The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 7, 1906, Page 1

INTS MORE NEWS THAN ANY OTH o and vi s—Cloudsy | the morning, | with fog in ER PAPER PUBLISHED IN SA 10 fl ml P th ““Miss New York Jr.™ CENTRAL—“The Minister's Som.” SAN FRANCISCO, SATL’RDAY, APRIL - B 1906. PRICE FIVE CENTS. LAW IS DISPENSED PALD ALTO FRON AUTOMOBILE rau 475 | TERRIFIED I n's chauffeur was arrested by a policeman at | a. m. 3 - - - — - — — —_— Justice James G. Quinn Sets Free! e — ‘Motorman Loses|Fire From Volcano . Hand, Others Causes Great Are Hurt. Panic. 'Locomotive Crashes an People Flee From Their ~ Electric Car Because Homes fo the | Two Blundered. Open Air, ’ | Carelessness of Gateman and | Ashes Fall for Miles About Trolley Conductor Cause and Explosions Add the Wreck. to the Horror. | o ArrestedfiCWhauffeur. NAPLES, April 6—The mnhabitants of | the villages in the ViCHilty of Mount Ves- | uvius are in a condition bordering on panic. Many homes have been abandoned | for the open alr, although there has been | a thick fog all day and the atmosphere | has been dense with volcanic ashes and the fumes of subterranean fires. The William F. Schilling, 519 Seventh ave- | churches are crowded day and night with nug: badly bruised and shaken up, with | soople praying for deliverance from an | | contusions on head amd face. Went | inmpending perll, manifestations of which | home. are felt in explosions, which resemble I‘ dirs. William F. Schilling, 519 Seventh | heavy cannonading, and the tremblings | avenue; bruised about the-head and body. Went home. THE INJURED. ! |~ J. E. Buska, motorman, right hand severed. Lives on Seventeenth street. Treated at Southern Pacific Hospital. J. J. Kelley, 1259 Alabama street; cut above right eye, comtusions om head and face and badly shaken up. 'rrut-1 cd at Southern Paeific Hospital. ring. The main stream of lava proceeding Third and Townsend strest depot at ;:’:‘! a‘[’:“:e‘:’.t":::“"." ‘(“_’on‘; 11:35 o'clock last night crashed into the | /o8 77 VA8 B0 i Fwenty Sixteenth-street car at Sixteenth and'|{of & PIHS T8 Nty "“”h‘n"‘“‘, Harrison streets, throwing the car from A stream reaches 1 the track and severing the right hand | TDe beasants ot from the arm of Motorman J. E. Buska | 9f Vesuvius, cleared thefr and injuring the three passengers: IR NS the _eQbet to | The car had just crossed the frst |le55n the danger #om fire. and resisted track when the outbound train struck | 'N° ProsTess of the lava to their utmost. it and threw it completely around. The | 10 Population of Boscotrecas, on the gates were up and the accident was southern duu"ty o‘ the mountain, has caused lhrou(h pure nexugencg ”u‘ht .‘le‘y in mt‘ and Mm’e‘ The occupants of the car were hurled | 10 the eastward, is also threatened. Wo- | forward with violence, but fortunately | ™eR Of this village, weeping with fright, none of them were thrown in fromt of | CaITi°d & Statue of Saint Anne as near as bavdiedy they could to the flowing lava, imploring The Coast Line Limited was late and ‘“::x"t:":’ £ edveris o o gates at the corner of Sixteenth and|® . % Harrison streets were lowered R SR ot Boscardiin N M The Sixteenth street car was coming | PV2ded by lava. The Palo Alto train which left the of the earth, which are constantly recur- | | down the Sixteenth street grade, and J.| The sceme at night is one of mingled grandeur and horror, as from the summit of Vesuvius there leaps a column of fire fully 1000 feet in height, the glare lighting the sky and sea for many miles. Occa- sionally great masses of molten stone, some weighing as much as a ton, are ejected from the crater. The village of Torre del Greco, which has been eight times destroyed and as often rebuilt, is again threatened and the inhabitants are fn extreme terror. Signor Matteuccl, ‘director of the ob- servatory, is working indefatigably. He has had military engineers establish tele- phonic connection between the observa- E. Buska, the motorman in charge, brought his car to a halt, as the gates were down, and the coaster passed on. A watchman is stationed in 2 tower-house at this point. His duty is to raise and lower the gates. The conductor of the | car, H. M. Ross, left his car and gave the signal to his motorman that the road was clear. The vehicle had just crossed the first track when the outbound Palo Alto train loomed in sight. Motorman Buska could not stop his car before the train reached him, and he was forced to take a chance of crossing the track before the train got WLGERS |CRAZED BY FIRE, MAN LEAPS TO DEATH. Jumps From the Eighth Story i || Members of Club Flee Before the Flames. | FIREMEN SAVE MEN AND MAIDS \Many Hemmed In Escape With Dif- freulty. ALARM CAUSES ' A STAMPEDE Portland Is the Scene of a Fierce Con- flagration. - — — - ~— — o, &S 02 S S = = = = = = = = = = = = S S S = = = = = = = S = S = 5 & S 3 S - = = - - = | v o = S i ! PORTLAND, April 6—The | | most spectacular fire which ever | |occurred in Portland destroyed | | the eighth (the top) story of the iiChamber of Commerce building | | this afternoon, and was the indi- | |.rect cause of the death of Homer 3 Hallock;-right of way ageat af ?