ENGLISHMEN AND FOREIGNERS PROBABLY SAFE.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12484, 21 April 1906, Page 9

ENGLISHMEN AND FOREIGNERS PROBABLY SAFE.

LARGE AREA OF HAVOC.

RELIEF MEASURES.

FIGHTING SUPPRESSED BY TROOPS.

(Received April 20th, 9.7 p.m.) NEW YORK, April 20. Reuter states that tlie confusion is so great that it is impossible to trace individuals, but that the Englishmen and foreigners staying at the great hotels are doubtless safe. Th© casualties, says Renter, havo so far been confined to the section containing the poorer tenements. General Funston lias telegraphed to President stating that 200,000 are homeless, and that food and tents are scarce. All the Govenimenit buildings wore destroyed. Gen-ral Funston telegraphed on T_ureday morning that the city was

practically destroyed, and that the situation conk! not bo worse. Congress has voted a million dollars for the relief of sufferers, and has ordered the distribution of army rations among them. Large supplies of necessities are being sent from Portland and Seattle, and several warships have been ordered to co-operato in the work of relief. The liavoc wrought by the earthquake extends everywhere within a radius of 100 miles from San Francisco. The Majestic, Orpheus, Columbia, and other theatres in San Francisco collapsed and were burnt. Many of the richest banks and commercial houses in Montgomery street were burnt, and hundreds roasted in tho debris. Chinatown and -the Japanese quartere are, in ruins. The Chinese were seized with a fearful panic, and rushing out into tho streets beating gongis, collided with other foreigners. Fierce fighting followed, which tho troops suppressed at the point of tho bayonet.