Burnham Sees San Francisco Rebuild as Beauty Center
Architect Daniel H. Burnham, back in Chicago from Europe, says San Francisco can quickly implement his plan. He notes two key features diagonal streets and a grand outer boulevard to encircle the city, likening its potential to Paris in 1851 and urging rapid action.
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Chicago
Daniel H. Burnham
San Francisco
Europe
Burnham
James D. Phelan
Association For the Improvement and Adornment of
Louis Napoleon
Paris
Building Movement is On in San Francisco After Earthquake
San Francisco planners report rapid rebuilding with $20 million in commitments. Mrs Herman Oelrichs of New York will repair the Rialto and rebuild on the Crosley site along with Mrs W K Vanderbilt Jr. Thomas Magee will depart May 1 to arrange a 12 story steel building on Market Street. The Emporium will resume large scale operation next week. Monadnock building seven floors to be filled in two weeks. Capitalists, including James D Phelan, express strong faith in the city’s recovery.
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San Francisco
Herman Oelrichs
New York
Rialto
Crosley
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Montgomery Street
Thomas Magee
Market Street
Mutual Bank
Emporium
Post and van Ness Avenue
Monadnock
James D. Phelan
Finance Committee
Phelan
O'Farrell Streets
Des Moines Veracity on San Francisco Soldiers Looting
Des Moines reports from Harry Shostro and Lane Iowa men recount soldiers looting, robbing, and shooting civilians in San Francisco. They claim officers ignore killings and describe guards, vandals, and explosive thefts with alleged $2000 in diamonds and a gold watch. They plan to file charges with the war department if needed.
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Des Moines
Harry Shostro
Lane
Iowa
San Francisco
Shostro
War Department
United States
Prominent Chemist Plans Portland Factory Expansion
W R B Wales a Denver physician and manufacturing chemist visited Salt Lake City and announced plans to build a large chemical factory in Portland employing many workers. He already runs plants in Omaha Denver Kansas City St Paul and will open locations in Seattle and Salt Lake City with thousands invested. He expects to be in Portland within ten days.
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Salt Lake
Utah
W. R B. Wales
Denver
Portland
Omaha
Kansas City
St. Paul
Seattle
Hermann Refuses Trial in Letterbook Indictment
Representative Hermann unhappy over prospects of trial in Washington D C on the letterbook indictment. He believes no trial will occur this term and that an official decision is pending. Hermann attributes delay to his attorney’s illness and vows action next week.
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Washington, D. C
Hermann
Cuba May Give fifty thousand for California fire victims
In Havana on April 24 a resolution was offered in the house to appropriate $50,000 for the victims of the California fire.
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Cuba
Havana
California
Realty men, merchants meet on reestablishing San Francisco trade
In San Francisco on April 27 a hurried conference of realty men and over fifty merchants aimed to secure ten quarters for wholesalers who must move quickly. The meeting planned a second session Saturday at 10 to finalize arrangements as Oakland offers land to the wholesalers nearly free for two years.
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San Francisco
Bay
Mr. Triest
Oakland
Triest
Probable Republican Ticket Listed for State Offices
Senator short term F. W. Mulkey Senator long term Jonathan Bourne Congressman Flist District W. C. Hawley Second District W. R. Ellin Governor James Withycombe Treasurer G. A. Steel Supreme Judge Robert Eakin Superintendent Public Instruction J. H. Ackerman State Printer W. S. Daniway Attorney General A. M. Crawford Labor Commissioner O. P. Hoff
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F. W. Mulkey
Jonathan Bourne
Flist
W. C. Hawley
W. R. Ellin
James Withycombe
G. A. Steel
Robert Eakin
J. H. Ackerman
Daniway
A. M. Crawford
O. P. Hoff
Wholesalers Plan Oakland Site for San Francisco Rebuild
Merchants voiced aim to desert San Francisco for Oakland until the city is rebuilt. They prefer a southern district near railroad facilities and want single roof housing for up to a year. Six members require about 100000 square feet, with total space need estimated around 1000000 square feet of ground space.
