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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1906
Page
2
San Francisco dispatch reports homeless people fleeing the burning city with blankets and belongings. Military authorities halt city traffic while wagons carry the wounded and dying to Oakland across the bay as hospitals fill and evacuations continue.
Madison April 19 President Charles R Van Hise of the University of Wisconsin says a major San Francisco disaster has long been anticipated by scientists. He notes his prior work with the United States Geological Survey and cites expert opinion on seismic risk.
At 4 o'clock this morning a disaster left two dead and six injured at Leland Stanford Junior University. Most buildings, including the Memorial Chapel, were destroyed or damaged, with the campus housing about 1500 students and President David Starr Jordan overseeing the aftermath.
Lieutenant Charles C. Pulis of the Twenty-Fourth Company of Light Artillery was fatally injured when a dynamite charge exploded at Sixth and Jesse streets. He had placed the fuse, returned to relight it, and was struck by the blast. A Fortress Monroe graduate, 30, Chicago native. He was taken to the Presidio military hospital.
W. Scott Hyde, a prominent San Francisco manufacturer, offered $1000 to any telegraph company to contact his wife and family during the calamity but received no answer. Other Californians in town included W. J. Huzzey, W. W. Worthing, N. E. Gryot, J. J. Corbett, and J. P. Jones staying at local hotels and leaving after hearing the news.
The New York Chamber of Commerce lists donations to the San Francisco relief fund including K. Jesup ten thousand dollars and Macy Bliss, Fabyan & Co., C. Z. Sues, and Charles Stewart Smith each giving one thousand dollars. Mayor McClellan will issue an official appeal for contributions.
Thousands of homeless refugees arrive in Oakland and are housed in theatres with 200 cots supplied by the Realty Syndicate. Relief stations open at City Hall parks and churches as officials coordinate aid. Martinez reports the Bank building there is completely destroyed.
ITS 39,000,000 SAFE WASHINGTON April 19 The United States mint at San Francisco escaped serious damage from the earthquake and its stock of gold and silver coin and bullion amounting to about 39 000 000 is safe Director Roberts reported to Superintendent Leach who said the mint building was not much damaged by the shock but the big smokestacks were badly shaken Every building around the mint burned to the ground
A telegram from Mare Island Navy Yard reports $1000 covers the damage done since the earthquake. No injuries to yard personnel are mentioned.
Clarence H. Mackay president of the Postal Telegraph Cable Company telegraphed President Wheeler of the University of California at Berkeley promising a $100,000 donation toward a new university building. The offer was reported from New York on April 19.
Concord New Hampshire mayor Charles R. Corning issued a proclamation calling for aid to victims of the San Francisco earthquake.
In Montpelier on April 19 a citizens mass meeting voted to donate $1000 to aid San Francisco. The sum will be raised publicly and repaid to the city.
Rations for 200000 are being sent from Seattle and Vancouver. Tents and medicinal supplies are coming from the military posts at Monterey.
Oakland dispatch reports Southern Pacific freight sheds at Third and Townsend streets San Francisco largely undamaged and safe. Ferry building and slips are OK but fire rages. Trains run Oakland to Fruitvale and north via Fresno. Ferry service to Alameda expected to resume by 3 p.m. Local Oakland San Francisco ferry service normal. Telegraph Hill and parts of San Francisco on fire as recovery continues.
In San Francisco on April 19 a test showed many modern steel buildings in construction and completed suffered no damage from the earthquake. The resilient steel structures contrasted with collapsed flimsy wooden and old brick buildings, underscoring the era's engineering progress.
A Western Union despatch reports a blaze at the Knob Hill residence station with flames moving northward. Dense smoke shrouds the city and an operator remarks the darkness forces him to use a light.
The German ambassador Baron Speck von Sternburg called on the President in Washington to convey the German Emperor's condolences for the San Francisco disaster.
Navy Department dispatch from the commander of the Pacific Squadron states all is well. The Chi and Marblehead sail from Lane Beach toward San Francisco and should reach by tomorrow. The Boston and Princeton are currently at Long Beach.
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