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VALDOSTA, GA„ SATURDAY, APJ
Lost-Fires that Somethingof San
of Ruin. Francisco.
The new, from San Francisco turns
the mind to the earthquake of Aug.
31, 1886, known locally as the Charles
ton earthquake On the date mention
ed the hardest shocks were felt. These
were succeeded by lesser shocks,
which lasted for several days. These
followed the eruption of Mt. Aetna.
The shocks were felt In 20 states,
from Ontario, Canada, to Bartow, Fla.
as as far west as Detroit. The direc
tion of the vibrations was from the
southeast to northwest.
The celebrated Lisbon earthquake
of 1755 was severely felt in the east
ern and middle ’.'nited States ano
ftigh waves appeared in the harbors
•of New York and Boston. In Octo
ber, 1811, an earthquake extended
from the mouth of the Ohio river 300
miles southward and continuing its
disturbance, until March 26, 1812.
Travels Like Lightning
A shock, Oct, 1870, covered the
area including Quebec, St. John, N.
B. Chicago and New York. The veloc
ity of the wave was estimated at 14,-
OOO feet a second. On November 18,
1878, an area of 150,000 square miles
r'fn the Mississippi valley was dis
turbed.
The heaviest earthquakes on the
Pacific coast .in this century were .In
1872, In August, 1884, the
lljll^Hludincj Washington, Toledo,
gggl^HPortland, Me., was shoken.
ffll^Beory of earthquakes It a tim-
San Francisco has about six hun-
drsd thousand people and la the great
est city of the west- It la on a pro
montory extending out In the Paelflo
ocean, the San Francisco bay extend
ing for around to one aide on the
north.
At the foot of Market etreet, the
principal thoroughfare, is th« great
Ferry Boat landing, where the boats
from Oakland meet all of the trains
from tne north and east. Market
street Is Intersected at triangles by
all of the side-streets, which diverge
to all parts, of the city.
. About four or five blocks from the
ferry Is,the Grand Palace hotel, which
cost 17,000,000 and a block or two
further on are the Call and Examiner
buildings, both sky scrapers, standing
on opposite sides of Market atreat.
Twelve or thirteen blocks out,. and
Just a half a block from Market
street Is the magnificent City Hall,
whlcn, with the Examiner and Call
building, la In ruins.
On the northslde from Market'
street is the bay, with most of the
great warehouses and manufacturing
Industries, and on the southslde are
the finer business blocks theaters,
cafes and residence sections.
The city of 8an Francisco Is built
upon a great escarpment. and many
of the streets are up and down-hill
sides, almost like mountains. Out to
ward the Golden Gate and the Paelflo
pecan, whlph is five or six miles from
the main business center, are preclp-
Itlsus cliffs, against which the waves
of the P.iclflo ocean lash Incessantly.
There 'hr'ns-tesst. at that point and
as far as the eye can feHh 'tMUMlL.
rectlona, there are mountalncue. ele
vations that would lead one to believe
that the landscape was too solidly
grounded to be shaken by an earth
quake.
But earthquakes have been very
frequent In San Francisco tn the past
and to guard against them, minjf, of
the houses there In the business dis
tricts are o.’ wood. It has been only re
cently that fireproof buildings have
been constructed, the earthquake be
ing regarded as a greater and, more
dreaded foe than fire. V
. .Most all of the other splendid build
ings in the city are in the "down
town district," which le reported as
having been wrecked by the earth
quake and later ravaged by the,
flames.
j San Francisco, April 18.—San Francisco was practically San
. wrecked by an earthquake at 5:10 this morning, or 8:10 Valdosta state iHa
time. The shock lasted three minutes, and thousands of build* thousani
ings were damaged or destroyed. j l^ e ca °
i The loss of life is great. There is no water and fire is w; J s ] e f t
breaking out all over the city. All wires except one of the Pos- ji$ s
tal Telagraph Company are gone- Geyserv
The City Hall, costing seven million dollars, is in ruins, loss of II
The confusion and excitement is indescribable. Most of the Okla
people were asleep and rushed into the streets in their night ^ ave .°S
clothes. The buildings swayed and crashed, burying occupants, tarne “. ®
There was a panic in down town hotels. ' " 1
San Francisco, April 19.—Day. dawned on a scene of death cl ^’
and destruction. During the night flames consumed many of the F/J?l
jril 19.—Reports from the interior of the
1' Santa Rosa is a total wreck, and ten
>ple are huddled together. The loss of
1, but it will probably reach thousands,
lestroyed bythe earthquake, and what
Ridings of the destruction of Healdsburg,
se, Hopeland and Ukiah. In eyery case
|v is shocking. 1
*ril 19.—Thousands of homeless refugees
tn San Francisco. Idora Park has been
nd churches and theaters opened to shelter
le' ydt to.estimate the damage done in this
md food is v<!ry scarce. The 'provh
all government buildings destroyed.
