INDESCRIBABLE SCENE OF TERROR.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12483, 20 April 1906, Page 7

INDESCRIBABLE SCENE OF TERROR.

MANY KILLED BY FALLING BUILDINGS.

DEEP FISSURES OPENED. WHARVES SLIDE INTO THE WATER. (Received April 19th, 10.36 p.m.) LONDON. April 19. The tremor which caused such appalling destruction i" «»" Franoieco traversed the entire Continent. It was recorded in Washington, Ottawa, Vienna, and the Mc of Wight. There were three severe fihocks in the morning n't San *Yancim>, at intervals of eoiiio hours, and slighter shocks in the afternoon and early evening. In the early morning, when the severest shock occurred, most of the inhabitants of the city wero asleep. The toirified people rushed fiom their beck into tho strata in their night attire. The scene was a terrible one. tfnUdintrs tottered and crashed down, and chimneys, cornices., and walls fell in all directions. .Many were crushed and mangled by the falling buildings The terror and excitement were indescribable. • The tall modern buildings, with steel frames, stood tiie shock better than the brick structures and the wooden tenements. Some of the wharves and the freight sheds slid into the water, and deep fissures opened near the waters edge. Tho business district between Market end Howard streets, from the Bay as far west as the City Hall, suffered moot severely.