eighth, and Folsom street« has been devastated. In the latier district are most of the ¢lty‘s finest and most substantial bulldings. The area covered by the flames up to the present time is about eight square miles, or several hundred clty blooks. Very little. if any, water, is available, and the blowing up of butldings by dynamite is the only means of cheoking the flames. Following the first shock, there was another within five minutes, but not nearly so ‘severe. Three hours later there was anothér slight quake. Great Damage. Reports from @istricts outside of San Francisco indicate widespread damage. San Jose, 50 miles south, lost many buildings, and from 15 to 20 persons were killed. The annex of the Vendome Hotel collapsed and the fires broke out. Residence Section Escapes. The damage by the earthquake to the residence portion of the city, the finest part of which is on Nob Hill and Paciâ€" fic Heights, seems to have been slight. 300 Dead at Santa Rosa. At 10 p. m. it leooked as if the entire clty, would be burned. Thousands of people ‘@re fleeing to the hills. It is beâ€" Heved the damage has reached $200,â€" 000,000. A: Santa Rosa nearly 300 perâ€" kon® are dead _ â€"The burned district e«xtends from the waterâ€"front south of Market street to Market street and west to Eleventh atreet, north of Market. The fire exâ€" tends out Hayes and McAllister streets nearly to Fillmore and from the water front along Market to Montgomery, and horth from the water front to Moniâ€" gomery north,. PR A portion of the new city hall, which cast over $7,000,000, collapsed, the roof sliding Into the court yard and smailer towers tumbling down. ‘The great dome wee maved. hut did not falle . +. .â€" ‘Bi&nks ‘and, commercial‘ houses, supâ€" posed to Be ‘firsproof, though not of ‘modefn build, burned quickly, and the r6éut. of the flames could be heard even on the Rfilla,~. .0 900. * ‘The dreadful earthquake shock came without warning, its motion apparently being from east to west. At first the upheaval of the earth was gradua}, but in a few seconds it increased in inâ€" ‘tensity. Chimmeys began to fall and buildings to crack, tottering from their foundations. 8 _ «The various ‘fires : the fire. gegalnMeng do‘ The water supply was cut off and when fires broke out in various sections there was nothing to do. but let the ‘build‘ngs burn. Telegraph and . teleâ€" phone communication was shut off for & time. The Western Union was put éompletely out of business and the Postal Company was the only one that mahnaged to get a wire out of the city. About 10 o‘clock even the Postal was forced to suspend. Electrical power was stlopped and street cars did not run. Railroads and ferry boats also ceased operations. . _ It is believed that more or less loss was sustained by nearly every family in the city. The people became panic stricken, and rushed into the streets, most of them in their night attire. They were met .by showers of falling buildings, cornices, and walls. Many Crushed to Death. Many were instantly crushed to death, while others were dreadfully mangled. Those who remained indoors generally escaped with their lives, though scores were hit by detached plaster, pictures, and articles thrown to the floor by the shook. omeless and destitute, and all day long streams of persons have been fleeing to places of safety. * "It was 5.15 yesterday morning when a terrible earthquake shock shook the whole city and surrounding country. One shock apparently lasted two minâ€" utes, and there was almost immediately collapse of filmsy structures all over the city. San Francisco, April 19.â€"Earthquake and fire yesterday put nearly half of San Francisco in ruins. At least 200 persons have been killed, a thousand inâ€" jured, and the property loss will exceed $100,000,000. Thousands of persons are i Fires Rage All Day. _ The various ‘fires raged all day and CALIFORNIA‘S CAPITAL was) i SWEPT BY FIERCE FLAMES IN The Entire THE mipst or ranic rrou| «& â€" Hotels : EARTHQUAKE, re departmient was powerless to ything except dynamite buildings ITCCC We ~swent Ui®An oy rire. At 18th and Valencia streets there is a crevasse in the street six feet wide, and entire sidewalks torn up. The street car tracks are badly twisted â€"all through the southern section of the city, and traffic is at a standstill. Military In Possession. At 9 a. m. a thousand nien from Preâ€" sido arrived to patrol the down town streets. The 13th infantry, 1,000 strong, arrived from Angel Island and went on patrol duty. ‘The soldiers