FRISCO DISASTER.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1732, 25 April 1906, Page 2

FRISCO DISASTER.

WATER AT A SHILLING A GLASS. REBUILDING THE CITY.

By telegraph, Pres* A*s'n, Copyright Now York, April 23. Clift' House, the famous pleasure resort, was soriously damaged.

Eggs and loaves were sold at 4s each in Man Francisco on Friday. A glass of water cost Is. Mr Crocker lost six hundred thousand pounds sterling by the destruction of his property, lie is returning to help rebuild the city, devoting what money he has left to rebuilding. He and many others predict that a new and greater city will be completed in five years. Admiral McCalla stationed cruisers at the entrance to the Bay to prevent vessels leaving San Francisco in case they would be required to accommodate or convey refugees away. The military authorities believe the earthquakes killed under one thousand persons, and that the rest died of fire, fright, or exhaustion. Thousands on Sunday worshipped round rude altars in the parks.

Sydney, April 24. In view of President Roosevelt's roferenco to there being no need for foreign assistance, the Lord Mayors of Sydney and Melbourne are awaiting further information from the British Consul in San Francisco before taking combined action to establish a relief fund. Wellington, last nigbt. The Wellington Belief Committee this morning cabled £3OO to Vancouver, to be invested in supplies for the aftlicted in San Francisco. Auckland, last nigbt. The manager of the South British Insuvanco Company contradicts the rumor that the Company is interested in San Francisco insurances. He says the South British has not had a fractional risk, directly or indirectly, in the United States since 1890.