FEARFUL DEATH ROLL.
A SUNDAY OF INTERCESSION. FIRES STILL SPREADING. APPEAL FOR PRIVATE CONTRI. BUHONS. Received 20, 11.11 p.m. Nkw Yobk, April 20, President Roosevelt has appealed for private contributions. Wall Street suspended business to arrange for relief, Mr Rockefeller gave a hundred thousand dollars. Other enormous contributions have been received. The railways are conveying suppies free.
General Funston wired at four {hi* ""*j afternoon that there was no ohwge in the progress of the fire. A private telegram two hours later stated the fire was spreading over the crest of Nob Hill, in a northerly direction, towards the Latin Quarter, The latest estimate put the deaths ad fire thousand, and the damage at three hundred million dollars. The National Federation of Churches request all denominations to observe Sunday next as one of special inter, cession for the sufferers.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8090, 21 April 1906, Page 2
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139FEARFUL DEATH ROLL. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8090, 21 April 1906, Page 2
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