have been ordered to shoot down thieves caught in the act of robbing the dead and to guard with their lives the millions of dollars‘ worth of property placed in the streets to escape the flames. The First California Artlllery, 200 strong, two companles, has been deâ€" tailed to patrol duty on Ellis street. Two. more companies are patrolling Broadway In the Italian section. Mayor SchiniTk‘ HaS sent out orders that physical necessitics of the sufferâ€" ers be first attended to. Goldbers, Bowen & Co. have placed all of their provision stores at the disposal of the city. The sheds over the Southern Pacific long wharf on San Francisco Bay have collapse. Many of the bunkers fell into the bay, carrying with them thouâ€" sands of tons of coal. Great Buildings Destroyed. The following is an incomplete list of the buildings destroyed or injured: Call building, entirely destroyed; Claus Spreckels building, gutted by flames; Hearst building, collapsed; new Chronicle building, hardly damaged at all; Winchester Hotel, Third street, toâ€" tally destroyed by shock; Grand Oprra House, entirely destroyed; Claus Sprecâ€" kels house and stables, Vanness avenue. badly damaged and will have to be largely rebulit; St. Luke‘s Episcopal Church, Vanness avenue, will have to be pulled down; Mechanics‘ Library, buildâ€" Ing, Post street, cornices fell to street. building _ slightly _ injured; _ Crocker building, Market and Post streeis, slightly damaged, principally arounmd light shaft; Lick House, walls and roof largely caved in; Upham building, Pine and Battery street, totally destroyed. loss $550,000; fire house, adjoining Caliâ€" fornia Hotel on Bush street, Chief Sulâ€" livan and wife «leeping in engine houss, severely brulsed by bricks crashing through the roof from hotel; California Hotel, Bush street, wpper walls collapsâ€" Drowned In riuins. The Valencia Hotel, a fourâ€"storey wooden building, sank into the baseâ€" ment, a pile of splintered timbers ‘unâ€" der which were pinned many dead and dying occupants of the house, of whom there were 70. The basement was full of water, and some of the helpless victims were drowned. . A house on 14th street, near Valenâ€" cla, was wrecked, killing ¢wo persons. A lodging house on Seventh street, known as the Kingsley, entirely colâ€" lapsed, and took fire, and 75 to 80 perâ€" sons are believed to have been burled in the flaming ruins. "1fie hew "postoffice, one of the finest in the United States, was badly shatâ€" tered. >d. and upper floors wrecked. St. Dominic‘s Church, Plere® street, total lo#s; the Parochial House is a partial wreck, loss to the parish $300,000, But there was no panic. The people are calm, stunned. ‘They do not seem to realize the extent of the calamity. They hear that the city is destroyed in so far as business plants are conâ€" cerned. They tell each other in the most natural tone that their residentes were destroyed by theâ€"flames, butâ€"there is no hysteria, no outcry, â€"noâ€"criticism ~San Francisco is not discouraged. Its best and highest class already has beâ€" gun to plan for restoration and to care for the stricken ones, and the relief will be immediate and effective. Total subscriptions of $180,000 were announcâ€" ed last night. â€" Arrangements were made for the immediate relief of the ncedy. , Three Distinct Firesâ€" | _ _ . Last night, three distinct fires wara San Francisco, April 20.â€"Thousands unon thouszands of persons fied from the fire yesterday, which, arter" ‘burning steadily all day, is ‘still unchecked. They flocked to the ferries, to . the parks, to the military reservation, and to the suburbs. Mile of Palatial Residences Blown Up in Vain Effort to Stay Flamesâ€" Thousands Fleeâ€"No Panic. "Chief of Police Dinan toâ€"night said 250 would fully cover the number of dead. . About 50 bodies have thus far been found. There was considerable shooting of looters toâ€"day, but the ofâ€" 1 Aéess escaped with wounds." ( "Sansome to Market street, to Sacâ€" ramento, thence to California to Hyde, to Eddy to Larkin, to Gough and to Market. On the south side of Market street the fire extendsâ€" along Market street to Fourteenth and ‘below the Bouthern Pacific Railway tracks to the ‘The following is the Adll'trlct north Of Market street now devastated: ‘‘Bevenâ€"thirty toâ€"night fire still unâ€" der headway, gathering force and spreading. ‘Tweâ€"thirds of business secâ€" tion of city devastated. Fire heading for residential district Efforts to fight flames futile, "Three hundred thousand will be homeless toâ€"night. By Saturday San Francisco will be an ash heap. New Yerk, April 20.