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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1906
Page
1
Gen on wires war department that loss of life is believed limited and fire is partially checked. He expects that the city west of Broadway to Fillmore Market will be saved as supplies begin arriving in quantity.
Seattle charity drives surge as the Meteor steamship is chartered to carry food clothing tents and bedding to San Francisco area. Funds and donations pour in from residents city treasury money tops seventy thousand dollars with multiple carloads of provisions ready for shipment.
A party of residents from Seattle led by Mr Hawley escaped the city as a fire threatened. The group including John Collins Mix Nichols and families traveled from unsafe hotels near Van News and Washington to Bay Street ferry and Oakland. Hawley seeks Judge Wood to charter a vessel and send relief provisions.
San Francisco endures a night of misery as 300000 people camped in Golden Gate Park amid hunger thirst and cold. Fire rages west of Van Ness Avenue and firefighters soldiers and citizens abandon hope as flames consume palaces along Van Ness and the downtown district. Seattle Police Relief donates to San Francisco victims.
Reports from San Francisco say the fire has spread seven blocks west of Van Ness and threatens Golden Gate Park and the Presidio. Oakland notes the city is wiped out with no hope of saving residential districts as flames roll on, leaving 300000 homeless and rising.
April 20 reports describe a massive blaze spreading through San Francisco with hundreds of thousands starving for food and efforts to bury dead. Bakers struggle to meet demand while fires menace neighborhoods north of Russian Hill and near Fort Mason. Refugees crowd ferry routes as water and bread rations vanish under emergency control.
City relief drives in Boston seek to spend funds locally for San Francisco aid. The Boston mayor asks if supplies could be shipped to Seattle or used here, and the local relief committee confirms ample quantities can be secured. Chairman Hanford will coordinate purchases for Boston and send materials by steamers the next two days.
Ballard mayor appointed a committee to solicit relief funds and provisions. In under two hours the group raised about $2,000 and aims for $4,000 by night. A second committee will collect donations in Latona and the University district, with Peter Hansen donating wagon service starting at 7 o clock tomorrow.
The Star California Relief Fund boxes collect nickels dimes and quarters to feed and clothe Seattle's homeless. Boxes placed in Swift's Pharmacy Disard's Cigar Stand umpfs Cigar Store Cohen's Frederick & Nelson Shaw's Drug Store Ron Marche Kwhendorff's Buchanan Co's Store and others to reach the public.
Five Marine Cooks & Stewards union volunteers will bake bread on the steamer carrying provisions to San Francisco. Named volunteers include R F Skinner Carl Emil Petersen Adolph Braun Helge Hilgesen and Frank Dryms. George E Wright searches for his wife and two children in the wake of the disaster while Mrs Wright reports they are safe, with Mrs Wright in Seattle noting their location during the confusion.
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