Santa Rosa and California Hit by Devastating Quake Fatalities Reported
A widespread earthquake disaster across Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, San Jose, and nearby cities leaves hundreds dead or homeless. Reports describe collapsed buildings, ruined water systems, and fires sweeping through downtowns. Officials deploy hundreds to guard property as tolls rise.
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California
Monterey
Gilroy
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Cliff House in the Sea swept from San Francisco coast
From the Cliff House in San Francisco comes news that the famed oceanfront resort and show place has been hurled into the sea. The monster stone building is gone, leaving only the rock foundation and a wrecked seacoast scene behind.
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San Francisco
Proclamation Warns Citizens After Looting Incidents
San Francisco April 18. Mayor Schmitz issues a proclamation via the Committees of Safety and federal troops to deter looting and violent acts. The message urges citizens to stay home at night and warns that troops and police may use lethal force against violators during the crisis.
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Committees of Safety
Sen Francisco
Seismic Telegram From Vienna Reports Distant Earthquake
A government observatory telegram from Laibach Vienna dated April 13 reports a distant earthquake felt between 2:20 and 9:50 pm. The tremor was stronger than previous quakes noted, with indications of a violent shock registered in the region.
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Vienna
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Laibe +4
Funston Requests Aid After Devastating City Fire
General Funston’s message to Secretary Taft reports a massive city fire with about one thousand dead and tens of thousands homeless. He calls for thousands of tents and rations as troops assist police, with orders to push the War Department’s recommendations to adjacent posts.
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Washington
Funston
Albany Felt Shock Registers in City
Albany reports an earthquake registered at Geological Hall beginning 8:21 a.m. and ending 9:30 a.m. The most severe phase lasted 8:32 to 8:43, with a quarter inch vibration. Shocks traveled at 40 000 and 11 000 feet per second, marking the second tremor in a month. State Geologist Clark ties the April 10 disturbance as a precursor.
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Geological Hall
Clark
Dewey's Lauterne and Moselle White Dinner Wines
Hu. T Dewey & Sons Co announces white dinner wines of superior quality from 135 Fulton Street New York. Advertising blurb touts Dewey’s Lauterne and Moselle as premium offerings for dining and culinary use.
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Hu. T Dewey & Sons Co
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New York
Agnews Asylum Wrecked in Earthquake Toll Grows
San Francisco reports show the Agnews asylum eight miles from the city as a total wreck after an earthquake. Inmates and staff casualties include the superintendent and his wife killed. Fire and panic followed as ruins trapped many, with authorities confirming high death counts and widespread destruction across San José and nearby areas.
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Earthquake Devastates Salinas Overnight
At 5:15 am three tremors lasting five three and forty two seconds from NE and SW leveled Salinas causing 2.5 million dollars in damage. No deaths. A Armstrong of Santa Cruz broke a leg after leaping from a window. Spreckels sugar factory nearby destroyed with 1.5 million in damage. High school and many buildings wrecked. town cut off from San Francisco communications.
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Train line serves Detroit Grand Rapids Saginaw and Chicago
Advertisement describes a daily express train from New York at 4 30 p m arriving Detroit next morning and reaching Grand Rapids Saginaw or Chicago the following afternoon via New York Central Lines.
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Stanford in ruins after quake kills student and fireman
San Francisco reports Stanford University and Palo Alto damaged by a disaster. Julius Robert Hanna of Bradford Pennsylvania, a student, and Otto Gurts a fireman, were killed. Six students are injured and hospitalized with bruises cuts and internal injuries.
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Palo Alto Hospital
Ross D. Howard
San Francisco
Henry L. Dearing
Santa Ana
Hulburt R. Thomas
Los Angeles
Robert Westnick
Santa Barbara
W. H. Masters
Portland
Ore
Frolic
Palace Hotel Destroyed in San Francisco Fire
The Palace Hotel in San Francisco is destroyed. The Postal and Western Union buildings and the new Union Trust Company Building, eleven stories high, have been dynamited. The incident occurred in Oakland at 7 p m on April 18.
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San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Devastate City
A massive quake and subsequent fire cripple San Francisco with as many as two hundred killed and a thousand injured. Officials estimate damage around 200 million dollars as flames sweep the business district and dynamite aids firefighting efforts. Shocks reach across the Far West and even to Austria, drawing nationwide sympathy and aid pledges.
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Boston
Destructive Fire and Earthquake Devastate San Francisco
San Francisco mourns as a combined earthquake and blaze rages through the city. By April 18 many districts are ash and rubble with government tug efforts hampered. The Mint, Palace Hotel, Hall of Justice and St. Ignatius Church destroyed. casualties and homeless numbers rise steeply. Thousands flee to hills and ferries while the city fights to control the inferno.
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