Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 4

OAKLAND TRIBUNE, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1933 1 DEAD, MANY HURT FIGHTING EAST OAKLAND FIRE 200 ANIMALS AT CITY ZOO HILL FOREST BLAZE DRIVEN PJER STES MARK ROUTE OF BAY SPAN UK HOKE POURED JIITO RESIDENCE AREA 5 UPON THEM Of FOREST I it 1 I tsV fj. GMZED BLAZE MM FIGHT FIRE Park Forestry Men Concentrate Efforts on Sight-seers' Autos Caught by Circling Blaze; Autoists Are Believed to Be Safe In Vantage Points Near Blazing Woods I Keeping Flames From Gages; Kerfoot Goes to Sequoia to Direct the Fire Crews The grim shadow of death hung over 200 animals, Oakland's pets in the municipal zoo, this morning when the air became tainted with the smell of smoke and the restless animals paced up and down nervously in their cages while (Continued From Page I .) Im the moit disastrous in the recent history of tlie district, which 3 I 200 park laborers fought to keep the fire away from them. kit teen many fire. Thit i the tecond of the season in the red wood, timber area adjacent to Sequoia Park. to move the zoo, according to the Park Department, and E.

M. Sanborn, park forester. 3 3 4 i 11 A nimrrmirrmwmnitriTmiiiirfW-i-11 ft ti 11 1 miiiw i 11 Hi Ban nnniiwiininr mt in rimnr I irnTimTli lhere is absolutely no way Walter Chandler, secretary of SHIFT IN II SAVES STAB LES A sudden change in the wind today saved the Sequoia Riding Club. 2923 Mountain Boulevard, today as flames of the East Oakland hill fire appeared to be headed directly toward the club stables, which housed more than 75 valuable horses. The horses were led to two large lots adjoining Mounlain Boulevard, where they were considered safe from fire and smoke.

After burning almost to the edge of the stables, the blaze suddenly -liifted its course and headed back up the hill toward the zoo. P.T. A. Members Aid Red Cross Roll Call RODEO, Nov. 13 -Local A.

members today were cooperating in a house-to-house canvass being conducted in conjunction with the annual Red Cross roll call in this section, according to S. N. Weii, chairman. The parent-teache. committee is headed by Mrs.

A. E. MeKeen, Mrs. B. C.

McBride. Mrs. Arno O. Fritzsche. and Mrs.

Manuel O. Fernandez. The drive at Oleum is being conducted under the supervision of A. Roy Heise. Sleeping Driver Unhurt in Crash RICHMOND.

Nov. 13. P. Mahoney of Port Costa escaped Injury when he fell asleep at the wheel of his automobile, crashing into the curb and knocking down a city street sign at Roosevelt and San Pablo Avenues early this morning. stretch in the island bore, to be Superintendent Lee Kerfoot went to the zoo to direct fire fighting and to be in position to give immediate, orders to shoot 1 lie animals if 1 tie fire reaches lie zoo.

All 1 lie park forestry men moved into the zoo and into Sequoia Park. A sprinkler wagon was used to throw water on the flat land behind the zoo, at the edge of the smoking brush. At first this was thought to be sufficient to hold back the flames, but constant alarms proved that the fire was always sneaking toward the zoo, and at 11 o'clock it was admitted lo be a toss-up whethe- the will be saved or destroyed. Flat lands and short grass immediately behinaVyjo zoo may save it, but the animals are maddened" by the smell nf smoke, and zoo keepers say they fear a stampede. Oakland has invested more than $15,000 on the various items of the zoo.

The collection includes two lions, six bears of various kinds, two mountain lions, a dozen mon-! keys, six deer, and a wide assort- ment of smaller animals. Their actual value has never been accu rately appraised. Berkeleyan Shoots Himself; Near Death BERKELEY. Nov. 13.

-Carrying out the threat he reportedly had made often in the last two years, Carl H. Perkins. 5r, shot and probably fatally wounded himself early today on the street in front of Ins home at 2906 Ellis Street, police reported. Perkins shot himself through the head with a caliber pistol. PIum-cians at the, Berkeley General Hospital were "doubtful that they could save his life.

His wife. Myrtle, said he had threatened suicide often during the last two years, being unable to find employment. world. 1 he white line leading from right ot photo shows the of the bridge as it starts on its journey to the Eastbay side. phoio by Clyde Sunderland.

