Relief Efforts Progress in San Francisco After Earthquake
Coroner Walsh estimates total fatalities near one thousand with 350 bodies handled by deputies and more buried by police and naval militia. Relief work steadies as rain eases, tents and quilts distributed, water mains being repaired, car lines readied, and shelters expanding. Chinatown cleared and relocated. fires extinguished and future burial identifications planned.
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San Francisco
Golden Gate Avenue
H. C. Tilden
Spring Valley Water Company
Golden Gate Park
Southern Pacific
E. H. Harriman
Oakland
Alaska
Walsh
Potrero
Portsmouth
Washington Squares
Bay and
Polk Streets
Three Men Shot In San Francisco Fire Scene
Eyewitness accounts from Salt Lake City describe a chaotic blaze at the Windsor hotel in San Francisco. Soldiers allegedly shot three men on the roof to prevent them from falling into flames, while civilians report deaths from fright, police, and violent clashes near city landmarks. Witnesses claim varied actions by troops including a soldier killing a policeman and a man shot while attempting to enter his own home dynamited by soldiers.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
San Francisco
Max Fast
Windsor Hotel
Fifth and Market
Mr. Fast
City Hall
Union Square
Jefferson Square
John Cashnear
Spearfish
S. C
Vanness Avenue
Mr. Cashnear
Report on militia conduct in clash with US troops
Descriptive line notes that the militia were undoubtedly miscreants, reckless in action while United States troops consistently maintained discretion and good conduct, according to all reports.
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United States
Burlingame Home Partially Demolished by Quake
April 24 report from San Jose notes W A Clarke residence in Burlingame partly collapsed with no injuries. San Mateo brick buildings all down. stores damaged. Alvinia Hayward country home turned hospital for San Francisco quake victims. many homeless housed there. Southern Pacific flag station at San Mateo torn down. operators uninjured.
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San Jose
Cal
W. A. Clarke
Burlingame
San Mateo
Alvinia Hayward
San Francisco
Southern Pacific
HELP FROM HERO FUND PURCHASES FOR S.F. Sufferers
H F R Vail of Santa Barbara received a communication from Charles F. Taylor of Pittsburgh, president of the Carnegie Hero Society, asking him and Lawrence Phipps to purchase and forward goods for San Francisco sufferers amounting to 25000. Governor Pardee was informed and listed needed articles such as cots bedding and clothing. The Carnegie donation will be spent in California with shipment aboard the State of California this evening.
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Cal
H. F. R. Vail
Charles F. Taylor
Pittsburg
Carnegie Hero Society
Lawrence Phipps
San Francisco
Carnegie Hero Commission
Pardee
Carnegie
Los Angeles
State of California
Will Take in Refugees From West Coast Towns
Brigadier General Frederick Funston received Governor Pardee's dispatch listing towns and refugee offers. Calistoga 200 Colton 200 Napa 500 Pasadena open ended Riverside 500 San Bernardino 150 San Diego 3000 Santa Ana 1000 Santa Barbara 1000 St Helena 200 Santa Monica 200 Ocean Park 200 Stockton 5000 Tulare 300 Highland 50 Ventura 400 Pomona 300 Ontario 100 Nanford 500 Lodi 100 Pelamus 1000 immediately
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San Francisco
Frederick Funston
Pardee
Calistoga
Colton
Covina
Napa
Pasadena
Riverside
San Bernardino
San Diego
Santa Ana
Santa Barbara
St. Helena
Santa Monica
Ocean Park
Stockton
Tulare
Highland
Ventura
Pomona
Ontario
Nanford
Lodi
Pelamus
San Francisco Skilled Labor Misinformed, City Says
Oakland reports Mayor Mott denies California notices claiming high pay for skilled labor in San Francisco. He notes no material for mechanics and says city work focuses on debris removal and repairing water mains and sewers amid unemployment in the burned city.
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Oakland
Cal
Mott
San Francisco
Low estimate on dead in San Francisco disaster
Washington report cites General Greely and Captain Winn detailing the April 23 casualty tally. About 277 victims identified with fifty unknown, many buried temporarily. Seventeen bodies recovered at Valencia hotel and fifty six others believed perished in ruins.
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Washington
Aid Planned for San Francisco Sufferers From Manila Groups
Philippine organizations including the jockey club of Spaniards and Filipinos have donated $15,000 and pledged race proceeds to the San Francisco relief fund. The baseball league supports the effort with subscriptions and a monster concert is planned, with newspapers also taking up donations.
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Manila
San Francisco
Jockey Club
Baseball League
Benefit by the pugilists boxing exhibition headlined
In Los Angeles on April 24 a boxing show at the Pacific Athletic club funds San Francisco relief. The card features James J. Jeffries versus Jack Root four rounds Battling Nelson versus Holdy Robinson four rounds Tommy Burns against George Blake four rounds Kid Hermann versus Abel Attell four rounds.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Pacific Athletic Club
San Francisco
James J. Jeffries
Jack Root
Battling Nelson
Holdy Robinson
Tommy Burns
George Blake
Kid Hermann
Abel Attell
Local Sale Drive Promotes Tickets Across City Streets
Aurelio Herrera and Maura Herrera take a four round effort to canvass banks and business houses. Jeffries and associates will sell tickets from an automobile and on the streets to raise funds.