â€"William H. Baker, viceâ€"president and general manâ€" ager of the Postal Tel h Co., at mmmfih_‘fw lowing from the deputy chief of the San Francisco fire department: Whole City Is FIRE! FLAMES! FIRE! Entire Business Section and All the Hotels are Destroyed as Well as the Mansions of the Wealthy Practically Burned The authorities are doing all in their power to remove the bodies in order that an epidemic may be prevented. It has been necessary repeatedly to move the injured from places where they sought refuge, where the fire kept inâ€" creasing with alarming rapidity. Chinatown, at noon yesterday, was a furnace, and the denizens of that quarâ€" ter earlier in the day had their simple possessions bundled for departure.. On the farther western side, the flames cut a wide path to Vanness avenue, but there, owing to the width of that thorâ€" oughfare, and to the additional fact that there was a weak water supply in the mains, it was hoped to check the ruin at this line. Suffering From Thirst. Yesterday was bright and warm. The sun beat down on the tired workers and â€"rescuers. ‘There is searcely any water to relieve the thirst of the sufâ€" fering. ‘The dead, in many instances, are lying in the streets among the ruin=. "Water!" is the incessant cry of the fremen and the peopleâ€"one wants it to fight, the others to drlnlg" ® _ Checked by Dynamite. In the Mission district, to the south of Market street, the zone of ruin was extended farther westward toward theo extrome southern portion, but was checked ‘at Fourteenth and Mission strcets by the wholesale use of dynaâ€" mite. At this point are located the Southern Pacific Hospital, the San Francisco Hospital, and the Colloge of Physicians and Surgeons Buildings were blown up all around them. Ail manner of reports of death and di<â€" aster are coming to the temporary headâ€" quarters of the authorities, but these roports are received guardedly, allowâ€" ances boing made for the likelihood of exaggeration due to the confusion that prevails in the stricken city. Residents Fice From City.' The flight of residenis from the city cofifhuda yeste®fay 1°0tU#"~nature ota panic. OA slight â€"earthquake at 5 a. m. accentuated their terrors. The ferryâ€" boats to adjacent counties were crowdâ€" ed to the utmost, and to the westward portion of the peninsula a constant throng of homeless persons, carrying portable belongings, are adding to the colonies in the secure sand hills and parks. In Golden Gate Park, and the unimproved biocks of the district north and south, many varieties of sheltcr have been improvised from bedding and blankets. § ‘Course of the Flames. The wind changed yesterday mornâ€" ing to the west, and the flames changed their devouring direction ‘southward and began eating their wide swath from the waterfront on the north of Market street up to what is known as Nob Hill, an eminence that had been selectâ€" ed years ago by the multiâ€"millionaires of the bonanza days upon which to erect their mansions. The hill is sermountâ€" ed by the Hotel Fairmont, just finished at a cost of over a million dollars. Steadily, but surely, the fire ate its way up the stope, consuming the homes of the late Mrs. Jane Stanford and the Hopkins‘ Art institute, built by Mark Hopkins of Central Pacific fame. From the upward slope the fire also took a direction northwesterly, to the district that had been loft untouched Wednesday‘ night. This portion of the town embraces the Latin quarter, popâ€" ulated by persons of various nationaliâ€" ties, and the houses are all of fllmsy construction, dunger from Talling walls > > _ __ On miles of streets the front walls of ruined buildings stand swaying with the concussions of distant â€" dynamite explosions and rising winds Frequent~ ly a crash of stone and brick, followed by a cloud of dust, gives warnings to pedcstrians of the unsafety of travel. Reports cif Disaster. * Wednesday som» sort of systematie communication ceu‘d be had by means of automobiles, but yesterday .every street was piled high with ruins, and, to add to this tr~uble, there is constant Yesterday morning policemen were stativned at some of the retail shops and permiited only a sma!l portion of goods to be deliver:d to each purchasâ€" or. Reports were received that numâ€" erous men caught in the act of looting had been shot. , A Shortage of Food. The possibility of famine aiready is presenting itself. At best the city nevtr carried more