How the San Francisco-Oakland bay bridge will travere the distance from the San Francisco shore to the Yrrba Buena island tunnel is graphically shown in this aerial photo by Clyde Sunderland. Artist hat drawn the exact route of the bridge across the water. Photo shows locations of piers and where the bridge will disappear for a Bay Bridge Progresses With 1840 Workers on Job SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 13 At crete center anchorage, and con- crete will be placed beginning to day Both caissons In the F.astbay are now at the bottom, the second being landed by Bridge Builders.

last week. Excavations on Verba Buena Island last week by Clinton Construction Co. totaled 12.000 yards, bringing the total amount of material taken out to 75,000 yards. ANCHORAGE PROGRESSES Healy Tlbbitts Construction building the San Francisco cable anchorage and the land piers, placed 1800 yards of concrete, bringing the total number up to 12.000 yards. Sheet steel piling Is now being driven at Pier 1 on the south side of Spear Street near Bryant.

At Pier E-4, 1500 feet west of the Key Route Mole, the false bottom has been removed from the caisson and the cutting edge is now 60 feet below the water level. Con-create has been poured to 12 feet above water level at this pier. At Pier E-5. 1000 feet west of 1H mm WATCH! total of 1840 men are now employed lirectly on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, C. H.

Purcell, chief engineer, revealed to-daj in his weekly "progress report" submitted to State Director of Public Works Earl Lee Kelly. Besides this number. 1000 men in Eastern steel mills have been Kiven employment fabricating steel for the structure, he reported. Two outstanding features of the construction during the past week were the arrival of the first steel fable wire and the placing of the world's largest caisson in position for the concrete center anchorage. I FIRST CABLE ARRIVES The Steel Ranger last Friday brought in 280 tons of steel cable wire for the Columbia Steel Company, to be used on the 28-Inch cables of Ihe bridge.

This Is the first of 20.000 tons of cable wire .105 Inche: in diameter, having a total length of 60,000. Each bridge cable will have 17.484 wires. Anchors are being attached to the caisson for Pier No. 4. the con MISS i Tm Newhall home at Burdock Drive and Mountain Boulevard caught fire shortly before nine o'clock and wai coon a roaring man of flames.

HIKER'S BEST IS SAVED BY VOLUNTEERS 3 At Hiker's Rest, Mountain Boulevard and Lincoln, a ahed'wai des- troyed but Ounther Reinke, the owner, mustered some volunteers and saved his store and home. the Sequoia BJd-inf Club, 2923 Mountain Boulevard, was endangered by flames which swept close to the dge of the stables housing more than 75 val- Habit horses. Stable grooms led the frightened animals through the smoke to safety, as It appeared that any moment the stables would start blazing. The horses were taken down Mountain Boulevard. Proprietors of the -stable said they were being led to "any place we can find where there is an open spot" Sixty of the bosses belong to the CluD.

The remaining IB were "boarders." At 9:20 the homes of Mrs. Elizabeth Patterson, and Gordon Mills, Mountain Boulevard near Sylhowe Road had been burned. Several other homes in the Vicinity were fire. I The flames had Jumped the boulevard at this poina'nd wereraclng down the hilTToward a thickly built portion of East Oakland. Their progress was greatly aided by the thickly wooded canyon of Laurel Brook which lies between Mldvale and Laurel Avenues.

From Wisconsin Street south along both these streets the city is built up in block after block of small residences. AVAILABLE FIREMEN SENT TO SCENE. Every available fireman was ds- patched to the scene, leaving skeleton crews to protect the remainder Of the city. Sixty men were massed at the blaze in addition to the engine crews. By 9 o'clock the number of fire engines had increased to thirteen.

Every available police officer in the East Oakland district was ordered to the fire front. Captain J. Frank Lynch organized a detail of police officers at Central station and sent them out to fight the fire. Fifteen motorcycle policemen and an equal number of traffic patrol- men were ordered out by Lieutenant Charles Hemphill, while the City corporation yard was raising an emergency fire fighting crew. OTHER HOMER ARE DESTROYED BY BLAZE.

When flames destroyed the roof of the studio of Grace L. Fountain, artist, Fire Chief William G. Lut- i key announced he was convinced that three or four other buildings Bear-by had been razed. Among the homes endangered was that of H. S.

