Three Fourths of San Francisco Destroyed
The latest reliable information places the residence district from Post to Union streets and Octavia to the shore intact and likely saved. The exodus swelled Oakland’s population beyond San Francisco. Relief trains bring provisions and shelter to aid both cities. three fourths of San Francisco is destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
San Francisco
Cal
Post
Union Streets
Octavia Street
Ocean Shore
Spirit of Spartans in the San Francisco Firewide Calamity
San Francisco, April 20. Homeless and starving residents face the catastrophe with fortitude. Fire devastates the city destroying Flood building Merchants' Exchange Crocker Mills Kew Shreve Phelan and other landmarks. City and county records likely ruined. St Ignatius college cathedral and Emanuel synagogue wiped out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Pacific Ocean
van Ness Avenue
Fire Department
Post and Grant Streets
Shreve Jewelry Company
Market Street
Phelan
St. Francisco
Union Square
Fairmount
California and
Powell Streets
Herman Oelrichs
Hayes Street
St. Ignatius College and Cathedral
St. Dominic's Church
Steiner Street
California
Emanuel Synagogue
Sutter Street
Relief Fund Subscriptions Opened by Bryan Eagle
The Bryan Eagle announces a San Francisco Relief Fund drive inviting local subscriptions. Donations listed include E. J. Jenkins ten dollars City National Bank ten dollars Wagner and Brandon ten dollars First National Bank ten dollars Bryan Eagle five dollars and several smaller gifts, totaling a sum that supports the relief effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle
San Francisco
All Who
E. J. Jenkins
City National Bank
Wagner & Brandon
First National Bank
Bryan Eagle
Emmet & Maloney
Ween
Destruction of San Francisco’s Landmark Dining and News Hubs
The text recalls vanished icons of San Francisco including Pup and Marchand’s on Stockton, the Poodle Dog, Zinkands and Fiesta, the Palace grill, and Bohemian restaurants. It notes the loss of major newspaper buildings The Call Hearst Examiner Chronicle Bulletin Post and many department stores at Kearney Market Geary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pup” and Marchand’s
Stockton Street
United States
Zinkands
Fiesta
Market Street
Palace Grill
Palace Hotel
San Francisco
Kearney
Market
Geary Streets
Call
Hearst
The
Examiner
Chronicle
Kearney Street
Bulletin and Post
Benevolent Bakers Aid Forced Refugees in City
A Western Union operator dispatches from New York describing mass outdoor shelter in tents, heavy fog, and Chinese refugees at the ferry house awaiting departure. Bakers in nearby towns supply bread to San Francisco refugees entering neighboring areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Western Union Telegraph Company
San Francisco
Navy reports ships uninjured at Union Iron Works
Rear Admiral McCalla, commander of the Mare Island navy yard, reports warships and construction at Union Iron Works uninjured and says the loss of life is much exaggerated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
McCalla
Mare Igland Navy Yard
Union Iron Works
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Plymouth Rock
Dr. Price
Knox
Bryan
U.S
I. H. O. Boatwright
H. O. Boatwright
J. W. Howell
L. L. McInnis
Guy M. Bryan, JR
W. C. Davis
Brazos County
Texas
Bryan and Brazos
Gavin
M. EL. Sades
Spirit OF Spartans
Pacific
Coast City
Bryan Business
Total
Warships
Emmel & Maloney
M. H. James
Tornado Insurance
Our
Vicinity
Geo. A. Adams
Parker Building
Oliver Typewriter
Postoffice Drugstore
Piver’s
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