“Egte‘v'rma'mette Traction Com- {pany, fofmeérly for twenty-five Eyears an employe of the Oregon { Railroad and Navigation ~ Com- { pany. Mr. Hallock, who was one | of the best known railroad men in | the Northwest, was in the Com- | mercial Club when the fire broke out. He seems to have become | suddenly mad, and, despite the ef- | | forts of several men who strove to | restrain him, jumped down the | | light well to the roof of the cen- | | tral court, eight stories below, | | and was instantly killed. ! MANAGER OF THE HIS COMMERCIAL CLUB OF PORTLAND. WHO NEARL LIFE IN_FIRE WHICH DESTROYED THE HANDSOME AND COMMODI- OUS ROOMS OF -THE CLUB YESTERDAY. * | Hurt When Life Net Breaks. Y LOST POLICE GIVE | Commercial Club, was seriously i COMES BACK |ro which ne sumped trom | the eighth floor to the street. , | D. L. Cappa, head cook of the A PRECEDENT BY NG. THE RELEASE OF RREST. [} " eman brought the case before e Smith t he circumstances, accepted a v and suspended judgmént. the Peace Quinn today re- give the name of the driver of tomobile, but gave the circum- of the arrest. He said: ‘e wers riding down B street when untered 2 serief of ruts that ne of the front lights of the ma- morning, who, af- | to the crossing. He let on All power, but | tory and points within the volcanic activ- he was too late. The train was too close, | {ty- The director said to the press this and it was also impossible for Engineer | Vening that, although the eruption pre- | R. A. Bush to bring his traln to a stop to sented a grave menace; he did not believe | avert the accident. 1t would reach the villages. Indeed, he | With great force the train struck the | 5310 the present volcanic activity was | car and threw it from the track. Pas. |DOt altogether \mm{xed with good, ::; | sengers were hurled from the vehicle, ana | If it had not S Lo N violent | many of them were pinioned under the |SUdden eruption ving a far wider ra- | wreckage and extracted by train passen- | 31US might have occurred. The property loss is estimated at $100,000, partly covered by in- surance. The Commercial Club, CHASE AFTER | TO LIFE IN “JOE" LEITER ; NICK OF Tm which occupied the top floor, was Try to Arrest Him|Supposed Dead Man“t)i::;:tei S e D for Speeding His Gives Friends a |the building will be about $43- Automobile. Fright. B | off and the other passengers were badly | injured. 000, and the loss by water to the % There was great turmoll on the train. tenants on the sixth and seventh It was loaded with passengers and they PSR 4t floors is approximately $13,000. £0 out and caused the aut were great scare. People clamored 8 b 3 s be stopped in the fear that it :;:‘1: g e s B SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. SPECTAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL “The building was recently pur- et st b bopide o CHICAGO, TiL, April 6.—Joseph * LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aprii 6—Hardin 3 4 by the bouncing. safety. - 1 Dlocll b Butler, a wealthy farmer of Hinesdale, | chased by the United Railways st W::em.:‘ e B e ':m:'-i today, but escaped. He Hart County, came within an ace of be- Company for $750,000. € on the sidewalk came up and | enth avenue, Richmond district, wers o 4 nurry alive toda: =p- P d we were violating the law. The|picked up serfously hurt. The extent of =ty + """""::'":h“,*-:’ :«T:«auotn:nl:nu:’ phy-| The fire broke out in the par- e and v ot vialaiing the | thelf fujuies s met esacy known, bet lpioece T.08 Angeles Police- | s, ae Sl st G5 strests for sucoat-|siciana wera: called in snd they pre- | 1o of the Commercial Club from and the policeman evidently | it is feared that they may have sustained : 4 nounced dead. bathed, it i | ipouehe bia language wes deflant, as he | internal injuries. The husbend had a deep | may Casts Himself Between ""“"'“""':mfimm.mmmm" an unknown cause, though it is mmediately placed the chauff cut over eve. Frank Campbell, opencd “Jever H i Sreray i b S e e ‘Car and Woman With Babe | tse sutomobile shot by. leaving the de- | Mcanwhile the undertaker bad taken |said that the careless throwing of “I was a witness to the affair and Knew m.‘mll; m'-:.u. nm:{.‘;.u'::.; tectives behind. W.flmnl&: ‘measurements for a eofln;u;n- funeral | 5 ligh!td match into some tapes- o e ries. He treated : —_—— eaners wearing light jackets, taken place afternoom. | _ . = o e o] s - ern’ Pacine Hospital. His wounds are SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. m-“m St the. diibe [he’ saembtt o of the family were gath. | tTieS was responsible for the con- wes caliefl be- | 555e er0ered his reloenl:t:n’hll:'o-': recog- P OEhe Diame for the decident seems to| LOS ANG=LES, April 6.