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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1906
Page
28
News from San Francisco via Postal Telegraph shows a building fire, earthquakes, and looming dynamite threats as operators, executives, and crews fought to keep lines open. Messages described deaths, water shortages, and city destruction while relief funds gathered for survivors.
Special to The Washington Post San Francisco April 18 Oakland firemen crossed by ferry to aid San Francisco crews in a vast citywide blaze threatening Palace Hotel Examiner building and Chronicle building. Fires raged through the financial district Mission Dolores and waterfront while gas leaks and ruined mains intensified the disaster. Firefighters fought through debris and smoke as seven major blazes merged, martial law arrived and newsrooms evacuated to Oakland for safety.
A telegraph link between New York and Oakland relayed a vivid San Francisco view of fires and dynamite blasts. The Oakland operator described continuous shocks and blocked streets as troops kept people from entering the burning city. Communications with San Francisco and Oakland wavered amid explosions and evacuations.
Gen Funston telegraphs Secretary Taft estimating 100000 homeless in San Francisco as fire rages. He requests tents and rations and reports about 1600 dead. Taft orders tents and supplies from Vancouver Barracks and directs troops to protect property.
A April from Tiflis reported by Associated Press shows the sensational mutiny tale in the Tiflis garrison was overstated. Instead of 313 soldiers involved, the true number was only six, indicating a minor clash between mutineers and loyal troops.
Special to The Washington Peat San Francisco April 18 The quake day turned the city from a gay center into a wreck and hell as walls fell and fires blazed. crowds fled to parks while police, troops and volunteers fought looters and aided the injured. Fire engines and ambulances moved through smoke as dawn broke over a shattered metropolis.
A chaotic OCR fragment detailing destruction across a district, naming businesses, officials, and places such as San Feonciase and Fortunes ex sve Beey. It references a Senate, Dorr, and vice president of an association, with mentions of hotels, electric merit, and industrial establishments left in ruins.
An anxious crowd in Los Angeles pleads with Postal Telegraph officials to restore the private news wire to SF and relay word from relatives in peril. Manager Lewis confirms only press dispatches and general news will use the lone line, while crowds demand action and threaten protests.
President Roosevelt expresses deep condolence after the San Francisco catastrophe. He dispatches telegrams to Gov. George C. Bardee at Sacramento and Mayor James Schmitz, offering federal aid and urging California’s recovery.
Hearst organized a special train from Los Angeles to San Francisco carrying nurses doctors and abundant food and medical supplies after a report of thousands homeless needing shelter and aid. Subscriptions for relief were begun under Hearst newspapers oversight with notable donors including Charles M Schwab Clarence H Mackey George J Gould Wolf Brothers & Co J B Reina. Jewish Women Want Bigger Prize in Temple raffle with a silver bonbon basket for the largest coupon total. Spirited contest drew many attendees at the Worth Street Temple and results to be announced today.
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