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San Francisco
Oakland
North Beach
Market Street
Santa Rosa Reconstruction Plans Amid Devastation
Santa Rosa California reports 51 dead 63 injured and seven missing after a major fire. The disaster destroyed the business section and many homes but water supply remained. three hours after flames were controlled. Civic leaders plan rebuilding including the savings bank and several prominent structures.
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Santa Rosa
Cal
Nixty
San Francisco
Odd Fellows
Savings Bank of
Don Shea
Fissures Open in Artesian Belt Near Milpitas Bay
Fissures opened in the earth between Milpitas and Alviso on San Francisco bay's south arm. Water flows over the surface in the artesian belt where hundreds of wells irrigate large areas. Disturbance released subterranean streams, flooding roads and making them impassable.
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Oakland
Cal
Milpitas
Alviso
San Francisco Bay
Japanese Offer Hospital Ship to San Francisco
The Japanese government offered a hospital ship at top speed to San Francisco. The state department replied no ship is needed by the time it could cross the Pacific due to the country’s relief efforts in the distressed city. The president expressed appreciation for the generous gesture.
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Washington
San Francisco
State Department
Pacific
Carnegie Steel Issues San Francisco Emergency Orders
Carnegie Steel officials issue all orders as emergency priority for San Francisco. John G Neale structural engineer for Carnegie travels to San Francisco to lead the Pacific Coast structural force for the United States Steel Corporation.
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Pittsburg
Carnegie Steel Company
San Francisco
John G. Neale
Carnegie Company
United States Steel Corporation
Pacific Coast
Oregon Relief Efforts Extend Across State
Oregon communities pour large supplies into relief funds with edibles and essentials like flour bread eggs and bacon. People donate cooking utensils blankets and stoves while money collections continue and transport links move goods south toward Bay City. Portland aid to San Francisco and other California cities may exceed 250000 in value.
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Bay City
Portland
San Francisco
California
Salem Mobilizes Aid for San Francisco Sufferers
Salem forwards four carloads of provisions including potatoes flour bread and other foods to assist San Francisco. Additional carloads from Bhaw and Pratum groups, with cash subscriptions totaling 3500. Residents bake bread. bakeries donate stock. penitentiary prisoners donate 75 and their blankets. Salem vows daily shipments while needed.
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Salem
San Francisco
Bhaw
Pratum
Jacksonville Raises a Fund for San Francisco Sufferers
In Jacksonville at City Hall a relief fund opened with 750 subscribed in under ten minutes. The total grew to 1250 and is expected to pass 1500 as committee efforts continue. The ball team, Masonic orders, I O O F, A O U W, Red Men, Jacksonville Elk and Native Daughters all contributed generously.
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Jacksonville
Medford
San Francisco
Redland
Masonic Order
Corvallis Volunteers Rally for San Francisco Relief
Corvallis residents gathered at the Courthouse to organize aid for San Francisco. They arranged loading a car with provisions destined for the city, with initial donations of ten tons flour 400 bushels potatoes 31 cases eggs 300 pounds bacon and 1000 loaves bread.
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Corvallis
San Francisco
Refugees Arrive as Eugene Relief Expands Aid
Relief efforts in Eugene for San Francisco caf ferera victims continue with several cars of supplies dispatched. Contributions reach about 3000 dollars and grow daily. Many locals have relatives in the city and others have found work in the valley.
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Eugene
San Francisco
San Jose
Refugees Receive Aid as Oregon City Sees Relief Effort
Several San Francisco refugees arrived at the depot greeted by Mayor Canfield and the citizens relief committee. The city secured work for many at local paper mills and others found employment in various jobs. The relief committee continues collecting clothing and supplies for shipment to California to aid the sufferers.
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Oregon City
San Francisco
Canfield
Citizens’ Relief Committee
California
Astoria Citizens Aid San Francisco Relief Drive
Citizens of Astoria have raised about 2850 for the San Francisco relief fund. The Lower Columbia River cannerymen donated 725 cases of canned salmon. Two carloads have shipped and another car is to be sent. the committee hopes to raise a further 1000.
