San Francisco Fire Relief Ambitions Amid Rebuilding Plans
Mayor Schmitz telegraphs President Roosevelt praising a $1,600,000 federal relief grant for San Francisco. He pledges city capital to rebuild public buildings, schools, jails, hospitals, sewers, and water works, while urging prompt federal aid for federal structures. The fire has been brought under control but massive destruction and refugee hardship persist.
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San Francisco
United States
Washington
Pacific
Eugene E Schmitz
Flames Fanned by Sudden Gale in San Francisco
Amid a fast moving west to east wind in San Francisco a major fire from the northwest roared through the city after an earthquake. Tugs and troops sheltered residents, saved some districts, while destruction hit Telegraph Hill, Chinatown, and the business area. Food relief was organized. bodies were buried at the Presidio as looting and hunger strained the city.
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San Franesco
Pril
Quhland Ferryhouse
Butaness
Telegraph
Russian Hills
Telegraph Mill
Presidio
Cty
Portsmouth Square
Mechanics Pavilion
Columbia Square
Dunstan
Market Street
Latin Quarter
Chinatown
Nob Hill
Russian Hill
Pacific Mail
China Basin
Santa
San Francisco
Bronx
New York
Pacific Heights
Committee of Safety
Nultars
Golden Gete Par
Fort Magon
An Ness
Night In The Park Shelter Chaos And Courage
Troops kept order as a second hysterical stage followed the first day. A baby was born on the broad lawn, a doctor helped, women assisted, and the mother was moved to the children's building. Water wagons circulated, guards kept supply lines, and exhausted volunteers fought fires through the night with selfless acts of care and shelter.
San Francisco Fire Relief Funding and Recovery Efforts
Bankers report San Francisco vaults and hall of records escaped major damage and funds can be moved by telegraph from subtreasury. Transfers include 2.7 million in currency and gold shipments from London and New York to support reconstruction. Leading investors pledge to rebuild properties and major contractors are sent to assess coast projects.
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San Francisco
Oakland
Cal
Lynch
First National Bank
Hall of Records
Baltimore
Newark
London
Ladenburg Thalmen & Co
United Railways Investment Company
R Evair
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
NW Halse & Co
H E Huntington
Herman. Ochiche
W K Vanderpiller
George Crocker
G A Fuller Company
Thompson-Starrett Company
Durand
Greea
Sacramento
San Jose
Alviso
Begona
Niles
Hayward
Sunday Post Half Tone Supplement Preview
The Washington Post announces the Sunday Fest edition for tomorrow April 22. Eight pages feature photo reproductions including Mrs Roosevelt Mr Fairbanks and cabinet members at work on the Municipal Building.
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Washington Post
Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Washington Gane Club
National Association of Railway Commissioners
State, War, and Navy Department Building Association
Washington
Sunday Post
Thousands Face Starvation Amid Refugee Suffering
Desperate relief efforts unfold around San Francisco as 50 000 refugees at the Presidio and in city camps crowd for food. Oakland and Berkeley mobilize, while Mayor Somitz orders seizure of provisions and distribution to the needy. Military patrols and university tents aid shelter and care for the homeless and injured.
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Oakland
San Francisco
North Beach
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Young Mens Hebrew
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Presidio Military Reservation
Berkeley
Cal
University of Calfornia
University of California
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University
San Franciscos
Santa Rosa and San Jose Earthquake Toll Rise
Early reports from Santa Rosa say the business district suffered heavy wreckage while homes remained lightly damaged. In San Jose a wide swath of two story structures collapsed or were ruined with martial law imposed and 103 bodies recovered by April 20.
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Cal
Pi Colgan
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San Francisca
Dar
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Palo Alto
Togla
Gilroy
San Jose
Niles
Tavermore
Hall of Justice
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Associated Press
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Agnew 5
State Hospital
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Woman in distress watches harbor for missing husband
Destitute Oakland woman with four children waits by Van Ness hillside for word of her missing captain husband amid San Francisco fire aftermath. A passerby offers shelter as authorities in New York order officers to bar immigrant ticket sales to those bound for San Francisco.
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van Ness Avenue
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New York
San Francisco
Metcalf
Department of Commerce and Labor
Washington
San Francisco Fire Toll Rises Amid Destruction and Proclamations
Chaos follows a devastating blaze in San Francisco as more than fifty bodies are recovered from collapsed lodging houses and multiple hotels, with hundreds dead or dying from heat and smoke. Soldiers guard the Mint robbery aftermath, Mayor Schmitz orders fires curbed, relief stations set up, and water supplies directed to camps for the homeless across Golden Gate Park and the Mission district.
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Joseph M Myers
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Merced
Pardee Proclaims Saturday a Legal Holiday in California
Sacramento April 4 Gav Pardee issues a proclamation declaring tomorrow a legal holiday to safeguard public welfare and halt all legal business with banks closed. San Francisco April 20 The Pardee proclamation to make Saturday a holiday is seen as enabling bankers to meet depositor demands and avert a financial crisis with State and U S banks guaranteeing support and full depositor payment.
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Cal
Gav Pardee
San Francisco
Pardee
United States
Cabled Message Reaches Los Angeles From San Francisco
A San Francisco man unable to reach the Black Brothers in Los Angeles by wire cabled to Isidor Holdheim in Berlin. The Newman family at 1202 Summer Street was reported well and alone. Germany relayed the message to the Black Brothers today.
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Raw and
Newman
San Francisco
Black Brothers
Isidor Holdheim
Berlin
Germany
Summer Street
Geremany
Americans Abroad Help Organizes California Relief Drive
About four hundred Americans gathered at the Hotel Cecil under the American Society to aid California fire and earthquake victims. Ambescador Reii chaired as subscriptions opened and quickly reached 100,007 dollars to be cabled to the Red Cross and allied relief agencies.
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London
Cecil
American Society
Ambescador Reii
Calfornia
Red Cross Sorjea
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