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COMMUNICATION CUT OFF. CITY ITNDEK MARTIAL LAW. Nkw Yoiik, April 17. A great earthquake lias occurred at Bau Francisco. It is reported that 1000 deaths have occurred, and that the city is half in ninsf (Si'Ecui Government Message), Wellington, April 19. All the San Francisco harbour cables have gone. The Palace Hotel, Spreckles' building, the Post Office. and the Grand Opera House are among the buildings destroyed. The gasworks wore blown up, starting other tires. All the water front is in llames, and th#re are no means of arresting them.
It is impossible to estimate the loss of life, which is heaviest iu the tenement district. Seattle advises that it is unable to obtain any information by the Commercial Pacific. All the harbour cables arc gone, but the Commercial is trenched for several miles from the beach to the city, The last report, at 12.30 p.m., says that fires were raging in all directions. The water mains have burst, and the authorities were using dynamite to localise the Palace Hotel and Spreciles buildings, which were destroyed. The city is under martial law.
All troops are called out. At present there is no communication.
Spreekles' buildings is an erection of 19 storeys, perhaps tli« tallest in the city,
The Palace Hotel is a very large and extensive building,
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8089, 20 April 1906, Page 2
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219AWFUL CATASTROPHE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8089, 20 April 1906, Page 2
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