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Astoria
San Francisco Relief Fund
Columbia River
Chemawa Students Send Bread to California Sufferers
Chemawa Indian pupils at the training school sent 530 loaves as their first consignment for California relief. The bread was shipped by Welle and Fargo and will be followed by more loaves daily as flour is purchased and baked by the school's Indian bakers.
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Chemawa
California
Welle
Fargo
City Council Aids Victims With Relief Car Loads
A special Union-A meeting of the City Council approved sympathetic resolutions with the San Francisco cofferers. A committee of 50 was appointed to secure aid for the victims. One car carried provisions stoves cooking utensils blankets and clothing and a second carload delivered flour.
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Union
San Francisco
Roseburg Raises 1500 for San Francisco Relief
Roseburg citizens answer the call for aid to San Francisco with a $1500 contribution and a carload of provisions bread clothing bedding and tents. Drain passes funds to the relief committee and many locals are reported saved.
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Roseburg
San Francisco
Drain
Relief Committee
Roneburg
Supplies Ready at Cottage Grove Relief Drive
The committee appointed to solicit funds for San Francisco relief has secured $560 at the main meeting. A carload of supplies including flour potatoes and bacon was purchased and sent by the first train.
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Cottage Grove
San Francisco
BUILD DISASTER PROOF
Oakland April 26 San Francisco can be rebuilt after the earthquake and fire though it will be practically impossible. A few frame buildings withstood the heat and will be proof of the danger to modern structures. Blasting and wrecking begin as streets are cleared and shells blown up.
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Oakland
Cal
San Francisco
Monadnock
Palace Hotel
Emporium
Raine
Earthquake Death Toll Tops 1000 in San Francisco
Coroner William Walsh estimates the number of dead will exceed 1,000 based on corpses recovered across Polk and Bay streets Portsmouth square Wrerington square the Six Mile Home Laurel Hill and scattered locations. He notes south of Market and Chinatown areas likely contain many more victims and that some bodies were buried by authorities along the waterfront.
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San Francisco
William Walsh
Walshauld
Polk and
Bay Street
Portsmouth Square
Wrebington Square
Six-Mile Home
Laurel Hill
Market Street
Bouth
Chinatown
Oregon City women spearhead large clothing drive
The citizen's committee sent another carload of potatoes flour blankets and clothing to the relief effort in Oregon City. Women organized a robust clothing drive with major support from the Oregon City Manufacturing Company which contributed about $1,000 in cash and blankets.
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Oregon City
Arlington Raises S600 at masa meeting
At a masa meeting in Arlington a total of 600 dollars in cash was subscribed for San Francis co. Mr. Smith and Smythe and Son, sheepmen, each contributed 100 dollars.
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Arlington
San Francisco
Hillsboro Sends 60 Ton Relief Car to San Francisco
Citizens of Hillsboro mobilized a 60 ton car carrying potatoes flour evaporated cream bacon beans blankets and clothing and a cash outlay of 600 to aid San Francisco sufferers. The relief committee named by Mayor Cornelius raised the funds in a few hours.
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Hillsboro
San Francisco
Cornelius
Portland Markets Report Full of Grain and Produce Prices
Market notes list wheat, oats, barley, hay, fruit, vegetables, potatoes, butter, eggs, poultry, wool, veal, beef, mutton and pork prices. Multiple grades and regions are cited, including eastern Oregon, valley, California, and Oregon ranch levels with per unit quotes in cents and dollars.
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Oregon
Valley
New
California
Oregon Ranch
Mobair
Canvassing at Newberg for San Francisco relief
At a Newberg meeting called by E. H. Woodward of the Board of Trade two carloads of potatoes were pledged for San Francisco sufferers. A relief fund was organized with liberal subscriptions and a committee appointed to continue canvassing.
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Newberg
E. H. Woodward
Board of Trade
San Francisco
Medford Sends First Relief Train to San Francisco
Medford dispatched one car of supplies by the first relief train to San Francisco in response to the city's need. A mass meeting followed to organize further aid and arrange faster shipments as needs were learned.
