Bisbee daily review., 1906-04-28
GAGE TELLS OF DISASTER
E, B, Gage, Tombstone Mining Man, Saw Earthquake
 and Disaster.
SAW PALACE HOTEL
 DESTROYED BY FIRE.

E. B. Gage arrived in Phoenix a few days ago from Tombstone, Nhither he returned last Sunday from San Fran CISCO. It was known that he was in San Francisco at the time of the earthquake, and his friends having heard nothing from him, felt a great deal of anxiety for his safety.
 Speaking in Phoenix of his expe rlence he said that he was at no time in danger and would have felt no un, easiness at all but for the presence or number of ladies in his party He was stopping at the St. Francis. and after the shock he went out on the street and saw much of what was go. ing on. He remained there until Fri. cay night and lived in his private car, which his thoughtful porter had saved.
 The car had been left in what after ward became the fire area, but when the porter saw how things were going he had moved to Central Basin out of danger. That was not far from the St. Francis, but on account of the lines Of fire it was necessary to travel atout ten miles to reach it.
 While he saw a great deal of the ruin, MT. Gage said that he had really learned more of the disaster from the papers since his return than he saw hile he was there. After the shock and before the confiagration became general, he accompanied John Parish to his office in the Crocker building tC see what damage had been done. They climbed up the numerous star. ways covered with debris, and found that while many of the partition waus had fallen, the framework of the great structure had not been greatly dam aged. The OfIIve of Mir. Parish was hear the top of the ten-Story build ing, and having accomplished their errand they went onto the roof and watched the fire in the Palace.
 Regarding the shooting by the mili- t2ry, NIT. Gage said that perhaps the State militia and cadets from Berke- ley and Stanford might have lost their heads and shot the wrong men, he did not thing thaC the regular soldiers killed a man who deserved to live. On the contrary. many more ought to have been punished.
 In one case Mir. Gage saw a woman leave a trunk which she had rescued from her home, and go away for a short time. Immediately a thug at tacked it and broke it open, appro- priating such of its contents as he wanted. This was a cause for sum- mary action, if the man had been seen by the soldiery, and he would have been shot without a word.
 He had heard expressions of grati- fication. He heard men say that they were glad the earthquake and the fire had come; now they would be protect ed; get things to eat and maybe they would have a chance to accumulate something; there would be plenty or work soon and they could name their own wages.
 In the first few hours there was a waste of supplies. There were a thou sand freight cars in the railroad yards laden with all manner of merchandise. They were promptly footed in the ev.r fusion, when every man was wildly making preparation for his immediate future. Mir. Gage saw one man lug ging of big box of jap-a-lac, kind of yaTnish which he evidently thought was something good to eat. A wo- nan went away laden with a dozen coffee pots. Men staggered away un- der the weight of whole quarters of beef which they sold or wasted. One man passed his private car with a great piece of choice loin, which he offered to the porter for 25 cents.
 From his observation of the build ing after the fire had passed, MT. Gage is of the opinion that most Of the more prominent ones were not as badly dam aged as they were reported to be. The damage to the St. Francis was very slight, though the windows and the contents Were destroyed, his own baggage with the rest.
 The apartments of MT. Gage in the St. Francis were on the side next to the four-story building of the Ameri- can News company. He looked out of the window upon the roof of the News company building and meditated leaving the hotel by that way. While he was considering the plan, the front of the building fell out into the street.
 Instead of merely building the