—Patrolman J. [ where the %m;::w‘:: ered mm w-” ua:x:-mmnnm:- flagration. efmh: -d:;)me ground 2 of th - | nizance.” lte with Watchman Lyser Mariotti of | W. Murphy of the Los Angeles police | ynsuspecting on a e = he belief that defective elec- i —_————— the tower which' operates the gates st force, ome of the most widely kmown |pearance a Short time !ater he Was|mis favorits daushter, became hysterical fotat] b o ey s o h""QMOTHERST D the crossings and Conductor Ross of | pegce officers in this section of the coun- placed under arrest. as the undertaker and his assistants | {r¥ construc may have the chaut-| S TO DEATH e tent runcneon Troms thioeived | try, demonstrated this evening that he | «ar. Lester was late and In & hurty 1 | picked up the Dody to place it In the | the canse. The fire spread with A 1 TN his midnight luncheon from the hands | ™" ks ” waken her screams = < 2q e i IN SHAVINGS BIN | ot v wite when the cosst Mae limiteg | bas in him the material and nerve of | reach his office,” explained the chauffeur {cofin. As If a o wonderful rapidity, causi a | Whistled for the crossing. He heard it | which heroes are made. At the risk Of [ when taken fnto custody. He was re- [the supposed dead man shuddered and [ WON > ng {Awful Fate of Fire and lowered the gates on time. He did | his life he snatched a bewildered woman |jeased upen furnishing bonds for his ap- | opened his eyes. panic among the 1500 employes of n|* : a TNAL | not watch the tracks closely, and when and her baby from almost certain death pearance in court tomiorrow. """‘“"‘"“""“’““""‘r"‘methree hundred offices which at Spoka.ne Lumber he saw the pass by he raised | ung then saw o It that they, were proper- - his first utterance. coffin s 3 . ! the gates. He did not once look up the 3 e B v Gead”" are, in the building. | i whether the Palo Alto Iy cared for before he would consent to an | yw A TPING FOR SCOTT that? Who is e !fl]' track to see P o local of his own injurfes. - He then sank back . but in- ‘ s e Erening s desie. 8 eai vl | Sorphy was ot Firs and Main sees| TN SAN BERNARDINO s v hours was revives and toent 's| Mlake 2 Rush for Safety. S:’m’;’"’“‘f:flf;tc'\mm midnight meal seema to have overshad- uso'aua-:e;u.m-—ue'g S - fweme vy Mg Kents Mmselt| A rush was made for the ele- ¥ April 6. Denen: his usual caution. bustest hour. 4 the magieirate|iaci mass of shavings, Alexander Burne, | Conductor Ross of the sireet car merely :‘;’.:r;::u o e e oo | Actor-Miner I8 Expected in WOMAN ROLLS DOWN vators and for the marrow and driven home. They Were |, froman at the Post Falls Lumber ang | Walked up to the inbound track, the strest, when.he saw Mrs. anibs Pits- ) ] A STEEP MOUNTAIN | wholly inadequate stairways and SEST SRR, ruin Masslsctuckp plast. was seliocates to | 8. ¥, SR IRRESS patrick with her baby in her arms try to : fire escapes with which the build- rhen at Louisa street they en-|a.o¢n within'ghree feet of a door which 4 street. She team * B - tereq_some Tough ground. Ome of |Leriy in vain to reach. Mo te m| pithout looking. up R s Is® Stopped at the Edge|ing is equipped. The upper works t lights was extinguished and the | fyrpace with shevings that were mccu- | swinging on. fhe bask of the moving Pasadena car. Cwaiter| . o67s Creek by a of the elevators were burned out pachine was brought to & standstil] mulated in an enormous bin. - A week | crash came Murphy jumped toward her and placing ! Fisherman = before the fire bells At that time Policeman Brock, one of | ago he feil into the bin and would have| The white gates at. the himself between her and the car, made 3 e almost i . 2 the rocently appointed patrolmen, ap-|been suffocated, but he managed to cm-:n‘u' of his body 2 buffer. As the car struck . Luten | Stopped sounding, and pamic- peared on the scene and leacvd the chauf- | crawl out. This. afternoon = about 4 -""“‘m_ nm‘ broken mor him he reached the woman and raising ‘Bm es-! gtricken people congested the arrest for violating the ordi- | g'clock he was missed by his engineer. | proof that-they her and the baby in his arms, shoved | down a preeip- [ . e requiring two front Lghts qn auto- | Fears were felt that he Dad again falien | Lipect car Started. them out of the way, while he fell across | & Alum Rock | stairs and fire escapes. bites. into the pit and the mill hands broke in morning the rails. The fender caught him and cast 423! On the upper floors a serious s then that Judge Quinn convened | the door of the Bin, which ‘was blocked him to - ‘her - in the car, decided that the chauf- | by the shavings that siid in from above. was gulltiess of any Intentional | There ‘was Burns, standing erect, dead. wrongdoing and ordered the releas: of | The position of his body showed that he “Jokn Doe” on hisg owa recognizance. had madc a terrific effort to escape, £ P YL ST