19 Apr 1906
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1906
Page
1
Across California's quake zone on April 18 19 cities face massive losses as San Francisco burns and riots of injury and homelessness rise. Oakland reports martial law and hotel ruins while Santa Rosa Santa Cruz and San Jose suffer heavy casualties and widespread destruction.
The noonday sun shines on the State House home as birds sing of day and home then the court’s decision on an interstate divorce changes the mood. A brief, period-styled note on domestic proceedings amid a sunny scene.
The notice touts Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Boston promising lower power costs and a contract agent to report selected cases where Electric Power costs range from 7 to 69 dollars per horsepower per year. Call or write Oxford 1150 for details at 3 Head Place.
Reports from SAN FRANCISCO dated April 18 describe a dawn earthquake followed by devastating fires. The disaster wipes out hundreds of lives and destroys most of the city’s business and poorer districts by midnight, with extensive damage across Salina Oakland Sacramento and Stockton and casualties at Agnew Stanford and other sites.
In San Francisco on April 19 a mobs of looters attacked stores and the dead. Mayor Schmitz and Police Chief Dinan ordered soldiers to kill criminals. Three robbers were shot in the back and fatally wounded in the burning district.
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