Fire Devastates San Francisco and Parks as City Is Lost
Eyewitness dispatches describe San Francisco engulfed by flames after the quake, with 300,000 homeless in parks, water exhaustion, and rapid spread from the waterfront to Nob Hill. Fires threaten the Presidio and Golden Gate Park, while troops, volunteers, and wounded crowd the remaining safe zones and aid stations.
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Oakland
San Francisco
Golden Gate Park
City
Peninsula
Mresecho Military Reservation
Free City Hospital
van Ness Avenue
Pacific
Presidio
Great Park
Piasidio
Bay
T Russell
Belasco Theater
Hixchange
Ali
Mechanics
Rejlays
Umion Square
St. Luke’s
Mission District
Market Street
James D. Phelan
Tropical Conservatory
Schmitz
Gen. Funston
Committee of Safety
Western Addition
Nist
Lchmitz
Vanness Avenue
Opera Singers Missing After San Francisco Hotel Blaze
Fire destroyed the Rt. Francia Hotel in San Francisco, ruin ing a traveling Met Opera Company and guests. James Riley and wife stayed there, Adolphus Busch party left, Nathan Franko saved $12,000 in violins. many singers lost costumes and belongings. Franke seeks passage to New York for evacuees. stars including Mes Tames, Sembrech, and Caruso reportedly unaccounted for.
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San Francisco
Rt. Francia Hotel
James Riley
Walcott
New York City
Menmsbers
Metropolitan Opera ‘Company
New York
St. Francis
Adolphus Busch
Presidio
Opere
Palace Hotel
Nathan Franko
Opera
Franke 13
Franke
Oakland
Mmes Tames and
Sembrech
Caruso
Proclamation by Mayor Schmitz on city blackout and aid appeal
San Francisco mayor issues a proclamation declaring authorized force to stop looting and ordering gas and electric services shut down until further notice. He urges residents to stay indoors from darkness each night and warns of danger from damaged chimneys and gas leaks while appealing to Oakland for bread tents bedding and other aid for the destitute.
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San Francisco
Schmutz
Schmitz
Oakland
Golden Gate Pari
Schmits
Par Fice
Golden
Earthquake in Michigan Kills Miner at Quincy Mine
An earthquake shock felt across Hancock and Calumet collapses chimneys and rocks, killing Timothy Leary and injuring four others who were working one mile underground at the Quincy mine. Miners fear aftershocks. professors attribute quakes to ore-bearing fault activity between sandstone and carboniferous rocks.
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Calumet
Mich
Hancock
Quincy
Tmothy Leary
Terry
Qunncy
Michigan College of Mines
Agwenaw
Insurance firms reject earthquake losses in California policies
New York fire underwriters state California quake damages not covered by California fire policies and cannot be paid due to New York law. Executives warn settlements will be handled by insurers as California statutes place liability for dynamite damage on the companies. Willis C Robb notes bindings will be settled out, amid broad rulings likely to shake disaster response.
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An Ttahen
Lan
Ying
Pacific Avenue
Presidio
Pacific Mall
Cazitral
China Basin
Mint
Southern Pacific Hospital
Mission
City
Tegal
New York
California
New York State
Willis C Robb
New York Board of Fire Underwriters
Virginia Hot Springs Parlor Car Train Service Noted
A Chesapeake and Ohio timetable notes a Washington to Virginia Hot Springs parlor car service at 2 20 p.m. on weekdays with no change. A large illustrated portrait by the paper's staff artist features the Association of Oldest Inhabitants of Washington in the Sunday Fest Art Supplement.
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Virginia Hot Springs
Chesapeake
Ome
Washington
Earthquake Hits Coast Destruction amid Fires and Tidal Waves
Reports from San Francisco to Santa Cruz describe a damaging earthquake with widespread fires. The State Asylum at Agnews near San Jose reportedly collapsed, with up to 250 deaths and thousands homeless in Santa Rosa and surrounding towns. Cities including Healdsburg and Cloverdale suffered severe damage as fires swept districts and county buildings collapsed. A tidal surge reportedly carried away structures at Santa Cruz, while Stanford University faced ruin.
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Agnews
Spreckels
Washington
Oakland
Cal
San Francisco
State Asylum For the Insane
San Jose
Santa Rosa
Romns
Healdsburg
Geyserville
Cloverdale
Hopland
Uktat
Mendopino and
Lake
del Monte
Santa Cruz
Fieet
Santa Cruz Beach
Santa @rus
Monterey Hay
Marmon Koster
New York
Los Angeles
Palo Alto
Stanford University
Great Memorial Church
Ensina Hall
Loma Prieta
Santa Crug
Ffreen
Spreckies
Nhar
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Pacific Coast
Nob Hill
Mayor Appeals For Relief
Seattle
Vancouver
Monterey
Spertel
Workington
Mission Valley
California Street
Chinatown
Sloan's
Sloans
St John's Church
Alta Plaza
Orleans
Portsmouth Square
Iattle
Green Street
Valencia
Seventeenth
Portsmouth
Osiland
Weil
Lake Merritt
Joka Bridge
Phare V
Union ‘Trust Co
F St
Cotta Pote
Jardinieres
EL Corning
18Th Et
Cartso
Eames
Michigan
Latham, Libbey & Co
6Th St
N.Y. Are
GE. Franklin
United States Weather Bureau
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