Bonestell, wholesale paper magnate. At 9:30 o'clock seven additional pieces of fire apparatus had been manned and sent out, bringing the total to twenty. Communication facilities on Mountain Boulevard were hampered when telephone line poles were burned. Telephones In the district were reported "out of order." Fifteen employees of the park o-: apartment raced to the zoo at 9:45 o'clock with a sprsy truck loaded with 200 gallons of chemicals and water, intending to spray the short grass surrounding the ton. Park department officials said there appeared little danger that the too would catch fire, but that the chemicals and water would be sprsyed as a precautionary measure.

they reported that dense clouds of smoke were sweeping through the coo, but that they hoped to ssve all the animals. Whatever happened, they said. It be impossible to move them. EMBERS SPREAD FDXF TO DISTANT AREA8 At 9:40 alarms came from two far down in the residential section from fires caused by windblown sparks. One of the homes was'' at- Coolldge snd Morgan Streets and the other at Hopkins and Maple Avenue, In this 'latter section there is a built-up 'business district Both fires were extinguished with but small loss I by the emergency fire crews that are being held on the lower levels for just thii purpose.

A survey of the fire area along upper Mountain Boulevard -showed that the historic Abbey on the Joaquin Miller place had been saved. The present home of Mrs. i Miller' was completely destroyed. The roof was burned from the home of Juanita Miller, the poet's daughter, which stands nearby. During the battle against tho flames Miss Miller climbed to the roof of her home and joined the firemen i in playing the hose on the flames, Joaquin Miller, S3, mother ot Juanita and widow of the Cali-.

fornia poet, was In her home when the flames swept down upon it. Although choked by smoke, she escaped uninjured. She said many of her most prized art treasures had been consumed by' the fire' EAST OAKLAND FATE RESTS WITH WIND Shortly before 10 o'clock Chief Lutkey staled that the fate of East Oakland rested with the wind. If the strong wind continued, un abated, he declared, almost; any thing might happen. Chief Lutkey ordered a patrol of three fire engines to tour the Mountain Boulevard district, on the look-out for strsv fire which might start from flying sparks.

As the fire approached the Di- mond Boy Scout camp, adult mem bers. of the staff in charge prepared to move valuable records and furniture into the parade area of the camp in the event of the fire at tacking the buildings. Five staff members in all were engaged in the task. There were no Boy Scouts at the camp. TEH FETED STANFORD UNIVERSITY.

Nov" 13. P) Riding In two big hay wagons and flanked by thousands of cheering students, Stanford's conquering football heroes were paraded through the campus today following their return from Los An geles and the 13-7 victory over Southern California. It was the greatest celebration on the Stanford "Farm" since the 1024 team tied California to end the reign of the Bear "wonder teams." The horses were bedecked in Stanford colors royal equipage borrowed from some nearby farm. From the station the parade moved through Palo Alto and on to the campus proper. Stanford hadn't had so much fun, diq and wild enthusiasm for nearly a decade.

Army Officer May Head Police in N. Y. NEW YORK, Nov. 13. MP)-The Sun, in a special dispatch from the liner Pennsylvania at sea.

said today It was indicated that Brigadier-General Pclham D. Glassford, U. S. retired, Is under consid eration by Mayor-elect F. H.

LaGuardia for police commissioner. Under consideration with him, the Sun said, was Major-General James E. Fechet, former chief of the army air corps. General Glassford was in charge of Washington police when the bonus army was encamped in the national capital Inst year. Mayor-elect and Mrs.

LaGuardia are aboard the ship for a rest after the campaign. Woman Found Slain On City Golf Course ST. LOUIS. Nov. 13 (U.R)--An unidentified, well-dressed woman wai found shot t'o death on the municipal golf course of University City, a suburb, here today.

Police said they believed the woman had been shot in an automobile and thrown from the cur several hourB after she died. Street Sign Shouts Speakeasy's Business HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 13. fP) A speakeasy In the heart of Hollywood today threw aside camouflage. Ovar its entrance appeared an easily readable sign bearing these words: "Bar open to the public.

All drinks 35 cents." Release of Strike Leader Demanded TULARE, Nov. 13. WV-Declaring they kere going to Vlsalia to ask the release from Jail of Tat Chambers, Cotton picker strike leader charged with criminal syndicalism, a full crew of 65 cotton pickers walked out- at the L. N. Grover ranch here today.

Baby Burned As Iron Sets Bed on Fire Ronald Davenport, 4-months-old son of Mrs. Roma Davenport, 3828 Loma Vista Avenue, was critically burned today when an electric iron, left untended. set fire to a bed upon which he was lying. The child was burned on the face, arms, and legs. He was taken to the surgery at Highland Emergency Hospital for an emergency operation.

