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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1906
Page
8
San Francisco Wilson disaster reports describe a blaze declared under control with homes and businesses destroyed in a lodging house collapse. Proclamation warns citizens to avoid fires while relief for 200000 homeless is organized. 72 dead plus 50 missing and eleven postal clerks survived miraculous buries.
In Chicago on April 21 a global relief surge follows a Pacific coast disaster appeal. Wealthy donors top the headlines with $1,000,000 from Ex Mayor Phelan and San Francisco ties, Rockefeller’s $100,000 gift matched by others, and large contributions from London financier William Walder Arto and Trostar’s CL Julitage, with corporate aid from Standard Oil and United States Steel among others.
Reports describe massive fire destruction in San Francisco with up to 1,000 deaths feared and $400,000,000 in losses. Fires spread toward the western addition. Mission district extinguished. crowds flee as water mains break and winds shift. Homeless numbering 200,000 occupy parks. troops guard mint and warehouses. prices soar for bread and water. many bodies buried. notable figures and hotels affected. broader regional damage includes San Jose and Palo Alto facilities.
Union Pacific will spend 200000 on relief and haul supplies free. Dominion and United States governments pledge 1.1 million plus New York City's 1 million. Chicago, Boston, and individuals contribute heavily as trains carry aid toward San Francisco.
April 21 report from San Francisco describes how ruins and refugee camps stretch through the city. Golden Gate Park becomes a vast camp where social distinctions vanish. Wealth is forsaken for survival as families barter for basic needs and a fashionable society member speaks of sleeping on a grave.
Sacramento April 214 The following signed statement by President outlines damages after a fire at Memorial Church in Stanford area. Four million dollars estimated loss cited. Authorities investigate arson possibility while campus leaders assess impact on services and memorial events.
An earthquake caused severe damage at Stanford University with two deaths, one a student from Bradford Pennsylvania and a firefighter named Hang Strath. Major losses include Memorial Church New Library Gymnasium Memorial Arch and the power house with many outer quadrangle structures also wrecked. Estimated damage runs about 4 million dollars though books and apparatus largely survived. Telegraph service to San Francisco was disrupted and a bread relief appeal to Los Angeles women urged baking and delivery to the chamber of commerce.
April 21 reports describe scattered dead across the city with trenches holding multiple bodies. Ferry services continue. crowds gather at depots as relief committees urge evacuation. Northern fires burn but winds eased. ferryfront blaze near the waterline is under control at precinct 9730.
San Francisco April 21 The Southern Pacific reports trains moving through the coast division with regularity. Eastern visitors who were in the city during the quake faced low casualty, with most injuries and deaths confined to cheap lodging house occupants.
Des Moines reports a facsimile of Cummins 1893 letter calling for free coinage of silver triggers political firestorm. Tax data from nine Iowa counties show districtwide tax increases averaging over 29 percent under Shaw vs Cummins administrations, from 1898 to 1904, with Wright county up 41 percent and Dubuque county up 12 percent.
A reception was held last evening in the parlory of the east side library to honor A J Edwards who served as president of the east side school board for many years. About one hundred attended including seventy teachers and school board members. Messrs Arbuckle Peek Schultz and McFarlane spoke, Miss Bankson the librarian read briefly, and Prof H H Savage presented a Fold-headed cane donated by the east side teachers. Edwards expressed thanks as refreshments followed. The Knights of Pything lodge plans a donation drive for San Francisco victims and invites relatives of members to learn more by contacting Mr Schulte.
Waterloo treks a carload of relief to San Francisco after earthquake fire wreck. It includes 1 400 cases of assorted canned goods and 3 000 pounds of dried salt meat. Railways offer free freight and Wells Fargo handles future ships. Fund already reaches 2 200 with 2 500 expected. Banks collect donations. churches plan drives. Committee chaired by Fowler.
In Dewar on April 21 residents theorize that Frank Young’s wanderings result from a runaway incident. A buggy and harness were found at the I M Gehring farm near Dewar after Young was taken into custody. The buggy became wedged between two buildings, the horse tore free, and the crash is blamed for an alleged attack of insanity. Young was taken to Waterloo and later placed under relatives’ care.
The Cedar Falls Globe was sold last night to P. H. McClanahan and R. A. Santee. They plan to form a stock corporation next week with McClanahan as editor and managing control. McClanahan is a Cedar Falls native and brother-in-law of Santee. He will be in Cedar Falls Monday to finalize incorporation papers and other arrangements. The paper is expected to align with the Cumming faction.
Rev George Zellhoefer accepted the pastorate of the Evangelical Association church at Meservy Iowa and left today with his family for that post He had led the Evangelical church in this city for years and previously served Cedar Falls for two years The Zellhoefer family planned to move to Colorado this spring where a son and a daughter reside Mrs Zellhoefer visited the West recently and the climate impressed them They were urged to lead Meservy for at least one year and plan to remain with their daughter Mrs W H Langlas in the city before departing
The Waterloo district court hears a case titled Blenis v. Kentzelman to correct tile and settle ownership of a parcel described by metes and bounds near Waterloo. Irene V. Kentzelman asserts a deed from 1904 and a prior chain through W. J. Jenks, while plaintiff seeks full title. The matter also notes appointment of Mrs. E. A. Evans as administratrix of the H. A. Evans estate with assets under 260 dollars and a 500 dollar bond, plus questions on insurance policies and payout validity. A separate petition by Waste Watering township trustees seeks court permission to sell Lehmann property on Water Street, aiming to establish a record and facilitate future issues.
Rock Island relief freight recalls a letter from Chicago Rock Island & Pacific agent Hayes. It states railways will guarantee free shipments to earthquake sufferers in San Francisco when marked for relief committees, with connections to Southern Pacific Union Pacific and Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe lines.
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