than three days‘ supplies of provisions and food, and now with the wholesale districts and warehouses wiped out, there is a shortâ€" age of food Priccs yosterday were in most inâ€" stances more than trobled. The third and most dangerous fire is that threatening the western part of the city." This really is a continuation of the Nob Hill fire. It is wedgeâ€"shaped, with the apex pulling forward. This is the point against which the firemen are bending their greatest efforts. Devastation Complete. . All efforts to check the spread of the flames at Vanness avenue by blowing up a mile of buildings on the east side of Vanness avenue proved | fruitless. The fire has spread across the broad thoroughfare, and from present indicaâ€" tions the entire western addition, which contains the homes of San Francisco‘s wealthier class, is now doomed. . The destruction of the western addition of the city completes the ravaging flames and marks the devastation of the enâ€" tire city. The second centre was in the Mission district. Here the fire had reached Eighteenth street, but was making litile headway towards the hillsides to th* west, where thousands of people are camped. burning. Cne was in tT‘ **rrif,*} that «xtends from Nob Hill easterly towards the telegraph hill section and may die out from lack of material, or may sweep towards the extreme waterfront. , The occasion of the presentation of a message from his Excellency is, in accordance with Parliamentary pracâ€" _tice, a mere formal proceeding, the _ message being received by the House standing,â€"and without discussion. in this instance Mr. Fielding varied the â€" procedure by making a preliminary exâ€" planation of the nature of the _ mesâ€" sage. He asked the consent of the House to present a matter which he was assured both sides of the House would regard as one of ‘emergency. Reference had already been, made in the House to the disaster which had come to one of the great cities of the neighboring republic. Sufficient\inforâ€" mation had reached Canada tm‘q:":"q ‘ the press to convince the House of\the extent of the disaster and the need \of generous assistance not only from the people of the United States, but other\ parts of the world.. "We," he said, "in this . Parliament, representing â€" the people inhabiting the northern portion of the continent, are glad to share the opportunities of ministering <to the .comfort and welfare of our afficted brethren of the south. I propose, thereâ€" fore, at the conciusion of any observaâ€" , tions which honorable gentlemen may ‘ desire to make, to present a mes#ago from his Exceliency recommending a contribution. of â€"â€"§100,000 _ from _ the people of Canada to aid the aficted people of San Francisco." (Cheers.) The Opposition Concur. ‘ Mr. R. L. Borden, on behalf of the Oppositton, said that the disaster was one the extent of which almost stac i gored belief. Occeasions in the past hil ‘occurred when the people of Canada ! have received substantial proof of the | sympathy of the people of the United ‘ States in time of disaster to Canadian The Barnum and Baliey Cirous will send out 100 wagons to coliect supplies. E. H. Harriman, on behaif of his milâ€" way interests, authorizes the expendiâ€" ture of $200.000 on relief work. The Canadian Bank of Commerce has contributed $25.000, Messachusetts‘ Share, Boston, April 21.â€"The State House of Representatives. yesterday voted" an appropriation of $100,000 for the folief of. the stricken people of San Framclzes A resolution to contribute haif a milâ€" tion doilars to the carthquaike sufT rer. of Callfirnta was adoptst al a moet» Ing of representative cfiz ns « At.ILondon, Engiand, the T. 8. Amâ€" bassador jast evening. pregijded ovpy_a gatherng~of 59 Americans th the nuâ€" tet Cecil and $175,000 was subscribed. Aâ€"British subserfption â€"will be_opened. â€"â€"The Satvation Army will Take up a threeâ€"days‘â€"street collection in all the Cities. At New York yesterday over $1,009,â€" 000 was subscribed, $3,000,000 will be raised. citizens and Canadian.cities. Ho.wishâ€" od, in endorsing the proposal of ths Finance Minister. merely to add that in the presonce of an appalling disasâ€" ter such as this, and for the purpose of rendcring aid and succor to the sufâ€" fering people, the two nations were one. (Choers.) Mr. Fielding then prosonted the Govâ€" ernorâ€"General‘s message, which was immediately referred to Committee of Supply. : fransacted by the House upon assemâ€" bling yesterday was to give practical proof of the sympathy of the Canadian people with the sufferers by the great catastrophe at San Francisco. The Minâ€" ister of Finance, as a matter of emerâ€" gency, with the cordial approval of both sides of the House, presented a, special message from his Excellency, transmitting for the consideration of the House a special supplementary esâ€" timate for $100,000 in aid of the sufâ€" ferers. Generous Assistance. San Francisco, April 20.