The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 20, 1906, Page 1

The Seattle. ° fEXTRA! That Dare to Print the News SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, APRIL 20 Eon Paper in Se attle BLAZE NOW HALTED (Scripps News Service) WASHINGTON, D.C. April 22.—(6 p. m. Eastern Time.)—Gen Farsten has wired the war agpoatly exaggerated é He says the fire has been partially checked “3 department that the loss of life has been and conditions are than could have been hoped for Re He expects that the city west of a line drawn from Broadway and Wen Nes to the intersection of F ithe westher is good and supplies are beginning to arrive in quanti “tn more and Market will be saved. BY RAIL A a fearful rate, almost a solid mass of flame from Ellis | iHer People Responding Nobly to the Cry That Comes From San Francisco’s Three Hundred Thousand Homeless and Hungry People--=|' i rE Three Carloads Go Today and a Boat Load) OAKLAND, April Tomorrow. Wier in San Francisco this morning. The city is wiped out | Phe last faint hope of staying the flames and saving any the residence district went with the failure to check the (Scripps News Service.) (: P.M.) SAN FRANCISCO, April 20.—The fire has now reached ter st.. seven blocks west of Van Ness av., and is burn- " if Fort Mason on the waterfront | Wt looks now as if the fire would sweep everything clean bp Gelden Gate park and the Presidio reservation. ! 20.—-There is no change for the | | See Ree eH Ree 2 of Washington _ "WORE, amahip Meteor te ; in Francisce and forward carry supplies te the suffering inhabrte The relie! committee will be ‘at Van Ness av. The fire is rolling on of its own free Dy and a few hours more wil! leave the site of the thriving vieimity LAND, A 1 20—A numb ttle people have reached ( jaa from San Franciseo after ha undergone 4 common exper o o a * * k Anything you may contri od and great quantities will be necessary of a few days ago a vast area of sand dunes covered The party is composed of eteeeeeeeeeee in the couse of suffering humanity * * lias Nichol a blackened mass of wreckage. The 300,000 homeless Make all consignments to San Francisee Relief Committers, @ | 1 Fey rie ee one ios 4 Pacific Coast Company, Pier Seattle, * sini Pople of last night will be increased 100,000 tonight. and il within twe or three days; therefore prompt # eneweae. Me in Ware. Rishard ; “ ret See f hese 400,000 men, women and children will huddle together WILLIAM HICKMAN MOORE, Mayer.” e = ag LM. Graybill aed W. Db * ‘in the parks waiting for the coming of the fourth day of their [PARA RARER ARERR REED jo agave pe pecan bates “Mafortune and what relief it may bring. | — beeping abead of the fire, until, be tea chased from temporary quarte | a a ¥ wh and $ aside have (Scripps News Service.) \. ial 0 ahs ea se aie (NOON) | er aid t ee who were ; Se OAKLAND, April 20.—To feed the living and bury the |""" pss vain ae af nee pa Seog fund that ft is the problem which now confronts those who are left |. oh: : \ eben: ia San Francisco Three hundred thousand persons are clamoring for food r 2 P but with the crippled facilities they can not begin to “ . ” we at the trib ithe multitude. The master bakers have entered an agree s for the tra i ‘sna: than en f0 sell bread to none who charge more than 5 cents a | fter qnene and « . Semttibutions raised in the city This was done to prevent extortion by those who were Make Fast Time le - or argues ed Ponte for the relief of the dest tate of Ban Francisco will be ex pended In this city fo (na thedtta while thousands were starving j i " “ suppile tar “AL. HAWLEY AND DOZEN OTHERS MADE *» “EARLY ESCAPE FROM RUINS TO OAKLAND | WITH NOTHING BUT THE CLOTHES THEY MATTLE PARTY — | REPORTED SAFE AN ne Cen CENTS FER MONTH VOL, 8 NO. 47 a5 LOSE LAST FIGHT Citizens, Soldiers and Firemen Make Their Last Stand on Van Ness Avenue Only to Turn Away Defeated After Hours. of Useless Toil Against Overwhelming Odds---Fire Sweeps on Toward the West Heedless of Its Impotent Adversaries. SAN FRANCISCO, Apri « long row of palaces of San Fran- vad toemdan housand persor « jonaires. These were to @ ¢ yyed and the artillery was en ¢ « venue charged the ' t he grim order of the int an Rte . Can were un iim iw precision eved by th he ns ps enue, but the fire bh awed £0 /4f they wore on dress pa be of interest to this vast army of| quick orders were given and then hungr lens he guns began thejr work of de little shelter! struction. With every boom of @ that crashing of some gun moved on to £ The news gun, ¢ wiong Van Ness avenue had | mansion the f e the and the was the check mes was fi an polut. of h interest to cause any omment Men were more inter Work With Dynamite. ted in their exhausted wives and children huddling close togethe 0 Dynamiting squads were at work the bare grounds or on strips of|all over and the alr was filled wearing apparel out of which they| With debris flying in all directions, jhad striven to make be The work hal to be done so quickly that there was no attempt } Park Is Crowded. made to safeguard the lives of the . ‘ workers. They kept at their ind Only those who have been the! vigual tasks, heedless of the explo ts of an army after @ @i88* | sions around them. Shouts of warn - form . wv Pherd ing were so continual that none cle pre ted in den) gave them any heed. They were taken Wednesday night near last 1 wes| simply a part of the general tut Ness and Washington, they star = fost of was! motl for the