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Aurelio Herrera
Maura Herrera
Jeffries
Boundaries of San Francisco Burned District Defined
Vice President Calvin of Southern Pacific issued a dispatch from Oakland detailing the burned district in San Francisco. The lines begin in front of the ferry building and outline a route through Brannon, Second, Townsend, Eighth, Division, Harrison, Twentieth, Church, Market, Franklin, Jackson, Vanness, and Sansome, ending at the starting point with docks and piers south of Sansome spared. Some city-side areas suffered earthquake damage.
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New York
Calvin
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Oakland Pier
Brannon
First Streets
Second
Townsend
Eighth
Division
Harrison
Twentieth
Church
Market
Franklin
Jackson
Vanness
Bay
Sansome
East
Police Clash Claims Exaggerated as Militia Withdraws
San Francisco police chief Dinan says reports of clashes with national guardsmen were inflated. Officers will patrol with regulars as militiamen are expected to be withdrawn by day’s end. A policeman on duty was fired upon near Hayes street and Van Ness avenue. guardsmen shot as the car sped to headquarters. Citizens protest overzealous guardsmen and lights curfew led to tension.
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San Francisco
Dinan
Funston
Alpers
Hayes Street
Vanness Avenue
Refugees Cross Ogden en route from San Francisco Exodus
Ogden reports 10,000 to 15,000 refugees expected to pass through before exodus ends. Trains from the coast are crowded with homeless travelers, says A B Mose ly, general passenger agent of the Harriman lines at Ogden.
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Ogden
Utah
A. B. Mosely
Hartiman Lines
San Francisco
Trust Companies Likely To Merge Fort Wayne And Tri-State
Consent of stockholders is sought as Fort Wayne Trust and Tri-State Loan and Trust plan to consolidate. Under the plan the Fort Wayne company will be absorbed by Tri-State with Charles A. Wilding as president and Henry C. Paul as chairman. Five directors are common to both boards.
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Fort Wayne Trust Company
Tri-State Loan and Trust Company
Fort Wayne Company
Tri-State
Charles A. Wilding
Consolidated Company
Henry C. Paul
Bossa of Directors
Sunday School Convention In St Joe Township
The Sunday School convention in St Joe township drew a large attendance over Saturday and Sunday. County Superintendent McMahen led the event and spoke to a big crowd Saturday evening. Sessions featured topics by Sunday School workers, yielding broadly beneficial results. Township officers were elected: President H Davis, secretary treasurer D Ashley, superintendent home department Miss Bertha Schaffer. The Hobson school house now hosts a four-school Sunday program.
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McMahen
D. Ashley
Bertha. Schaffter
Hobson School
St. Joe-township
Schobla
Fort Wayne men recount California and Japan earthquakes
William McKay of Brunswick Bowling alleys recalls a deadly San Jose quake that terrified guests, shattered buildings, and forced his family to flee in their night clothes. J Ross McCulloch of Hamilton National Bank relives a Tokio tremor ten years earlier, describing three minutes of panic and a fleeing crowd from the Imperial hotel.
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William McKay
Brunswick Bowling Alleys
Fort Wayne
California
San Jose
Mr. McKay
Hamilton National Bank
McCulloch
Japan
Mr. McCulloch
The
Sentinel
Imperial Hotel
Tokio
Fort Wayne man murdered in Kentucky case trial underway
Frank Baals, a Fort Wayne native, was killed in Ashland Kentucky on September 16. Rat Haney is on trial in Cattlettsburg Kentucky for the crime. Dr W W Barnett testified as a witness after a postmortem examination. A neighbor saw a man strike Baals and later help him home. No motive has been found.
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W. W. Barnett
Cattlettsburg
Rat’ Haney
Frank Baals
Fort Wayne
Baals
H. A. Duemling
J. E. Stults
Mina
Emma Baals
James Richardson
Painter Falls From Scaffold on West Main Street
Charles Lotz, a painter for Jones & Jump, fractured his left leg when scaffolding mechanism slipped while painting the Seavey Hardware building on West Main Street at 9 AM Tuesday. He fell twelve feet to the sidewalk, was carried inside, and later removed to his home at 210 East Second Street after Dr. A H Macbeth treated the injury.
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Charles Lotz
Jones & Jump
Seavey Hardware Company
West Main Street
Lotz
A.H. Macbeth
New Wall Paper Selection at Hulls 830 Calhoun St
Advertises new wall paper at L C Hulls 830 Calhoun Street in various kinds and prices. Mentions avoiding possible legal entanglements from a threatened injunction proceeding.
Army urged to raise forces for California order
General Greeley in San Francisco reports to the War Department that Mayor Schmitz General Funston and the chief of police urge the army to control large districts now guarded by state militia. A week to ten days may force larger force later. 2506 troops may suffice from outside the division.
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Washington
San Francisco
San Francisco rebuilding shifts into rapid construction
News from San Francisco reports rapid plans for rebuilding after the earthquake. Officials emphasize safe routes to the water front, with dynamiting of damaged blocks on Market Street and detonation by artillery and authorities underway. A Humboldt Bank seventeen story building is planned, with a $500000 steel and terra cotta project. Embargo on ships lifted and port commerce resumes amid extensive sanitary measures and military cooperation.
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San Francisco
Market Street
Humboldt Bank
Fourth
Health Department
Pacific Squadron
Admiral Goodrich
Golden Gate
Lime Point
Walla
Ola Fort Point
Blue and Gray Fraternize at New Orleans Confederate Reunion
In New Orleans the Confederate reunion opens with high attendance expectations. By April 24 twenty nine special trains had arrived and more are expected. Gen. S. D. Lee, commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans, attended a dinner with Corporal Tanner, grand commander of the Grand Army of the Republic as joint guest of honor.
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New Orleans
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