Relief measures pressed to aid San Francisco fire recovery
San Francisco reports the blaze under control with the Nob Hill to waterfront sector still at risk. Authorities use gun cotton and dynamite to halt the western addition spread while a major bakery prepares thousands of loaves for the displaced. Police and soldiers distribute provisions as shelters are organized for women and children.
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Mare Island Navy Yard
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North Beach
Night of Horrible Suffering for San Francisco Destitute
San Francisco on April 20 reports a brutal night for refugees with no food or water. Relief measures begin as bakeries reopen and bread is sent from Oakland. Bread and milk supplies are immediately needed, and Swift and Company holds substantial canned beef to aid the needy.
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San Francisco
Oakland
Swift and Company
Governor Pardee Pleads Denver Aid for California
Denver mayor Speer received a telegram from California Governor George C. Pardee requesting aid for San Francisco residents in need. The note asks whether Denver can send supplies to help the distressed population amid the April 20 appeal.
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Denver
Colo
Speer
George C
Appalling Death Toll in San Francisco Disaster
An Oakland dispatch cites estimates of 300 to 20,000 dead, with witnesses claiming 600 buried in the New Brunswick lodging house collapse. The fire and quake destruction may reach a half billion dollars in insured and uninsured losses, with experts uncertain and the final toll undetermined.
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Oakland
Albert Miller
San Francisco
New Brunswick
Mission
Bay Front
New York
San Francisco Fire Relief Efforts In 1906 Crisis
The city hall marks a mass relief drive as the homeless, now in the hundreds of thousands, crowd parks and squares. Bread and meat shortages loom while bakers fix prices. A fifty-member Committee of Safety led by Mayor Schmitz coordinates aid, relief stations open at Golden Gate Park Presidio and San Bruno Road, and police seize goods to deter famine pricing. Soldiers bury the dead at Presidio as the city endures fires and explosions.
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Berkeley
Alameda
Fresno
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Fairmount Hotel
Monadnock
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Calamity in San Francisco on second day of fire
San Francisco endures a devastating blaze collapsing the city’s core areas west and north of Vanness avenue. Firefighters, though swiftly mobilized, struggle as flames race toward the ocean. Residents, homeless and starving, show resilient bravery amid ruin and scarce water.
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San Francisco
Vanness Avenue
San Francisco relief fund receives large pledges
New York Chamber of Commerce president Jessup announced $100,000 from Andrew Carnegie as part of a flood of gifts to the San Francisco relief fund. Earlier the fund neared $200,000 and Standard Oil added $100,000. BE. H. Gary said United States Steel board authorized a $100,000 contribution.
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New York Chamber of Commerce
Andrew Carnegie
Philadelphia
San Francisco Relief Fund
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Chamber of Commerce
Standard Oil Company
San Francisco
BE. H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Knights of Pythias to raise funds for San Francisco
Champion lodge of Columbus Ohio begun drafting a circular letter to all Pythian lodges nationwide asking each to contribute 50 dollars. If the plan succeeds more than 1 million dollars would be raised and the lodge wired the San Francisco mayor to draw on the treasury for all available funds.
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Knights of Pythias
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United States
San Francisco
Insurance Company Offers Quick San Francisco Relief
New York April 20 The North British Mercantile Fire Insurance company told its New York reps to pay San Francisco losses promptly and contribute 5000 to relief. The company holds 3 560 000 in San Francisco policies. Liverpool London Globe Insurance also announced it will pay all San Francisco losses promptly.
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Firemen’s Fund
Home and Marine
Pacific Coast
Tomor
New. York
British Mercantile Fire Insurance Company
New York
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London
Globe Insurance Company
Horrifying Tales of Ghoulishness Fire Devastates San Francisco Shoreline
San Francisco April 21 reports say fire from Nob Hill spread to Fisherman’s Wharf and South San Francisco, with nearly a mile of grain sheds and docks destroyed. Boundaries traced from Market Street to Van Ness Avenue and Telegraph Hill. Rolla V Watt estimates losses between 200 million and 500 million. Mission Dolores, the oldest church, survived the quake and fire, while observers note guard excesses by troops amid widespread hunger relief efforts.
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Market Street
Vanness Avenue
Greenwich Street
Bay
Telegraph Hill
Oakland
Market
Greenwich
Hyde Street
Bay Street
Montgomery Avenue
Pacific Mail Dock
Guererro Street
Dolores
Twenty-fifth Street
Rolla V. Watt
Royal and Queen Insurance Companies
Police Dinan
Tales of goolishness in San Francisco quake chaos
Sacramento dispatch reports A J Neve recounts the aftermath of the 1906 quake. He describes ghoul robbing of dead at the St Francis hotel, finger severing for diamonds, armed soldiers shooting robbers, and calls for state militia relief due to thirst, hunger, and fatigue among troops.
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Cal
A. J. Neve
San Francisco
First Taste of Martial Law in San Francisco
San Francisco endures a night of darkness and controlled fires as police and soldiers enforce martial law. Lights banned, fires extinguished, and looters shot on sight. hospitals exempt. Mayor Schmitz urges calm, warns water and sanitation measures, and deters leaving one’s home.
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Schmitz
Borsanger
Page Street
Stanyan
Park Lodge
Stanford
McNear Mills
James D. Phelan
Doan's Kidney Pills Praise From Fort Wayne Citizen
A Fort Wayne resident A Kellar of 157 Wells Street lauds Doan's Kidney Pills after long running kidney trouble and backache. He reports relief and improvement after completing a full box purchased at Meyer Bros Co. Drug Store. Doan's Kidney Pills are sold by all dealers at 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY is U S sale agent.
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Wells Street
Dean
Meyer Bros. Co
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Thrilling rescue tale from stricken San Francisco party
In Los Angeles four survivors from the San Francisco disaster arrive after a harrowing trek through ruined streets. Mrs Francis Winter Miss Bessie Marley Dr Ernest W Fleming and Posey, once guests at the Palace hotel, bear swollen feet and blistered skin from the hills and fires. Fleming aids relief efforts saying deaths are exaggerated yet hunger and exposure loom large.
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Cal
San Francisco
Golden Gate Park
Francis Winter
Bessie Marley
Ernest W. Fleming
Caste Posey
Palace Hotel
Mr. Posey
Dr. Fleming
Chamber of Commerce
Massachusetts set vow to raise three million dollars
A Massachusetts meeting at Faneuil Hall today led by Bishop W Malléieu aims to raise a total of 3,000,000 dollars for mercy work to relieve sufferers. The effort broadens in relief duties across the state as Massachusetts undertakes a large fundraising drive.
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Faneuil Hall
A. Motict
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