â€"Hundreds of cities in the United States have apâ€" praised Mayor Schmitz that they are securing subscriptions for the relief of the sufferers from tlie earthquake and fire. Many cities are now rushing tons of suppliecs by train and boat to this city. Railroads generally have announcâ€" ed ‘that they will carry relief supplies free. ‘The committce Of safety conâ€" tributed $65,000 at once. t Mayor Schmitz has announced that the water company has promised a supply of waler in the Mission section toâ€"day. . The Pennsylvania and Erie Railways and Wells, Fargo & Co. have offered to ship supplies free of charge. ‘The Western Union: Telegraph Co. . will handic allâ€"relier messages free. Rockefeller‘s Gift, Yesterday‘s big subscription list was headed by John D. Rockefeller with a contribution of $100,000. â€"The United Railways Investment Co. subscribed $75,000; M. Guggenheim Sons contriâ€" buted $50,000; the Carnegie Hero Fund and J P. Morgan Co. $25,000; ‘The New York Exchange Brokers contributed $85,000, in addition to large individual subscriptions. New York, April 20.â€"Mayor McCile!â€" lan last night issued a proclamation apâ€" pointing a representative committee of relief, which will organize toâ€"day. "I appeal to the people of the United States, to all cities, all chambers of commerce, boards of trade, relief comâ€" mittees, and individuals, to express their sympathy and tender their aid by contributions to the Americanâ€"Na~ tional Red Cross. ‘They can be sent to Washington to be forwarded by teleâ€" graph from Washington to the Red Cross agents and officers in California. (Sizgncd) ‘"Theodore Roosevelt." $1,000,000 From Nation. The Senate resolution appropriating $50,000 fur the relief of the San Franâ€" cisco earthquake sufferers was amended by the House committee on appropriaâ€" tions, the amount being increased to $1,000,000, 4 "In the {ace of so terrible and apâ€" palling a national calamity as. that which has befailenâ€"Sanâ€"Francisco, the outpouring of the nation‘s aid should, as frr.as, possible. be entrusted.to the American® Ked®" CToss, ‘the naltional orâ€" ganization best fitted < to undertake such relief work. ransacted tion For Assistance, _ Washington, _ April _ 20.â€"President Roosevelt yesterday issued a prociama» tion in which he said: President Roosevelt Appeals to the Na Ottawa, April 21.â€"The first business RED CROS§ IN CHARGE, ~~ ‘â€"- Cye4. %4-...;. New York Responds. State House ; th lay voted nn' for the toliefi of n Franc{aes e haif a milâ€"] de aie suenurs ) M Toal a moets o ts ‘ And Policeman Jos. M. Myers Was bayâ€" oncitod by aâ€"national guaurdsman over a dispute as to authority, _ The men atâ€"theâ€"mintâ€"woereâ€"ktited â€"forâ€"attemptimg robbery, _ Citizems Foreed to Dig Graves. _ | Oitawa,. Apri| 20 â€"The mu Portsmouth square yesterday became | on motion of Ald. Grant, has 1 for a time a pubiic m Tt TW@ALX @A < to the City of San Francisco, From a threeâ€"storey lodging house at 50th and Minna street, which colâ€" lapsed Wednesday morning, more than 7+ bodies were taken out yosterday. There are 50 other dead bodics in sight In the tuins. <This building was one of the first to take firs on $0th street. At least 159 persons were killed in the Cosmopolitan on 40th street, Many persons dropped dead yesterday i 4 20A TD PERUTRITIELâ€" ing public buildings, schools, jails, the hospitals, sewers and salt and fresh water systems. The people hope that | the Federal Government will at once ‘ provide ample appropriations to rebuild all Federal buildings on a scale beneâ€" fiting the new Sin Francisco. We are determined to restore to the naticn | its chief port on the Pacific." , Epecial Policeman Snyder killed a man, but the details are not known. Fourteen men were killed Thursday night by soldiets guarding the mint, Sixty caNoads of provisions, clothâ€" ing and other supplies: for the San Francisco suferers left Los Angeios yesterday and last night. Supplies are piled High at Fort Depots, people bringâ€" ing offerings in eridless procession. The Sania Fe Railroad\gent a trainload of provisions with