The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1906-04-21
GRAPHIC STORY Cl-
THE DISASTER
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refuge in the burned district IT Meal to-
and Cough streets. There We y the : !
another terrible sight. The reo ie : e
mourning dow the center Of VA MSS
avenue. because that wide .horotrAfi~e
was the only one in the city anere M
porary relief from the frightful best Sas
to be found.
There was a steady jam Of peoo,e
crossing McAnis.er, bound toward Ma :
ket street. when suddenly a terrific de-
tonation occurred. A gas main had
blown up and many were killed. The
frantic crowds tramp,cd over each
other trying to get away from the
scene. Suddenly their retreat WIS cut
off by another explosion that hurl 4 a
number Of bodies high in the air. The
scene following was terrible; but al Of
our party were too dazed by tn horrible
events of the preceding day and night p
even think OF going to the scene,
SAW MISS MCLAUGHLIN.
"All day Thursday the bodies OF 8 "
erai thieves who ) . atternnted to s e 4
from the people gathered in the arts
and who X re shot down by the s III Q $
tail IN Jefferson and Union squares. No
body seemed disturbed by the sigi t Of
these ghastly forms in their midst 1t
seemed merely a trifing incident 2 ~
pared to the very atmosphere of cal1m-
itv all about them.
while my wife and / were making Our
way from Lafayette square to Meals s.
ter and Cough streets we saw Mary Me-
Laughlin. sister-in-law of former Distrist
Attorney Murphy Of Humho DIT count.
lying In a doorway. She Sc mel to be
overcome by fright or Illness; b. we
we're unable to do any hing TO- her. as
we were swept along by the IF tntic
crowd.
Wherever we went evidences OF tn
frightful disaster Of the earthc AXE
shocks were on every hand. The $ re I
car tracks were twisted out Of all sem-
blanee Of alignment, and the q t. OF
the cable tracks were either jam el or
else widened greatly. In several o. the
streets great rents had been mqd in
the earth. The cemeteries presentJd a
wrecked appearance. Tombstones had
fallen or were badly twisted. and in Hoy
Cross cemetery there was a great assure
in the earth
THE metho Is used by the soldiers to
feed the hungry mul itudes were de rv-
Ing Of the highest nra-se7 Toe military
seemed to have everything rel in I'm
and the few supp les in tn ir nosses 3 OF
were used to the greatest possible ad
vantage.
One squad of soldiers. each man ear
ing coffee and crackers and what little
meat they could get. followed by 4 q II q
with guns TO prevent disorder. " MD
make their way through a crows. sin
ging out the ones in most urgent need
Of stimulant and food Famfie@ who
had nothing were first served. as ore
the women and tn ailing. Every BIT Or
milk obtainable was dealt out 10 mot -evs
with babies. The military consu a
themselves nob'y. and the men sh H
down for ~tfieving invariably des Nv d
what they got. Sc far as came unaer my
notice.
Years will never blot out the a-yfui
suffering we witnessed in the strlc,en
city 1t is impossible for me to con Give
a means Of expressing half the horrors
we witnessed
'Thurfday afternoon my wife and I
decided TO try ard get out and made or
way to the Pr sidio wharf. whore he
government was taking the reop.e or
IN tugs and landing them at tho fnrry
s'ie. Here we witnessed IN, frs + iuro
Of TIE military to Re equal to the 81 ~
ytion, Despite the EFFORT If the 81 I -.
to keep order the peorle fougft ncfy
% get aboard each tug ana " r.
swept onto one Of thc tugs Amos > :
+ RI we realived II.
Arrived at the ferry. we w re eo-c a
10 pay our passage onto ore Of the b, y
and We're also compelled 70 pay our way
to w dasoite tse feet ma
took every cent th9t we had with "
The same was true OF eve v one on IN
train. II the orders Of I g raffoad con-
to carry reople free. II was cert irly
heinz vio'afed right an1 eft. for q W
one ] saw Thursday evening & I'll z or
Of Oakland had to nay fsvo. A W cor
sons were carried rs FAR aa Safram 81 .
by ~symoethet'c br kemen, b IN II
were PM OFF the train because they we
unable t. ray"