Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-04-24
Refugees Tell of Strange Elk
periences During Earth
quake and Fire
SOME FREAKS OF THE QUAKE.
Church With Mosque Like Dome Has
Walls All Thrown Down But Steel
Structure Supporting Dome Still
stands-curious Sight From a Dis
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Salt Lake City, Utah, April "a -
Scores of this city's people We're in San
Francisco at the time of the earth
quake and many of them returned
home Sunday, bringing a mass of in
formation. j. G. Haley, a wealthy mine
children He left the Charlemagne ho-
tel in his automobile, but the police
made him give it up to carry the
wounded. Nevertheless, he says:
The policing of the city was perfect
under the circumstances and / want to
give unstinted praise to the chief and
his brave men. We finally got over to
Oakland and in half starved condi-
ton entered restaurant there. Six
was only SLIGO We were astonished,
but it is the law among these people
that no more than cost should be
charged anyone from San Francisco,
Finding our eyes affected by the heat
and ashes we sought an oculist who
treated us with more than ordinary
care. When he finished I asked for
the bill and he said: No. sir; we
charge nothing to the people who come
from that awful trial over yonder.'"
Another arrival describes a number
of queer freaks of the earthquakes. In
the midst of ruined four story build
ings stood a house of three stories,
which had been lifted on jackscrews
and timbers to make room for another
story beneath It, 1t stood apparently
unframed by the shock. Not piece
of the underpnning was displaced.
One of the churches on Van Ness ave-
nue. had mosque-like dome. The
building was thrown down, all the
walls falling away, but the steel struc-
ture, invisible at distance, remained
supporting the dull gray dome, which
seemed to be floating in the air like
q balloon.
Two theatrical people We're in hotel
| in Santa Rosa when the shock came
The room was on the fourth f1oor. Ihe
roof collapsed. The woman was thrown
/ from the bed and they were caughI py
the descending timbers and pinned
| heln1essly beneath them. They coulo
sneak to each other, and could reach
one anothers hand, but the Welgh'
was so great that they could do moth
/ ing to liberate themselves. After near
| ly three hours rescuers came, cut
hole in the roof and both were re-
leased uninjured. The man had IN nus
room pocketbook containing sloV anu
his card and a pair of cuff buttons
Roth were restored to him before
he left Santa Rosa.
Queer Sights Seen.
| Among the queer sights Wl1lesse" Wy
| this narrator was lone woman pa
| tiently pushing an upright piano aloiis
the pavement a few inches at tlme'
an old man riding bicycle and carry
ing a sllie terrier, the only thing ne
had saved. and woman lovingly en-
bracing a Japanese doll. He also heard
| a guest berating the proprietor OF no.
tel five minutes after the Shock because
ha had not been awakened at o'clock
according to instructions. The guest
vowed Indignantly that ne Wouio never
stop at that house gain, and ne never
will, for the hotel is not there.
Miss Ina Boutwell,, student, tells OF
incidents at Stanford university. A
girl was dressing in one of the sorority
houses when the floor gave way Her
companion looked up, saw that she was
gone, and shrieked:
"Where are you, Mary?"
ooh, 1 am in the parlor," replied the
girl calmly as she wriggled out Of the
heap of plaster and mortar below.
One man at least, according to Miss
Boutwell,, missed what would have
been the experience of a lifetime, be-
cause he did not wake up. Attic the
fraternity house was almost RACED TO
the ground this man, whose name she
did not learn, slept on and was still
sleeping when they rescued him from
the ruins.
"The fortunate thing about the
earthquake is that it did not occur in
the day time" said Miss Boutwell,. I'm
that event the result would have been
terrible. The buildings that are most
ly occupied by classes were completely
DESTROYED and the loss of life would
have been great"
Ludicrous Things.
"There were ludicrous scenes even in
the saddest hours, and I cannot forget
them" said L. E. Ritter, Salt Lake
mining man. 81 never saw so many
parrots, canary birds, hooking birds,
and pet dogs together in my life. I saw
pet dog on the seat of an automobile,
the owner of which would not stop to
take in a badly wounded man on the
sidewalk One thing in particular will
always reamain in my memory. on
a pile Of bricks, stones and rubbish was
thrown the body of a man shot thru
the heart, and on his chest was pinned
placard: Take warning!' 1t was
most effective way to terrorlze those
who would steal, or make trouble.
81 met one poor crazy woman who
stopped US to say that they had killed
her husband and might as we'll kill her.
Then she changed her cry and said she
was a COW and asked us to take her
away. Our hearts were convulsed with
pity. but what could we do? We lief.
her talking to the next Corners and
could only hope that those in authority
finally cared for her.
"It was grand to see the spirit of the
men who had lost fortunes themselves
in cheering up the poorer ones who had
lost things of no great value.
"Why, 1 lost 100000" said one.
What is your baby carriage to that?
Cheer up, it will all come out in the
wash"
The acts of some of the express and
carriage drivers were outrageous. /
witnessed one case in front of the ST.
Francis hotel. After much parley a
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