. A history of the earthquake and fire in San Francisco; an account of the disaster of April 18, 1906 and its immediate results. e houses. Perhaps they were sometimesdomineering, even harsh, where they should haveshown the greatest patience and lenity; but in themain they deported themselves with admirablerestraint. THE FATEFUL DAY 93 Newspaper men were among the first in evi-dence. They saw great scoops in what was goingon. They must get out some extras right was small thought of printing some type-setting machine and press couldbe found in the city when it came t
. A history of the earthquake and fire in San Francisco; an account of the disaster of April 18, 1906 and its immediate results. e houses. Perhaps they were sometimesdomineering, even harsh, where they should haveshown the greatest patience and lenity; but in themain they deported themselves with admirablerestraint. THE FATEFUL DAY 93 Newspaper men were among the first in evi-dence. They saw great scoops in what was goingon. They must get out some extras right was small thought of printing some type-setting machine and press couldbe found in the city when it came time to use hurried from one stirring scene to anotherand wrote great copy. When the hope of theirextras was shattered by the discovery that no largepress was to be had, a few went to Berkeley andissued a combination paper, under the title, Call-Chronicle-Examiner. The paper told what themen who made it knew about the earthquake andfire, and what they heard was happening proprietors of the papers knew nothing of theundertaking. There was too much news going towaste to bother about Photo by Estcy Mechanics Pavilion 94 THE FATEFUL DAY The operators of the great telegraph companiesstayed at their instruments all day. While anxiousthousands all over the country watched the bulle-tins, these men remained at their keyboards, tickingoff the story of the catastrophe with quiet heroism. For most people the day was one of waiting andwatching only, but to some it was a time of excep-tional bustle. Wagons and push carts, backed upto the curb in the threatened districts, were beingfilled with business records to be taken to places ofsafety. Expressmen made from twenty to fifty dol-lars a load. Those automobiles still in the hands oftheir owners hurried along on various strangeduties. Photographers were snapping their cameraseverywhere. Bank clerks busied themselves stock-ing the vaults with their bank records and papers,and the valuables of many m
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