Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-05-12

perience during the san Francisco ca
lastrophe, few VIII be found more In
teresting than those of Ben stern,
manager OF the company now playing
lne Lion and the Mouse"
Mr' stern theatrical veteran whose
visits to SAT- Lake began In the days
VI Johh McCuiiough's company IN the
VS. eA'ehueu uowh through the nos
ana 9Vs UP 10 date ana Included the
pho''hs OF such attractions as Coiville'
ranhy davenport Blanche Walsh
fpAy VuIlier Inc SILVER slipper ana a
"Vs' VI o'nerS' had IN charge niue
! nanny OF 10 players, who comprise the
Lion and the Mouse oreori2otiop
rhav boa .,aa, ~. , ,~,,,,....
""' N"'eu p's ana prIlllan'
S'dsoh III can francisco and were flll-
ing an engagement In Oakland. after
the theater esch night Gaming across
| tho bav o,d n,,,in ~.
p0'a'"s w 't 'Ho regal D.
rrahcis hoteh 10 near MIR. stern mar
| rate the experiences which befell them
| after they had retired Tuesdav niSht
! ,.u,- ''s"'
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| things possible to imagine. Although he
is now moro than threa ,eeks away,
| fran, bi, a,,..,,,, ~,
| &c "l7 eSeS III WIN
teais as ne recalls what he passed
| through, and the sights no beheld
| In HE sevar hor-. .,..,.
! '... ''se'e W SCI MS
| ooIhpdhy OUT OF me doomed city.
| Seated around lunch table the 9TH
or day with a comnanv ~ fr,erds ,,ho
| go. ,,..,.,i.' -''N''' ~
| ""s MN Oh sun
| being IN the iand or the living, and on
| his having brought his company intact
| through the scenes OF en- ,,ary terror.,
| N, e,orn ala ~, sar@'..,,' ,e''''''
'in; Stern loid 'he Following story
| we were an tast asleep in the st.
lahcls' oNeep' MI Parsons tthe young
.ldh Nno pays JeHerson RYDER. He
id1 tat5vn W. WIN WINE collier ana
i-io'IV' '"i more TWO ola friends who
Ne,o III Sah Francisco, Just about TO
9au ~ auhtralld' ana had gone out to
speuu tne nlsht with them. The first
,h'ns ! kIeW' the ceiling Of my room
ilau tunoied III upon me, when
Nv, IRON my bed almost !suffocated.
me Whole room seemed dancing top
,urNey Jls IL shook mo sideways
haI, a dozen times, then tounced me up
ana down. III semed as though IL would
never end. ! knew what the matter
was. Tor | had passed through lust such
another earthquake in San Francisco
ln lsoS' though no such results followed
mat one. ! was trying to find my
Things In the room when my tele-
phone bell rang. / answered the call
and found II came from Miss Cogh.
lnns room. Strange TO relate, the wires
did not stopworking for some hours M.
forwards. She asked me In a scream
what she had better do. told her In
get down into the street az quickly M
possible and that I would ment ber
there. When We got down nn,o tba
sidewalk. we found an the comnany
there. with their baggage. exoent t,.o
Mr., Parsons and Miss Dlx The rol
men were panic stricken lil<a aI ~
rest of the greats of tho bo,ei ana ioi,
ing down towards Market street ~,
could SEQ the hames ,irood,. h,,.t
out from many buildings '''e '"s
Everywhere the strset. ,.o,o All,
with debris Of nil sorts MA q, u'iVl
most lmposslble In 90, 'ba,,t "9S ~
llovod at once that Tie clty n,as -, ~
ed ana NV onlv ,ho,,,,h, ""s "ou',l.
10 get away ryoeJ ali ,b "as no."
10 stick together. no n,atfsr ., ~ S
pened ana thev obevnI reiis,t',, s,, ~.
first thoupbt svos to ,r,. III ,a NF
of roffeo for tho Ia a., a., 49, 80 w
nuttlng M their sbu,tara i peVp,u W.
and II dtdu't soc,, ,,os,Ihi, -, -
taste of anything 70 est ny drioL r, -
naliy ! found a ,sstawrar, 80 ~
man said he mad inst ar a'' c, mne ~ w
fee left begpe5 Ma, "a i.t PS ~, W ~,
them for our iadies ana 10 IA so
rnpdIateiv nfter ,h,,,,ina w, ~ ,J ~ ILL n,.,
~. '''''N ~ iii' NN'lFs
msnag,r ~ "rbn p.he,. niS ~ ~;
rnInnanv ,pbtch o'ss n1o ~ ,"1n
.Coiimhia tboaIar sloa hn,e , a., ~
,,.,s InIne ,,,d ~ ~ ,I "''l wa, Nv
iun,hI, '"rs, AN nv, ~ sa',, ''iae us tile p
hnnt arn,ho. 49,, u" nas so"ls -
rontinnn XII o,gaa,n,,,, !" , ,,',,S u, voulp
r,nt,nr ~ {, SaS nv, n'aU', In.
+ romiS hsyo ,a"ehnJ NJ 90 w., r,p'r
m 'don't yo,, hnn,, ,,,, ' H.. n'Sp
ed? You ought TO think Of onIv 'V one
him. and ,h.,'s to,,. r,,,, 90 W., uiI,S o,.e
Iii anu 'n' Tr noN w ca. set your
p "a .hn, ~, - ~ "'at ! u, uolns'
az" ., , eo, dn "s 70 ,he p s1m " mn
soon ne cn,,ld and tho"a avr no,e, a.
O,,d sor,e c,rr,.,ans ~
a., a. ,n,,,Ing ~ ,bn s,rno, III. 60.
hiorks a.rav IA ~ ria.L az ~, Il,
a,,c whom, kns,,. v@rv ,yaii said ,h,t
'rsrriose was nut NJ the msstinn W.
have inst recoived vnrd from ON, a.,
bies snid me- ,tbot throo eid.s ~
t,e,,, are az nro ad,iso ,,,,, ~ ao,
an svnrass ynuon Van ~, a,vthI,,s
eise You can and get yo,,, nnonle
a"ra,'"'
81 took ths hin, and ,,,sbire out sac,
man 'lri,,ing nost ,,ith ~ iarce "y
= a. vosn,, 5rn s w, ' t,ro horsos
baiisd Mn and askcG him wbat be
urnniG "ba,ge Ia tnkc same women
do,vn IN The Southern Pacific dsnot az
Third and Townsend street
"Are vou slre thev'rc von,on " no
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