Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-04-21
EARLY AORNlNG EARTHQUAKE PANIC
City Under Martial Law-IIas Hardly Brick or Stone Building Stand- ing-Helped to Recover Some
 Sixty C0rpses.

ing-Helped to Recover Some Sixty Corpses.
 LOS ANGELES, Cal, April 21.-"San Jose, which was the prettiest city in California; said William White, a sheriff of Los Angeles county, when he arrived here from San Jose, lis the worst looking wreck l ever saw. The property loss will be over $5,000,000.
 "When left San Jose nineteen dead bodies had been recovered, and there was possibility that others would be found. At Agnew's Insane asylum, near San Jose, helped to carry out sixty corpses. It was believed that 100 bodies were still in the asylum ruins.
 "The shock came to San Jose at 5:12:45 o'clock Wednesday morning, according to, the clock in the St. James hotel which was stopped by the shock. I occupied apartments, on, the fourth floor of the St. James hotel. The shock knocked plaster off in great chunks. The chimney knocked great hole in the roof. hurried to the street. It was full of people, dressed and un- dressed, who were running about dis. tractedly. The annex of the Vendome hotel, a three story frame structure, fell, and some of the guests had to be dug out of the ruins, including Deputy Sheriff O'Toole of Gilroy.
 There was not one brick or stone building of two stories or over in San Jose that was not leveled to the ground or so severely damaged that it will have to be torn down. Some fires started after the quake. but the fire de- partment soon had them under con trol.
 San Jose is under martial law, and the city is thoroughly patrolled by the militia. Those that died were all resi- dents of San Jose.
 ."After getting away from San Jose I saw evidences of the earthquake at Niles. and even as far as Ldvermore, in the shape of fallen chimneys and broken glass;
 Several other men who passed through the earthquake at San Jose have reached their homes here. All of them had thrilling escapes. State Sen ator Cornelius Pendleton said: "After the earthquake I covered San Jose in an automobile and saw at least twenty dead. Nearly every brick and stone structure in San Jose was demolished or damaged. I was at the yendome hotel. The shock of the earthquake was so severe that the floors and walls of the hotel collapsed. We had a room on the side of the hotel near a large tree. The side wall of my room fell against this tree. which also sustained that portion of the roof. preventing if from falling in on us.
 My room was on the second floor. hut when I got up was. in the base ment. I crawled over the debris and escaped through a third story window that was on level with the ground I saw one dead woman in the hotel ruins. Among the large buildings that were demolished were the Hall of Jus. tice. the First Presbyterian church. the Catholic cathedral. inc Hale block. the vendome hotel and several other large buildings.'
 Provisions are running short In San Jose. and residents are excited over stories that thousands of halt starved persons are coming from Ssn Fran. cisco.
 The total loss in Santa Clara. q sub urb. is s5Oo.ooa
 At GIlroy the loss was S5O0.no0. and at HollisteT one man wss killed ard s1o0.O00 damage done.
 F. O. Popenie. manager of the Pa cifc Monthly. has arrived from San Francisco. He vas asleep in the Ter minus hotel near the ferry building. when the first earthquake shock came.
 The Terminus hotel did not 20 down at the first shock.- he said T was asleep on the third soor when the quake csme- The walls of the hotel te- gan falling Tsut fac guests had fine te run outside Esefor- the b7Isdinr feI
 T started f0r san Jose ca foot. Wien rezehsd the Potrero I looked beek and saw the business secfioa a furnace Fires led started ID in aazny places z1d were blsxinr ssrcely. Al zsn driving ssnrle rig headed fer