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Medford
San Francisco
Miners' Charity Carves Local Relief for San Francisco
Bohemian miners in Cottage Grove raised 100 dollars and sent it to aid San Francisco’s needy without solicitation. Sawmills along Bow River also donated a carload of lumber for relief efforts.
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Cottage Grove
San Francisco
Bow River
Glendale Sends Carload of Provisions to San Francisco
Glendale residents answered the aid call by shipping a carload of provisions aboard a supply train bound for San Francisco. The gesture reflects citywide relief efforts and civic solidarity amid the crisis.
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Glendale
San Fran
Lay Track to Haul Debris in San Francisco
San Francisco officials hail a relief plan by the Southern Pacific to build a debris clearing spur from Harrison Street to the bay. The railroad will transport wreckage for removal, employing up to around 9,000 workers as the city seeks to restore normal conditions. An application for a franchise to lay the spur will be made to the city supervisors, route undecided.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific Railroad
Harrison Street
Bay
Debria
Ttmn
Insurance firms near $260 million in San Francisco fire claim
State Insurance Commissioner Myron Wolfe said most large insurers can make satisfactory adjustments of losses from the San Francisco fire. He estimates total claims may reach 260 million dollars and urges San Francisco authorities to grant the fire insurance auxiliary salt water system appeal for Twin Peaks.
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Oakland
Cal
Myron Wolfe
San Francisco
Wolfe
Twin Peaka
Fugitive San Francisco Woman Says Her Finger Was Cut Off
A San Francisco fugitive named Mien Logan, claiming to be injured in an earthquake, described losing the third finger of her left hand while unconscious on the Be Francis hotel lobby floor after last Wednesday’s quake. She was on a Rio Grande train in Colorado Springs April 25.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Tal An Opens Her Heart in Aid Appeals
The empress dowager has sent to the American legation 50000 for relief of the disaster offerer from Gan Fran clves and 20000 to the Chinese in that city.
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Tal An
Frkin
Empress Downer
Gan Franclves
Rumors of Uprising Rise Amid Parliament Deadlock
Amid a tense political moment in a wartime state, a draft of a conciliatory plan sparks fear of upheaval. Officials warn against a planned workers' mobilization, with 42 000 idle laborers urged to push for a convocation of Parliament and a general strike.
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Potoreby
Atimulan
Brian Channoff
Democratic Party
Elf
Army in Charge: San Francisco Food Aid Effort Expands
San Francisco reports the United States Army to oversee food distribution for the hungry needy days. The national government spearheads relief, coordinating with the executive committee and the War Department to manage 58 stations during the mobilization. Strong emphasis on orderly care for those affected and efficient convoys to assist the hungry city.
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San Francisco
Beeg Quartermaster
United States Army
United States Que Department
Shipping aids urged for rebuilding docks and port
A fragmented report notes the land commerce department seeking immediate appropriation to provide temporary shipping supplies for rebuilding efforts at the docks in San Francisco. The message indicates urgency and government action to support port operations during the reconstruction.
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Philippine
Warhington
Apell
Fulton
Gearin Egram
San Frators
Matin
Cleo
Insurer Figures Show Patchy Lien Totals Across Cities
Sparse OCR text reports San Francisco April figures for 107 companies and local agents, with inconsistent totals. Mentions Chicago and Baltimore loan amounts, and a purported overall figure around 935 million, but details are garbled and unclear.
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Eatimote Insurance
San Francisco
Cisco
Mned
Chicago
Baltimore
Washington Ayr relief fund noted in Herald report
A damaged clipping mentions a famine relief effort tied to Washington and Ayr with a $25 distribution and Crowe cited. The text is fragmentary but indicates a fund or relief action recorded by the Herald.
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Washington
Ayr
Crowe
Reneedy
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Napoleon
Burned City
Mrs. Oelrichs
Magee
Portland Markets
Southern Pacific
Bolls
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