i the floor by the «hock. ■*—«
It it believed that more or less
at wat auatalned by naarly every
coLlstent with the rigidity that ae- 8acramento, Cal., April 18—2:30 p.
troiomers have proved the earth to m—All wire 1 *communication with 8an
possess. j Francisco is practically lost. A gale
p m Ciuae of Earthquakea. | blowl and telear , ph , ro
But although the earth must be
mainly eolld, It le yet believed to be badly mixed '
honeycombed structure and that LOSSES IN NEIGHBORING TOWNS
kthe cavitlea contain In many placet Communication with outside towns
Sake* of molten rock, between which *• almoat entirely cut off, but the
and the surface volcanoes are orifice* re P° rt com,! * ,rom Pal ° Alto that * u
of communication. ' Into these cav- but one ° f the buildings of the Le-
I ties water, oinking / down through lend Stanford, Jr., University have
crevice* from the ocean or the land b ” n wrecked, and that the splendid
must be constantly finding Its way,! jrr->r T-. f*. n r~
and the ateam thus generated exerte j—jI 1 /l/7 j-i / H \ V
such enormous preature as to forced * "* * 1
the molten matter to the eurface, It- j Oakland, Cal., April 19-3:30 p. m.
Itelf mingling and escaping along with _ .. . . - _
I .... , . , ;—From the burn ng c ty of San Fran-
It When a mats of water It eudden-f
|y precipitated Into a hot cavern the ci,e ° homel<! “ P«°P'« »''« flocking
l explosion of steam will cause an with blankets and such baggage as
earthquake concussion and where they can carry in their arma to refuge
there it no vent may be sufficient te acr0i , the bay . A „ trafflc toward ths
rend the euperin-cumbent strata. , . . . ..
r e tv ■ itannerf hv thr ml itarv au.
memorial church, one of the finest 1 The people becam
structures of Its kind In tee world, and. rushed .ntc the
It a man of ruins. One student la them in their ntgl
known to have loat hit life. were met by shower
The dreadful earthquake shook Ings, bricks, corn!
came without warning at precisely' Many were . Instant
5:13 o'clock, its motlonl apparently death, while other*
being from east to west At first mangled.':, -
the upheaval of the earth was grad- THOSE INpOOR8
ual, but In a few eecondt It Inereae-, Those who remali
ed In Intensity. Chimneys began to [erally escaped wl
fall and bulldlnga to crack, tittering : though scores were
on their foundations. / ] plaster, pictures am
buildings have been destroyed,
FREAK8 OF THE EARTHQUAKE.
L San Francltco, Mprll 19.—The
| freaks of the earthquake were many.
Wide fltturee were made In the
streets, etreet railways were twisted
out of line, towers and water pipes
buret, and It le feared that there will
be an epidemic of disease.
Provisions ere sold at fancy prices
and even water It vended by the
I Blase.
Itlee are still using dynamite to stay I
the flames, but new misfortunes hap
pen at th* Wxplotlvet become exhaust-
ed. |very business building and half
of th«i ! JwMpnee portion of the pity, lo
destroyed, j
.The powder supply In the city 1*
nearly exhausted and tven the gov
ernment atienale have been emptied-
Two hundnid thousand famlllta are
homeless. All of the government
wounded, tick and dying/ together,
with what houshold effect* could be
gathered together.
Tho| Oakland hospitals are filled
with Injured and dying who are be
ing conveyed to this side of tho bay
as rapidly aa poaalble.
It i* aald that If the flames are not
checked In the. next twenty-four hours
the city of 8an Francltco /will bo a
mass of ashes and nothin J more.
Tho olty Is doomed and ,the author-
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at Boyd-Fry Stove &Chlna Co.
For the coming weddings go to
Boyd-Fry Stove & China Co., for cut
glass and the latest patterns in ster
ling silver.
Vote for Jesse Scruggs for tax re 3
celver.
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