instPuctions to take on awdditional carloads of, supplies along the way to San Franciso. * Quarter of City ‘Saved. At 2 p. m. it was posiNvely stated that the fire was under control with the probability that oneâ€"quarter of the cily lying west ofâ€"Frankiin streetâ€"and known as the western addition, northâ€" ward to the Presidio, will be sorved. The stand made at Vanness avenue generally was successful, â€" the â€" flames orossing thkat‘ avenue to the west in only a feow places. Two men were shot and killed yesterday morning. Policcâ€" man Flood, on entering his home, enâ€" countered a stranger, who attacked him. Flood shot him dead, « Killing Lawâ€"Breakers. \ Livermore sent in a wagon load of b\(lcr yesterday. Winters also has noâ€" tifibd the committee that there is a carâ€" load\of hams, butter and egsgs on iis way here from that locality. Other cities sending supplies. At present the sup stations is empticd as fast as goods re received. | 200,000 homreless 1h:u'e been â€" esta Valley Water Co ‘ the .mission dis: | with water this | and 12â€"million ga i mble. Lake Mor I Mayor â€"Schinitz looked weary yésterâ€" | Gay, DuC was energPricanly atr work at his desk, though he had had little or no sleep. _A policeman reported that two grocery stores in the neighborhood ; were closed, although the clerks were present. "Smash the stores open," or« dered the mayor, "and guard them." % Scizing Supplies. ; The seizure of supplics coming in on the trains by the relief committe« has been authorized by the mayor. The relief committee yesterday seized ‘a carload of flour containing 810 sacks, A carload of ice also was seized for the hospitals. A carload of potatoes also was taken. 2ls nearest neighbor on the south is Los Angeles, 500 miles away. ‘Fo the north is PortJand, nearly 800 miles disâ€" tant, and its nearest sister in the great cast is Salt Lake City, 1,000 > milos away. These cities and all of the loss populated nearer towns are making sacrifices for the destitute here, but it is to the big cities of the nation that San Francisco looks with anxiety for relief." â€" NO â€"graveâ€"question is: "How socn will an adequately supply of food arrive from outside points to avert famine and destitution? . There is litt‘e food in San Francisco outside of what little each person possesses, and this cannot last more than a few days. San Franâ€" cisco geographically is an isolated city. gui c e C BE s to rebuild as soon as fire . will immediately. proceed capital for the purpose of San _ Francisco, _ Aprit 21.â€"Mayor Schimitz issued the follow > "I~ the citizens of San Francisco: The fire is now under control and all danger is passed. The only fear is that other Bros may start should the people‘ build fires in their stoves, and I therefore warn all citizens not to build fires in their homes until the heat and suffocaiion, More than 150 persons are reported ad in the Brunswick Hotel, Tth and isslon streets. A Fires Have Been Brought Under Control after a Desperate Fight of Three Days.â€"â€" Great Lack of Food One Quarter of San Francisco Burned Recovering ths Dead. ‘c0 by your generosity. All oney will be used for relicf Property owners determined as soon as fire ceases.> City To: Avert Famine. purpose. of reconstructâ€" h to provide Another Town Dmolished. Berkoley,. Cal., April 2%.â€"A private letter received Saturday by Postmaster Schinidt â€"brings the â€" information that Fort Bragg, one of the principal Jamâ€" bering towns of Mendocing County, was almost > totallyâ€" destroyed as a result of a fire following “’viln-*sduy's earth guake, Toronto, _ April_ 20.â€"Commi@sionsr Commbes for the Salvation Army in Toâ€" ronio yesterday sent $150 to the genâ€" vral relicf fund in San Francisco. An Ottawa Grant Oitawa,â€" Apri! 20 â€"The municipality, on motion of Ald. Grant, has wired $100 the fire gained headway, soveral groâ€" cery‘ stores were emmptied of their conâ€" terts in anticipation of what might Totâ€" low. 7 Bankers and miliionaires are gomg about with only the few dollars they happened to have in their pockets when the crash came, ahd are little better off thin the laborers who are digging through ‘the debris Money practically has no> vaiue here now, for there is no place to spend it. Almost everyone here is slecping out of doors, being afraid to enter their homes, except for a short while at a time, until repairs have been made. There are plenty of provisions. Someâ€"havo been (supplied by other towns, and much has been brought in from the* surrounding country. Before the fire gained headway, soveral groâ€" _ Philadelphia, _ April _ 24.