The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-22
HONEYMOON TRIP
ENDS IN DISASTER
Jew York Brewer and Bride
Have Lifetime'S Experience
at St. Francis Hotel.
MANY PEOPLE MANGLED
WITNESSES EXECUTION OF
THIEF BY POLICEMAN.

Mr. and Mrs. George Ehret, jr.
ended their honeymoon journey at San
Francisco with a memorable expert
ence. Mr.. Ehret is wealthy brewer
IN New York. He was married in that
city on Feb. p, and since then they
have been at Palm Beach and other
resorts. On Tuesday evening they ar
rived in San Francisco and registered
at the St. Francis hotel. They could
not get room lower than on the tenth
story They were awakened in the
morning by the shock and began an
eventful day.
The whole room seemed to turn over
and over" said Mr.. Ehret. "I rushed
out to see what was the matter and
found nothing but confusion. People
were rushing madly about the halls,
women were crying and shrieking, and
everywhere the plaster was falling and
the walls cracking. We dressed and
got down the ten flights Of stairs in
record time. There was no elevator
working and all the lights were off.
Luckily, it was just daylight. In the
street everything was melee. People
were fighting to get through. Women
dragged heavy trunks along and fought
with men for places in the center Of
the street. Buildings were rocking to
and fro and stones and debris were
flying through the air. Men with blood
streaming down their faces from cuts
ming about wildly.
All WerJ Terror-s Stricken.
Nobody seemed to know what was
happening or what to do. Some were
kneeling in the streets praying. Others
cried out that 1T was the end Of the
world. With Mr.. Busch, the brewer
from st. Louis, L managed to get my
wife into Union square. Then the
flames began to burst out. 1 never saw
anything like them at any fire. They
seemed to leap hundreds Of feet in the
air and shoot across the street in all
directions. As the square became more
dangerous every minute, about 10
O'Clock we forced our way through the
mob and managed to get up 10 Mob
HILL All our trunks and suit cases
were gone. and we had nothing but the
few clothes we had managed to nut
on On the way 1 saw the brick wall
OF four-story building fall on a large
crowd and mangled remains were
StTeWn at our very feet. The sight was
sickening and l can give YOU no idea
of the horror
Reaches Home of Friend.
I'VE wandered around for hours be-
fote / found the residence Of a. friend
On the hill, and We spent the night
.Wlth him. In the morning the flames
ere coming up the hill, and it was
aSain a case of move. We had great
uiilCuIIy IN getting to the ferry and
the sights were even worse than the
day before. 1 saw man who ATTEMPT
ed TO rob a dead body shot down bv
an officer and fall dead across the BODY
ne had been attempting to strip. There
were mangled cOrpses on the street and
injured everywhere. Horses ran about
ana trampled down women and chill
dren People were sitting in the street
ana guarding the little property they
had managed to save from the wreck
OF their homes. Where the big buildings
mad stood two days before there were
nothing but ash heaps and ruins. The
Soidiers were guarding the streets. and
we had 10 drive about for miles before
we could get To the ferry. When the
boaJ drew away from the wharf I drew
long breath and thanked God.
Lack of Food Supplies.
Before 7 left there was terrible dis
lress from lack Of food and water
Bread was selling as high as a dollar
. 4 Ioat and drink was not Obtain5hla
at any price, The water had been shut
. OF IN an eudeavOr to use il for FIRE
D. purposes. and could not be turned on
again 1 believe many persons starved
10 death" W '0N