Physicians said his condition was "very critical." Mrs. Davenport said she had been Ironing in the bedroom, but stepped Into the back yard for moment. Suddenly she heard the baby cry. and looking at the bedroom window, saw smoko pouiinn from it. She' ran into the blazing room, seized the baby, and carried it to She then returned and extinguished the fire, assisted by Mrs.

Freida Brewster, 23, a nurse. Ill the course A erial Here Is a partial list of the dead and injured in today's fire in the Oakland lulls: DEAD W. ,1, I.aMarr. 73. of 2011 Myrtle Street, a Spanish War veteran, formerly employed at Mare Island Navy Yard and now an emergency worker in the Oakland street department.

He is mdrried. INJURED D. Del.aveaga, 3077 Mountain Boulevard, badly cut hand. Taken to Highland Hospital. George C.

Clark, employee of street department, hair burned off. the Key Route Mole, the cutting edge of the caisson is 100 feet below water level and concrete has been poured to 14 feet above water level. The pie alongside the Key Route Mole are progressing rapidly pilcdriving having been started al Pier E-21. and Pier E-22 is being made ready fore Ihe concrete seal. famous FurlKi 5:30 P.

M. First Floor the largest vehicular tunnel in 01, INJURED IN ILL BIH 1 CT1fTC3vn: An Important Event Will Take Place at Capwell, Sullivan Furth Wednesday! TUESDAY'S A PERS HERE'S LIST If Among he homes reported de stroyed by the Kant Oakland hill file today were I hose of: Miss Elizabeth Patterson, Sylhowe Road and Mountain Boulevard. Mrs. Grace Fountain, 3201 Joaquin Miller Road. Mrs.

Joaquin Miller, on Joaquin Miller Road. Miss Rhoda E. Newell. 3330 Bur- deck Drive, a guest home. Miss Alice Summerville, on Mountain Boulevard.

Those reported partially burned: Juanita Miller, on Joaquin Miller Road. G. B. Mills, 3077 Mounlain Boule vard. George D.

Young, 3124 Mountain Boulevard. Robert Sinclair, 3065 Mountain Boulevard. George R. Fitzgerald, 21)70 Moun tain Boulevard. Edward I), do Luvcagu.

on Moun tain Boulevard. Hiker's Rest. Lincoln Avenue and Joaquin Miller Road. F. R.

Confers With House Nazi Prober WASHINGTON. Nov. 13.. President Roosevelt today called Representative Dlckstein N. the White House to discuss the nvestlgation to be conducted by the House Immigration committee Into alleged Nazi activities in this country.

Dlckstein has been active In arranging the inquiry as chairman of the committee. The committee gathered here today. Office Wrecked by Blast of Yeggmeh PORTLAND, Nov. 13. OP) The main office of the Blitt-Wein-hard brewery here was wrecked early today by explosives placed in the safe by amateur safe-crackers.

The exaggerated charge of explosives demolished the heavy steel safe and frightened the robbers away empty-handed. Qfflcers found about $3000 under the wreckage of the safe. jTifo Show Homes In Fire Area Saved Homes of Arthur 2043 Mountain Boulevard, 13., Cadwallader, 2972 Mountain Boulevard, were saved today by firemen and volunteers when flames burned in the yards of the dwellings. The fire burned close to both residences before being brought under control. Peace Officer Is Hurt as Cars Crash EL CERRITO.

Nov. 13. William Myhre, 45, of 822 Everett Street, a special officer at the El Certito Kennel Club dog race track, received a dislocated shoulder when the automobile he was driving collided with another driven by John C. Young, 1117 Stannage Avenue, Albany, at Lincoln Avenue and Everett Street. Myhre was treated at Humboldt Hospital, Albany.

'Energies of Men Sermon at Theater BERKELEY, Nov. 13. "Energies of Men'' will be the subject of Dr. O. W.

S. McCall's sermon tomorrow noon at the United Artists Theater. The service is open to the "public regardless of creed. The organ prelude begins at 11:45 and the i service 1 DIES JANE SMITH personal representative of the Butterick Patterns Will he at all this Week AND OTHER "ADS" carry an nouncements of an event of importance to every family in the East Bay. Keep Wednesday free so that you, too, may participate.

Capwell, Sullivan (r Furih Cap well, Sullivan from 9 A.M. to Sullivan fr Furth Patterns, Come and consult Miss Smith. She's a style-expert and will show you how to dress smartly on practically nothing, just by cutting, basting and choosing patterns correctly for. your type! Ask her about you what sort of details you should have in your new frocks, coats, suits, etc. She'll be here 9 a.m.

5:30 p. m. Capwell, A.