â€"Probably the highest price ever paid for Califorâ€" nia cherries were realized yesterday at a local commission merchant‘s. estabâ€" lishment, when a box of fruit was sold «t uction for $2,440.The money was added to the relief fund for the earthâ€" quake sufferers. The cherries were the first received here this season from California, and a box of them sold at quction, cach cherry being offered for sile singly. The first cherry sold for $105, and the others sold for amounts ranging from $109 down to 50 cents. New York, April 24.â€"That the con: tributions for New York State for the relief of the â€"victims of the . great catastrophe on the Pacific Coast will exceed $3,500,000 is now assured. The City of Buffalo appropriated the sum of $50,000 andâ€"not a city or town in the state has failed to add its quota for reâ€" lief. % TLos Banos, Cal., April 24.â€"The earthquake destroyed the principal business portion of this town. Oakland, April 24.â€"The bodies of cightyâ€"six patients and cleven attendâ€" ants have been recovered from the ruins of the Agnews‘ Asylum for the Insane, near Santa Rosa. tary precision. Water was pientiful and rations were dealt out all day long. The refugces stand patiently: in line, and there isâ€"not a murmur.â€" This charâ€" acteristic ‘is observable all over the city. The people are brave and patient, and the wonderful order preserved by them has been of great assistance. _ Messages are stacked yards high in all the telegraph offices waiting to be sent throughout the world. + Back to Work. Construction companies have opened employment offices, and last night hunâ€" dreds of\survivors have been employed to be sent immediately to the quarries that there may be noâ€"lack of building and repair material.. Already many of the buildings damaged by the earthâ€" Guake of Wednesday are being repaired, ond activity of a healthy and reassurâ€" ing sort isnoted. } 50,000 Camp at Presidio. ‘ At the Presidio military reservation, where _ probably 50,000 _ persons are A Miraculous Escape. Eleven postal clerks, all alive, were taken from the debris of the postoffice yesterday. All at first were thought to be dead, but it was found that alâ€" though they were buried among the stones every one was alive. ‘They had been for three days without food or water. All the mail was saved. f All Letters Free. It is announced that until further notice letters from San Francisco will be sent through the mails free of postâ€" age. This has been made necessary on account of the unprecedented demand for stamps, which the local postoflice cannot supply. ‘ nirty coffisés‘ were lafa \§bn‘ the troaâ€" den grass in the absence of more suitâ€" «D!6 accommodations, Out at the Presidio soldiers pressed into service @ll men who came near and forced them to aid in burying the dead. So thick were the corpses piled up that they were becoming a menace, and carly in the day the order was issued to bury them at any cost. ‘The soldiers were nceded for other work, so, at the point of rifles, the citizens were compelled to toke to thp . work af .burving. ,Some objected "al" first, Butâ€"the"Yroops stodd no trifiing, and every man who came in reach was forced to work at least one hour. Rich men, unused to physical exertion, labored by the side of workâ€" ing men, digging trenches in which to bury the dead. Phe bank and. other brick buildings to levelled by the tremors. But ene zon of the 5,000 inhabitants was Killâ€" Funds have been started at the varâ€" love Anstralian capitals in ald, of the suferers by the San Francisco earth= quske. Premier Seddon, on behaif of Now Zealand. has offered $25,000. _ _ Belsmograph« In versity show that earthquake reachod A carload of flour ginx Rollor Mills an Plains, was sent for is a gif: of the cfi "Sir,.