Market st. ferries by way| not occupied by some prostrate!” ati this time the wall of flame of Bay at, after ard walk and | shivering form, of man woman OF| way running from the east, greed Worse r ino pber wagon, and jchildren. Piles of humanity they iijy geyouring everything im ite thence to Oakland, with hardly! were and groans and wails} oy more than the clothing on thelr/ like the bieat \" barks lock Back Fires Fail. Mr Hawley now trying to ecommunteation w Wood, of Seattle charter a vessel Vintec tor inc elliet ork and who led the party get into ured here was turned ove attle to advantage pplies could be proc quantit The dispatch the local relief Chatre n Hanford wa telegraph Judge W urging and forward pro-} ding hardware staple te ruse ot ontrity. dottar te! tw so bealy | 4 bundreds of corpses are awaiting some sort of burial "are being aenernt i-| oa pas > ging ae ae ‘ Mieady the latter are a menace to the lives of the survivors owe he pameenge ges ae well an the - abe @ |) The master bakers are turning out bread as fast as pos- , has . ee ta The « whether CONTRADICTORY REPORTS . Greniing (ne | ee ne ee ens Contradictory reports are coming from the scene of dis } “4 oe ee ees. with the tint rectioe: o reply that en co Wer with every boat load of people. Se say the flames aie he from the cit Vitng wide Be sage fave been checked at Van Ness av. and in the Mission dis e ‘ ' The toca ‘ ‘ ke ge of th Mit, while others assert that the fire is burning fiercer ‘than t - ming | | thé) mornir scat if M the Hostor mt ‘rer, be ® ston am, some Fitegereld, of B r teleg « th with th The firemen are still at work and there is a fair supply of 7 F > ee sige en . Pome He prod . Poy «raat Meter, but it appears to have not the least effect on the fla , AN ra fite is still raging north of Russian hill and moving to Al th a. . ‘ r Keep Up Relief Work ores ine cet nod early 2,0 ‘ BROKEN OUT ANEW ; nd checks alfead B. F. Day, P. Hansen and _! The south end of the line of fire is said to have broken . mh large amounts a committee to receive reli vai Ot with renewed r and is now sweeping toward the Vat and oe bal \ ayo Me at Wterfront, without t slight est prospect of its being checked ws “tt i eo ex a ail From Other sections of the city come report ew fires Pier B b ‘ 4 ringing up Buckman to } * * ' - The Western Ur Seattle has the following f Official City Contribution af Francisco i “The scenes in and ar und ferry house one bom . : ' Where the Western U blished, beggars Call Is Heard lwdiant. | D D , of ion. Men w en and children of all stations and ten, & j ‘ Fred Fishe te Cnditions in life with a few articles the dt oe olf : a eae The ma be Mt Row waiting their + to leave the ci ' ‘ They e mon g to the ferry north and ar a Pace 7.) mst dor hit n leas than tw ar as F t Ma tered th 15 <tr wie me ek e k baby carriag thing e raging. On the ra e Bbuming fiercely It nearly reached Fort Mason last night the Fontana y se and nearby tann will no doubt go today.” y New € e¢.) Dee FRANCISCO, April 20-1 P. M—(Direct via ee! Telegr ph The € ra here unabated 7 6 wai gula " t Colter Ciga Alaska ing ola th - ; ‘ P. Ag are Ohite in San Bran I , . . pride haw's Drug Store, Emy ‘ . “ 7 me F : ‘ f cow 1 Ma 1 tg ae wate 2 and are distributing hat tha ae rs = wba theast cots)southwest corr ond and ¢ » manic Water for a small glass. Crack-| ,.9 Pe ie yo : » Renn 1 Pike [act ji , ( r Bland theas Garvey uohanan « re Me for 10 now half a dollar a/ id Dizard’s Cigar Btand nenahis Marry Beckanan Co's ¢ authoritic ll the provisions they |" eee ane bate, The Star | Beblumpt's Cigar Store, Butler|s Palace Waffle and Coffee House wet and are issy the same as soldiers, ' hae pt od tt rough the city a num: | block. wo Wasp baton st i % 10 ON OTEAMER n, were thelr way home ifornia in San from Franelsec Southern ( BAKE BREAD 1 In here who Back fires had been set to fight with flame, but the fire from ast overpowered and assim the second blax When the not @ pangs of hunger or thirst 1 children beg wept tbreaking accents { fire reached the end of the razed Ps ; By zone the workers drew back hing to eat or drink j watch Garish Theatrical Light. | They had not long to wait. The roaring, crackling mass hardly, his see agony thé/ paused for an instant elty to the rd threw The zone was of hecessity litter sh theatric Nght, that ed with rubbish and over this the out all t heart rending | fame sped, in thin erratic Mines de tails of the sett with sicken-|itke flashes of lightning in the sky, ing distinctness ng in volume and intensity Throughout the long hours of the way across to k heaved and tossed ncen stood on the c ant ¥ Thous the time the west “slept the sleep of exhaustion side of the zone had been reached, and despa but misery kept Many the flames had taken a grip on tRousands afoot, and all night long | everything from Pacific to Ellis. the moved in feverish search of the comfort that was not Depart Defeated. ' be had Citizens, soldiers,* firemen and Nothing for the Hungry | policemen stood for a moment and then with wearied and numbed unanimity, turned their backs and went away And the f money offered re loaves of bread but by far penn re roared on up toward umbling deserted dwell- insatiable So the fire that which uired in it nflammable nat oy all the laws ave been he f ashes of nat Hastes to Devour go forward, as if f to the s and ch send Satie tb 1 Scattered re xlers left Under » would pro- 1g toil Palaces of Millionaires. nen, we