The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-22
REFUGEES REACH CHICAGO.
Eght Out 0 seyenfy-nSe Get TO ube
MaEn.nK Tratn In Oakland.

kS1t OuI - BRySnfy~DNe 6OG 10 Ibe
NSru.ag Tratn In Oakland
CHICAGO. AphI 71-Tbe frs; refugees
from Sac Fr1rciSoo' 20 reach Chiczzo AZ
nVed N the city this af;Arpoon. There
we're eight Who came through SeveEty-
Eve s5Tarcs reservations Rad b%~n uzts
for passage Of tie Overland Limited sirty-
seven failed 20 &c. acres tie Say 70 TIE
p1&1 where the fass Northwestern train
ga ready 70 ssrt Il T~sir@sGsy mining
The only Chicago psa q the tTaIa we're
J. z. spSri0k. tie Pullman po-er. 55yi
G-oTe avenue. and JOIN 4. Flcyc. Plirz.n
CONDUCTOR. 9 AIdine SQUARE. O-ce-s q
tie train were Hora-io v. Hovey. NJ.
H0Tsy and three eAldrza. EJeznor. Ia
aEd Willard Hoyey. s5 Czss aye7ys, De
troit. Mich; Ms. William WIoder. Ere,
Pa; Robe-T H Groas. Boston. Mas, AID
J. ". E1nbolgh Of TAshicgoa.
At Omaha ole car Of the Overland Limited
vas switched 70 tie Chicago. Milwaukee
and 81 Paul Rad and attached u a trzin
TO Chicago. This train arrived a; the Cnioa
Depo< att ~ O'Clock this afterloca. J. ".
BumbouEh. 10 year. old a freshman az tie
University OF California. vas the OILY
refuees O. the s. Pau trzin--H@4s 81 The
way ~ - LJA5 Il "drE4LEALl.
i vas Standing On the university CAMPUS
When Berkeley was struck ~ the earth
quaks.- be sid 'SeTerzl buildings we're
demolished. but l hurried TO Oakaad.
where I was abe to 80 the flames begin
The destruction Of San FranGsco.'
When II became known that Mr. Eovey
was a witness of the scenes in San Fran
cisco be was surrounded by al eager throrz.
and at the Northwestern station il vas
With difficulty that he mAde LIS way 70 the
street TO take a carnage ior the ParkR oE
station.
MY family and I had apa1neats On
the third foor Of the Palace Hot4I when
the city was shaken by the earthquake"
said Mr.. Hoyey. IL vas about Sis o'clock
when / was suddenly thrown from nv
bed by the terrible shock. I made in
mediate PREPARATIONS to IaYe the hotel.
We crowded our way c0En the staircase
to the main foor. We managed to reach
the street., though on clothes were almost /
from uSr bodies in the crush when We
attempted I leAye the building. In front
the Palace Hotel great crowds bad
gathered.
The previous day ! had made arrange
rnents 70 leave San Francisco. | had
my Pullman berths on the Over
land limited. and il was only a matter Of
the city and reaching the train.
I finally Cox a cab. and after making a
vide detOUr Of the city, staying cut Of the
Ere zone, ! reached the Union ferry Just
A. a boat left. / chartered a tug and in
that way reached Oakland. where We took
the Overland limited
A. U;,dar Uaa ySEi+fr1 tba ,sE. D
officer at Mare Island Navy Yard
Francisco. The officer, who believed dan
md Mn. winder take a launch 10 safety.
dis wife declined 10 cave him.
Finally / was put in launch aid Mn.
ginder, and landed al Oakland. AZ we
along by the waterfront Of The city
could hear the buildings crash and bear ?
he rumblings. When We landed I was
AIKEN to the railway station breakfast room
md had something 70 eat l vas 70 excited
hat ! did not eat. When i was put on the
rain and became conscious Of surroundings I
'o1nd / had q sauoer in one hand and q cup
n the other.
Mr.. Gross, who II q salesman, said he
Lrrived in Oakland al Q O'Clock on Wednes-
lay morning. a FRANCISCO was blazing
nd the second shock made the buildings
oil. I didn't stay be said, Il found l
ouid get q train out at Q O'Clock, and i just
inched that
B. lloyd. the Pullman conductor, raid:
When ! arrived on the Market street
vel q big wholesale drug house at Seventh
treet exploded, throwing on brilliant
olored particles for hundreds Of feet. The
shes sparks fell on the soantily pro-
ected women and children.
The street level then had become very
Expressions and humps Of four
set being common. On man in q light
unabout. clad only in his Undertaking.
hen rushed by. Turning ms machine, he
an round and round Market and Seventh.
lie ran down a score before he was
ontrolled. With 1000 other refugees ! Z
on an Oakland ferryboat and left