Earthquake Ravages San Francisco Fires and Destruction Follow
San Francisco faced a devastating earthquake at 5 10 this morning lasting three minutes. Fires rage citywide as water mains burst and destruction spreads. hundreds possibly dead with massive property losses. Officials mobilize militia and Oakland fire help, dynamite used to halt flames.
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Cal
Bulletin
Palace Hotel
Claus Spreckles
Phelan
Ariel
Market Street
Fourth
Fifth Streets
Schmitz
Oakland Fire Department
Postal Telegraph Company
New York
Western Union Telegraph Office
Fresno
Dowie Granted Injunction Over Zion City Property
Judge Wright in Rockford Alabama issues an injunction restraining Voliva and others from hindering Dowie from entering Zion City or staying there and grants Dowie rights to conduct religious services in the tabernacle on alternate days after a bill seeks to set aside a 21 million dollar conveyance.
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Zion City
Wright
Circuit Court
Voliva
Dowie
Tabernacle
Stricken City Urges Relief as Fire Ravages San Francisco
At 9:30 a m reports say hundreds killed and thousands injured. Mechanics Pavilion serves as a temporary hospital while flames engulf the water front and dozens of landmarks. Post office and fish market collapsed. City Hall and Grand Opera House burn. Mayor Schmitz forms a 50 member relief committee as military patrols guard banks. law enforcement orders to shoot thieves. Damage tallied around 40 million. total city losses about 10 million.
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Mechanics
Clay
Merchant Streets
Sullivan
Grand Opera House
Theater
St. Patrick's Church
Palace Hotel
Oakland
Empire Building
Schmitz
Just
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Chronicle
ERY
Crry
Market Street
Sansome
Ninth Streets
Southern Pacific
Benecia
Fourth
Seventh Streets
Winchester
Paqwace
Rene
Bay
City Hall
Palace
St. Francis
Cal
Graver disaster in tidal wave warned
Rochester expert warns of a possible graver disaster than the San Francisco earthquake as a tidal wave menaces the city. Reports describe widespread destruction in San Francisco with fires, collapsed structures, and thousands displaced, while Oakland and surrounding areas suffer severe damage.
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Rochester
N. Y
San Francisco
H. L. Fairchild
University of Rochester
Result of Beef Trial Was Miscarriage of Justice
Springfield Alabama April 18 Illinois won an important victory yesterday in the case by Governor De neen against former State Treasurer Henry Wulf of Chicago to recover fees due the state for commissions on interest on bonds retained by treasurers and auditors. The suit was a test case and the governor claimed 631000 including interest. The decision orders the money returned or the case taken to the supreme court.
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Springfield
Ilnois
Deneen
Henry Wulf
Chicago
Wulf
Supreme Court
Witte Remains Premier Durnovo To Be Dismissed
St Petersburg April 18 The Associated Press confirms Witte has the upper hand on Interior Minister Durnovo and the emperor has promised to dismiss him before the national parliament meets. The downfall of Durnovo is expected within days or weeks.
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Durnovo
St. Petersburg
Associated Press
Witte
Scholas
Illinois Daughters of the Revolution name reelected state regent
Washington reports Mrs. B A Fessenden of Highland Park Illinois reelected state regent at a meeting of the Illinois delegation to the Daughters of the American Revolution compressed. Mrs Ireton of Ottawa was elected vice regent to succeed Mrs. Edwin Sawyer Walker. Hannahan Weds at St. Paul.
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Illinois Daughters of the Revolution
Washington
B. A. Fessenden
Highland Park
Illinois
Ireton
Ottawa
Edwin Sawyer Walker
Roosevelt's sensational message to Congress on beef case
President Roosevelt asks Congress to declare the will of Congress in beef packers case, criticizes Judge Humphrey's interpretation as abortive, and seeks a declaratory act plus a right of appeal in criminal cases for government where merits not yet decided.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Washington
Chicago
Humphrey
Moody
Garfield
San Francisco Earthquake Spreads Across the Nation
Reports from April 18 describe widespread quake effects from San Francisco. Shaking toppled chimneys, damaged water mains, fires near Market Street, and power outages as observers across California, Nevada, and beyond report fires, collapsed buildings, and disrupted communications. Washington and Chicago dispatches note aid being coordinated and wires down.
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Valencia
Sixteenth Street
Seventh Street
Suisun
Solano County
Tracy
San Joaquin County
Washington
Oliver
Greeley
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Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Margaret Sullivan
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Pacific Coast
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Weather Bureau
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Western Union
Berkeley
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Frisco Railroad
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