Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-06-23

| ana more Satisfaction htu peen on
tanned al this station. than any In San
Francisco. SO she decided 20 let Il re-
main. though'we are tired out, for the
strain is great, both mental and physi-
cal
THRILLING EXPERIENCES.
Here are some belated experiences
that / am sure viii interest your read
crs.
a widow lady, who had a grown son
and daughter. lived quite away out. II
dd not seem possible that the IRE
could reach them, but the soldiers Came
AND joll them % leave Instantly, az
tlty wero going 10 dynamite their
house There was no time 90 lose. the
young ludy put her purse with 81 IN
her blouse waist. ana got her augOra
cit hut kitty Jumped from her arms
and tried la get under the house. She
got scr. though and helped her mother
carry sofa they took one end and
the SOD the other. Kitty made another
jump. when she saw the panicstrick-n
crowd and was lost forever. just then
the Young lady discovered she had lost
bier purse: il fell out while she was
struggling with the cat. but she "ou-
foled herself that they sull had money,
for h,I brother had made secret
drawer in The sofa, and there was over
500 n 70. Hence the desire 10 save
the sofa There was no time TO uu-
screw the box. SO they took the whole
thing away They had gone just thrca
blocks when some soldiers took 'ae
aofa away. saying some one had been
shot ana they needed IL TO carry the
wounded man ON. Was the sofa burn
cd Who found the treasurer
A friend Of mine had 10 rush out with
her little 6-year-old girl: when they
reached the sidewalk the mother re-.
membercd that her purse was IN NE
house, she told Lucille 10 stand right
there ana not move and gave her q
satchel 10 hold when she returned ms
child was gone. swallowed up In that
mad crowd. ana she has heard nothing
OF her yet perhaps some one has
adopted her on maybe she was tramp
led 10 death.
Another sad experience was where q
mother and father carried a sick -.
year-oid boy three miles 10 The ferry.
and the boy died next day
a lady was called ont az midnight
the llth of April % a case Of conhve-
ment She left her three children sleep
ing peacefully, but she has not heatd
one word OF amy Of them since. that
part Of the city was the first 10 burn
and feel the earthquake very severely
Another lady who lived in the same
locality had babe three days old,
They had but s. 10 The house. an ex-
pressman was across the street loading
furniture OF his wagon he was asked
TO take the wife and babe TO a place Of
safety. but the husband had only 81
10 offer him. he man who owned the
furniture had agreed to pay s25 The
eXpressmau klit his brOws hard for a
minute, and then said. The woman
goes and the furniture stays, and |
won't take your s. either" She was
quickly put into the wagon, and II
was race, for the fire was at their
heels. she was taken 10 a friends
az the mission and II was then noon
April 49, at s IN the evening, she had
10 fee again. Tor her friends home
went up IN smoke. so she and her three.
days'-oli babe spent the night In one
Of the parks. That lady came 10 see
us today with that very baby, a beauti-
ful boy, fat and hearty. They live In
n tent and are as comfortable as can
be expected. She is a small delicate
woman, very refined but she has come
through It all right
A physician who came from Modesto,
Cal, said they could see the fire plainly
from their town, and 1t Is 100 miles from
San Francisco, s0 you can imagine
what a terrible blaze It must have been.
Many crippled people have come 70
us not able TO stand IN line and await
their turn in the distributing line IN
San Francisco.
The people have suffered severely
from the heavy rains. not since 50
have we had such rains In May and
June. Jupiter Is surely shOwering his
walls Of wrath on poor stricken Cali
fornia.
We have all lost desire for fine
clothes, and they are put away for
they seem out of place Everyone
feels full OF sorrow. and a great sym
patty is extended ev yWhere: every
one is sOciable and Il seems 10 be the
one desire Of an TO help and TO en-
courage.
We are an trying to locate our
friends. Doesn't II seem strange TO
hunt for ones friends and not find a
trace ~ them? An Of us have found
some dear one missing The half VIII
never be tOid. People who have dis
appeared were swallowed up In the dis
aster.
! have come 10 the conclusion that
this relief work has been a godsend to
many, Il has kept their minds busy and
they have not had time to dwell on
their terrible losses.
] thank the News" and an our Salt
Lake friends for their generosity TO us
when We needed Il most. may il be
returned 10 you four fold
NELLIE G. LANE.
G. a. II. Relief Corps.