â€"According to the newspaper reports the suffering and destitution are pecullarly great among the Chinese I need hardly say that the Red Cross work must be done wholly without reâ€" gard to persons and just as much for Chinese as for any others. Please wire Dr. Devine at once to see that this is done..Will Jt not be â€"well aiso to wire to Gen. Funston to the same effect. I know nothing. of the matter beyond what appears in the daily press. Of individual instances of suffering, the number is legion. Relief Is For the Chinese. . Washington, _ April 24. â€"President Roosevelt sent the following letter to Secretary of State Taft yesterday: "Please ask the press generally to advise all people generally not to try to reach San Francisco. Outsiders not allowed to land here. They would onlyâ€" add to the congestion." Drenching Rain Adds to Misery. A drenching rain fell upon San Fran«, cisc> Sunday night. From midnight un< til 3 o‘clock it poured and drizzled at intervais, while a high wind added & melancholy, accompaniment whistling and sighing about the ruins of ‘ the buildings in the burned districts. Five days ago when the fire catastrophe was in its infamcy this downpour would have been regarded as a mercy and & godsend. Yesterday morning it could be regarded in no other light than as an additional calamity. It meant inde« scribable suffering to the tens of thou« sands of persons camped upon the naked hills, and is the parks and open places. The downpour has aggravated the already unsanitary condition of the camps, and will doubtless add great numbers to those already crowding the regular and temporary hospitals of the city. t d After several hours of clear weatheÂ¥ there was another precipitation at € a, m., and again at 9 o‘clock the fall was .regumed andâ€"confinued at inters= valy tmi‘Sug:ut the ‘day. > + Major H. C. Tilden, a prominent com« mission merchant of this city, a mem« ber ‘of Gov.. Rardee‘s .staff sand .one »of the forentost workers of the general Tte= lief committee, was shot and almost instantly killed.in his automobile early yesterday at 22nd and Guerrero streets, while returning from Menlo Park. He was shot by men supposed to be mem~ bers of the citizens‘ patrol. A friend 0# the challenger was cut in the face by & bullet ard R. G. Seaman, acting: lieutenant of the Second Company. of the Signal Corps, was struck by a spent bullet. He suffered no‘injury. ‘Tilden was one of the foremost workers in the general relief work. ‘The Red Cross flag was displayed on his car. Seaman claims the guard began shooting with« out warning or challenge and continued firing after the car had‘ passed them, Several policemen came running up and arrested three of the men who did the shooting. The men were in khaki uni« form." f A carload of flour, ground in the Reâ€" in‘ Roilor Mills and grown on Regina ‘lains, was sent forward from Regiha i« a gif; of the city. The area of the burnt district is fif» cen square miles. Sightseers Not Wanted. > The following telegram from F. C, Stubbs, traffic director of the Southern Pacific Railway, who is in San Fran« cisco, was sent yesterday to Assistan# Traffic Director N. C. McCormick in Chicago: Gen. A. W. Grcely yesterday took command of the federal troops at this post, superseding Gen, Frederick Fun«< ston, who will act under Greely‘s order®m Law Courts Grind Again, Legal business will be resumed to« day. All the superior judges will opent their twelve departments in the Jowish synagogue, Califorgia and Webster streets. Criminal cases will have pree sedence. ereesayirr Homeless persons were fed yesterday in a systematic manner. At the sta« tlons food and drink, comprising bread, prepared meats and canned goods, milk and a limited amount of hot coffee and even fruit were served to all those who applied. About 1,500 tons of food are mo\'ed-daily from the waterfront. Genetal health conditions are satise factory. While the number of cases at the various hospitals has increased each day, sickness is mostly due to exposure and worry. ‘The most encouraging fea« ture is the absence of anything like contagion or an epidemic of disease of any nature whatever. Throughout the great business quar« ter, where the devastation by fire was most complete, dangerous walls were razed, buildings that had not been dis« integrated by fire were inspected with & view of reâ€"occupancy, and groundg was cleared for the immediate construc» tion of buildings in which to resume business at the earliest possible time, Fed by System. stages yesterday of rebuilding. Afi;' five days of confusion and almost sup« erhuman effort on the part of the citi« zens of California‘s metropolis in the great task of sheltering, feeding and otherstise caring for the homeless thou« sands, complete order has been estab« lished and attention turned to the fu« ture. San Francisco, April 24.â€"The new Ban Francisco that will rise from the Homeless Drenched by The Rain. TO FEED AND CARE FOR SAN FRANCISCO‘S GREAT 'Altl(* OF PEOCPLE IS PROVING TO BE A TREMENDOUS TASK, NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS. (Signed) "Theodore Roosevelt Brutally Shot by Patrol. the Impertal TUnlâ€" the San Francisce Japan In 11 min«