The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-24
SAW DOOMED MEN
SHOT BY TROOPS
With Flames All About Them,
They We're Put Out of
Misery.
FIRST REAL REFUGEE
ARRIVES in THE CITY
Max Fast Tells Thrilling Story
of the San Francisco
Disaster.

The first real refugee from San Fran
cisco turned up In the rooms of the Com
mercial club Monday night, In the person
of Max Fast, a cutter and filter of ladies'
garments, who had come down from Og-
den to SEQ If he could find employment
Mr.. Fast is an intelligent young German
and has a straightforward story to tell.
Speaking in a general way, in his room
at the Cullen, he said:
Up When Shock Came.
'I was rooming at tho Rex hotel. at 2i2
Turk street and was up that night on
extra work and did not get to bed, so was
ran into the street and found every body
In much the same plight as myself; that
is. utterly unable to decide just what to
do OF where TO go. The shocks continued
and soon the cry of fire came along, and
we were forced by the police to leave all
and go toward Jefferson Square park;
They dynamitcd our hotel and We could
get nothing out OF IT.
"In the square were crowded all sorts of
people, rich and poor, old and young OF
both sexes, and a very large percentage
OF babies 1t was ptiful to see the needs
OF the little ones and the awkward at
tempts of men 10 help in the work of sup
plying them.
1--WE walked all over the city where we
could. and saw tho most heart-rendlng
sights. We got along to tho Preside
docks and there found Government tug
plentiful. but water was sadly needed
Sights We're Dreadful.
Some of the sights were dreadful. In
the Union square / stood beside a woman
who died. actually from fright and thirst.
Her last request was for water, and We
l saw fatal clash between the military
and the police. A policeman ordered the
soldier to take up a dead BODY to put IL In
the wagon. and the soldier ordered the po-
hceman to do II. Words followed and the
soldier shot the policeman dead. saw
this done
Wednesday morning. just after the
first great terror passed, two women died
near me In Union square from sheer
fright,
When the fire caught the Windsor ho-
tel on Fifth and Market. there were three
men on the roof and 1t was impossible to
get them down. The flames had the build
fall in with the roof and be roasted alive,
the military officer directed his men to
shoot them which they did in the pres
ence of 5000 people | saw great stones
fall on three men near tho city hail.
crushing the life out of them
Free Passage Given.
when got to Oakland 1 found
crowd clamoring for passage. and
thought / could not get TO go. as l had
no money. When / went to the ticket
told him l had no money with me. He
ticketed mo through at once. When our
train pulled out II had twenty-four
coaches on II. and seemed a mile long.
At ogden tho people fed us royalty and
at my request sent me here, as l was
told my business Is good here. | am
thorough cutter and filter of ladies' gar
mentS,
Found Fisher Harris
"On arrival here | found Fisher Harris
of the Commercial club. who was very
kind TO me. and brought me here, and
Will help me to get on my feet 1t Us
good to be among kind people again and
have bed to sleep In, L cannot praise
the people OF Oakland and ogden too
much, / had Sl55 when ! left San Fran
cisco and l have 1t yet I could not
spend 1t; they gave us all We needed.
please say | want work and am a
competent cutter and litter of ladies'
dresses. May God bless the good people
OF Salt Lake"