CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1906-04-26
Generous Response
to Appeal for Aid
Cheeruly Alleviate
the Sufferings of Francisco

nus the usual freight charges. The
energy displayed by Captain Mingay
and Mrs. Bell in collecting money
clothing and provisions, and the lib
erality of the express and railroad
companies in carrying them free to
the Pacific coast is highly creditable.
Nothing has ever taken place that
has awakened SO much of pity, sym
pathy and commiseration in Canon
City as the terrible affair at San
Francisco. For several days after the
occurrence people talked of little else
and on every hand was heard the la
ment of those who had relatives or
friends in the stricken city. Owing to
the chaotic condition of affairs that
prevailed in San Francisco for several
days after the earthquake II was
difficult to obtain any reliable news
from there, and such a thing as get
ting private message through to
anxiety on the part of those who had
relatives on the coast was most in
tense and some of them spent sleep
less nights in worrying lest death and
disaster had overtaken those they
loved.
Within the last few days the tele-
graph lines have been opened up for
business and nearly all of those for
whom anxiety was expressed have
been heard from. and in no case so
far as we have been able to ascer-
tain, were any of them injured
W c. Thomas. secretary of the
NJ c. A, on Tuesday received a copy
of the San Francisco Examiner, bear
ing the date of April 81, II being pro-
badly the first San Francisco news
paper to reach here since the earth
quake. 1t expresses the opinion that
the city will be rebuilt on larger
scale than before, an optimism in
which the citizens generally agree
Mr.. Thomas was the recipient on Mon
day of message from his mother
written on a piece of MANILA tag
board, blank paper apparently having
been hard to obtain at that time. She
stated that the guests at the Nordhof
hotel where she and her daughter and
little son were stopping when the
trouble came, had been transferred to
the Preside and were all right Mr.
I
time of the earthquake and was un-
hurt The next day neither Mr.,
Thomas nor his wife knew the others
address. as an involuntary separation
had taken place and neither the tele-
phone nor the mails were available to
convey information OF the change OF
residence.
T.. w Duncanson, assistant clerk AT
the penitentiary. was gladdened yes
terday morning by the receipt of a
piece of brown paper from his mother
upon which was written the following
message: San Francisco, April 81
906 Ny Dear Son Don't worry.
We are all saved God knows | can
never depict the horrors of this stu
alton. The scene is beyond descrip-
ton | am sitting on the curbstone in
the midst of seven hills of ruins at
Eighth and Market streets writing
this. Write soon. You owe me a let
ter From Father and Ida, All Mis-
slppi street"
Mr. Duncanson. Sr., is general yard
master for the Santa Fe Railroad Co
in San Francisco. and formerly held n
similar position with the Southern Pa
cific Railroad company in Denver.
In her efforts TO assuage the misery
that came upon the people of San
Francisco last week Canon City is
acting her part well, and in II all hon
or lies,