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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1906
Page
7
A man recounts traveling from Tacoma to San Francisco with sudden confusion after an earthquake era event he did not witness. He found $47 in cash, a hat card, and change, and believes he wandered nearly 1000 miles from home before waking in Seattle. He plans to return to his employers and asks for any explanation.
Reported chaos at a firing scene as fire trucks rushed through a crowd. A soldier halted a man carrying whisky and shot him as he climbed stairs. Passersby offered little comment while a traveler recalled boarding a ferry to Oakland and seeking work in Seattle. A New York dateline notes a man lamenting no word from his mother.
In a morning incident John Samn of the Phishingham Publishing Co. appears to have taken his own life. Police are investigating the death as an apparent self inflicted act.
A brief banking notice notes clearings for April 1906 with scattered figures and dates. The fragmentary OCR shows “BANK CLEARLGS” and dates in April 1906, including a Sunday entry, indicating a periodic financial summary.
Report says 62 Danish fishermen drowned when four trawlers foundered along the Iceland coast during a fishing voyage.
Mins Meesie Dupuy of Nanaimo arrives in Ban Mean cheop wearing pajamas and hair in a hlde while carrying a dress suit case and curling tongs. She recalls waking during a quake at the Occidental hotel in San Francisco and wandering streets before crossing to Oakland with help from strangers.
A Seattle market column shows mixed pricing for onions beets and other produce with scattered figures for fruits meats and dairy. The piece ends noting F. B. Dow SF Examiner staffer arrived in Seattle to stay until conditions quiet down after a trip through Oakland.
An advertisement from Beattie highlights cut price sales at Red Cr confirmed drug store 610 and Beeman's or Gardner's Pepsin Gum two packages for five cents. The notice promises many other bargains Tuesday including Mennen's Borated Talcum Powder at a cut price.
April 21 Oakland a Red Cross hospital surgeon Dr. Tilden was shot and killed in his car by three youths. The suspects EB S Boynton a Pacific State Telephone inspector George W Simmons and Malcolm Vance are in custody claiming a mistaken act. Boynton says he did not see the Red Cross flag and fired when the car did not stop. The chauffeur returned fire.
Dispatches from San Francisco indicate ongoing Chinese relief coordination with officials urging speedy federal action. The war department orders Gen Punston to treat Chinese camps separately. repairs to the post office estimated at 400000 dollars. A Chinese government secretary travels to Francisco to oversee relief, while railroad relief and ocean transport efforts assist civilians and travelers in transit.
In San Francisco on April 22 coroner Waieh ordered 290 bodies found near the Union Iron Works cremated to curb disease after probable ptomaine poisoning. Many were unidentifiable due to mutilated remains. An additional 23 bodies found elsewhere in the city were buried.
P. H. Ketchum, a refugee, says three quarters of people coming north from San Francisco are broke and traveling free on the bounty of the Southern Pacific railroad. The remark highlights wartime displacement and railway aid.
Nowme has subscribed $12,000 for the San Francisco sufferers. A monster benefit entertainment will be given tomorrow night. There is much excitement here, and the destruction of San Francisco will have an important bearing on Nome shipping and mining interests.
Dr. Rice of 1008 7th Ave was struck by a Madison street car while waiting for an outbound car and thrown across the street. He suffered a sprained ankle two damaged ribs and bruises. William Cobexen 79 died after tumbling over planks on a new street grade at 4th Ave South and Jackson St. Great Northern viaduct excavation risks prompted by a one-board fence. Senate amends San Francisco $1.6 million appropriation. Keuper Fahn family dies from gas in Philadelphia leaving mother and two daughters dead and others injured. a suspected mass suicide attempt.
Reports describe a ruined logging camp and a fatal accident as Dr. C. F. Taggart dies from an accidental pistol discharge. Militia, police, and volunteers coordinate relief for thousands homeless in San Francisco with services across churches parks and cemeteries.
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