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Newspaper
Ireton Weekly Ledger
Location
Ireton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1906
Page
11
A corresp ondent describes San Francisco weeks after the quake with tens of thousands homeless and the city in ruins. Estimates place the dead from the disaster around 1500, with teams digging through smoldering ruins and coroner and city records overwhelmed by the scale of loss.
The report outlines a loss revision for San Francisco after a wreckage incident. It states that 3,000 to 1,000 workers will be employed to clear debris and remove wreckage before new buildings rise and normal conditions return. The plan emphasizes rapid restoration and major reconstruction efforts.
In San Francisco after the quake Miss Logan lay unconscious in the St Francis hotel lobby as a Gerd cut off the third finger of her left hand and stole her rings. The relief fund tops $35 million with New York contributing $8.5 million and Congress $2.5 million. Chinatown is reported obliterated and Mayor Schmitz vows measures affecting the Chinese population.
Debris blocks streets as Southern Pacific clears tracks through the wrecked city. Railway workers carve a path from Sirison Street toward Fontana’s warehouses and Port Mason, while temporary shelters rise at Gulien Gite Park to house up to 40,000.
San Francisco building of Mutual Life Insurance on Sansome and California streets burned. Twelve thousand policy holders face potential serious complications as complete records were destroyed. New York offices say earthquake losses are not covered by California fire policies and state laws bar such adjustments.
A sweeping real estate boom across New York Buffalo Philadelphia Pittsburgh and beyond sparks immense investment in farms homes and business blocks. Reports from Chicago St Louis Omaha Nebraska and other states note sky scrapers rising, high land values, and widespread buying as economies surge nationwide.
Sioux City prepares a three concert festival at the New Grand theater May 23 24 featuring Theodore Thomas Orchestra of 55 players conducted by Frederick A Stock with a 200 voice festival chorus. Soloists include Madame Charlotte Maconda Hannah Butler Grace Munson Glenn Hall Herbert Witherspoon Leopold KraMert Vandenburg Kramer Steindell and Brahm.
Funds from Mr and Mrs Levi DP Morton back a monumental organ for St John the Trinity in New York City. The instrument will be built by Robert Howe Jones and Exnes ML Skinner in Beeston, using Hopestones tone production and a metal tongue vibration system.
A bullet near a minek test was averted involving Dr Deirtiers of Curis. Construction details are faintly described and the event mentions duel practice pistols with steel casings and swordlike pits. In a 272 shot test, 202 struck some body part, though clothing prevented full penetration. The account references bor gles on both men.
A compact catalog of historic dates from 1014 to 1888 detailing battles crowns newspaper events and political shifts. Notable items include the Battle of Clontarf in 1014 the Bank of Brazil explorations and the 1861 Charleston convention events along with the 1888 onset of the Spanish American War.
A Darton firm built an aeroplane claimed to fly twenty four miles in thirty eight minutes while carrying 625 pounds. A French government representative valued European rights at 23000 dollars, noting the machine’s remarkable drive and possible fuel exhaustion ended a demonstration.
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