San Francisco Fire Rages Through City in Devastating March
As flames sweep through San Francisco on April 20, a vast emergency unfolds. Police, Army, and artillery race to contain the blaze along Vanness Avenue and the east side, while thousands flee toward ferries and Oakland. Refugees scramble for food and shelter as destruction destroys hotels, banks, and neighborhoods.
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Meyer
Dinan
Schmitz
Aires
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Golden Beach
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Exussian Hill
Pellmell
Bedlam
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Ellis, O'Farr
Oakland
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Gate Park
Ocean
Presidio
San Mateo Bay
Larkin and Sutter
Death Toll Expected Under Two Hundred Fifty Says Police Chief
In San Francisco on April 20 Chief of Police Dinan said the total deaths would not exceed 250. About fifty bodies had been recovered by Thursday night. Looters were shot at but many escaped with wounds.
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Bay
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Berkeley
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Crocker
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Hibernian Savings Bank
Chinatown
Hayes Valley
McAllister
Maret Street
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McAllister Street
St. Ignace School
Mechanics
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Oakland Ferry
Associated Press
United States Mint
San Francisco
Dinan
All Earth Cables Express San Francisco Disaster Sympathy
Roosevelt receives cablegrams of sympathy from foreign leaders including Fallieres Pardo Grey Seddon Haakon and King Frederick along with a message from General Booth. In a separate note the Treasury reports two missing San Francisco assistants as of Friday noon.
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San Francisco
Fallieres
France
Pardo
Peru
Frederick
Denmark
Haakon
Norway
Karl Grey
Canada
Seddon
New Zealand
King
Italy
General Booth
Salvation Army
Shreveport Defeats Little Rock for Fourth Straight Win
Shreveport beat Little Rock 5 to 0 for its fourth consecutive win in the Southern league. Catcher Anderson of Little Rock was ejected for disputing an umpire decision. Other scores read New Orleans 4 Memphis 3 in eleven innings, Nashville 11 Montgomery 1, Birmingham 4 Atlanta 3.
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Shreveport
Anderson
New Orleans
Memphis
Nashville
Montgomery
Birmingham
Atlanta
Baseball Scores And Attendance From Boston And Other Cities
The morning crowd in Boston set a record as Boston defeated New York 2 to 0. Afternoon turnout reached 27 287. Detroit beat Chicago 8 to 3 and Washington triumphed over Philadelphia 1 to 0. Cleveland 10, St. Louis 5. LA 9 beat Cincinnati 8. Pittsburgh 2 over Brooklyn 8. New York 5 over Philadelphia 4. Boston 1 defeated St. Louis 4 to 1 and Chicago 1 to 4.
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New York
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Chicago
Washington
Philadelphia
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Louis
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Cleburne Man Crushed Between Santa Fe Cars
Preston Cleveland died at the scene in Cleburne on April 20 while crawling between two Santa Fe freight cars. He was caught between bumpers and crushed to death, officials said.
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Cleburne
Santa Fe
Preston Cleveland
Gillette Named Associate Justice Nomination
Washington April 20 Frank A Gillette nominated by the president for associate justice of the Oklahoma supreme court.
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Washington
Frank A. Gillette
Oklahoma Supreme Court
Death of Curie in Paris Tram Accident
Paris authorities report Professor Curie, discoverer of radium, was run over and killed by a wagon on the Place Dauphine on Thursday. The accident occurred in the heart of the city and the famed scientist did not survive.
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Curie
Place Dauphine
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