FLEEING FEOM THE CITY.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12507, 21 May 1906, Page 8

FLEEING FEOM THE CITY.

A WEIRD PROCESSION

Telegraphing on April 21st, the San Francisco correspondent of the Vancouver "World" eaid:—

Twc-nty-fiv© thousand persons l«ft devastated San Francisco yesterday. All those who seek to cross tlio bay are given to undoretand that they may go to any point in the State on any transportation lino free cf charge, but that they may not return. This condition is imposed to relieve tho food situation, and is cheerfully complied with by the fleeing people. They are going to every point around the bay, and eveai to Los Angelas, San Diego, and other far-off cities in the south. It is anywhe.ro to get away, anything but tho sight of the skeleton walk and smoking ruins of tho city. Oakland received the greatest number of refugees, though Alameda, San Rafatl, Vallejo-, and every othor bay point ia crowded to the Jiniit. Hundreds of others trekked southward over the reads leading toward San, Mateo, Redwood City, and other places on tho west side of the bay. The procession b.'gan yesterday moniiing from Golden Gat.' Park, the Presidio, and the North Bay whore, line as soon as the word went cut that it was fiafo to cross tlie burned jetty 10-warde the ferry. There were two great processions to this point, ono down Market street, the thoroughfare which wart tho pride of San P'rancisoo, th> other from tho Presidio alona; the curving shore Itn-a of the Xorth Bay, thenca rw-utirward along th-o water front to the Central ferry etatiocx.