The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-04-26
Stanford April 10, 1906.


Thursday.
Dear Folks:
We slept out of doors last night,
in the garden. Everybody on the
campus slept out on the lawn or gar
den. / don't think there was anybody
who slept in the house. It certainly
was funny sight to see everybody
spread out on mattresses and blankets.
People rather expected another hard
shock last night but we only had a
very little one. Nobody slept much
however. We didn't any of us take
off our clothes but had my sweater
on over my waist and my bath robe
over that. Then we had our covers
and blankets and coats over us. We
were so warm we almost roasted.
You know what heavy dews California
has, we'll, our blanket and things
which were on top were simply
drenched this A. NJ. Sophia washed
her face with her spread this A. NJ.
We didn't sleep much and every once
in awhile some body would bob up with
some remark or other and once we
began to play Simon says thumbs up"
etc. think slept about an hour al
together. 1t was a perfectly beauti-
full night, starry and calm. There
was not bit of wind but we could
hear every few minutes the dynamite
they were using in the city to blow
up the buildings SO as to prevent the
spread of the fire. / think we got the
worst shock here and more damage
has been done from that cause but in
the city more damage is being done
by fire. The city is almost all gone
from the Emporium to the ferries,
everything has been burned. People
are leaving there as quickly as posi-
BILE but no one is allowed to enter,
soldiers being stationed all around the
city so as to pervent thieves from
getting in. Almost all we know is
rumor for we are shut off from almost
everywhere. We have heard this A
M. however that the shock in Los
Angeles was very slight so Grandma
and Aunt Minna are alright. | sent
them card saying | was all o. K. /
was afraid telegram would brighten
them and besides no kilograms have
gone out of here yet. We sent one
to Julius yesterday A. M. right away
but it ism gone yet. Some men in
an auto are going to try and get them
to some place from which they can be
sent. Last night men and boys were
stationed at all the buildings and at
all the houses where there were no
men to act as watchmen. 1t did
sound so good to hear them call the
hours-"One O'Clock, and all's we'll
in Palo Alto" You can't imagine
how good that made one feel. and the
D. US were singing out here all
evening to cheer people up. 1t was
the queerest situation, nobody quite
knew what would happen next and
everybody was nervous. The S. A.
E. S. held open house and served sand
witches and coffee to the men on guard
all night.
l think it really is wonderful how
we all came out with as little injury
as we had. All the men at Encina
who were injured are not badly hurt
and will perhaps be about soon. The
buildings are all being inspected now
andI don't know whether we will have
classes or not. They say we will be-
gin Monday using only those rooms
which have been declared safe.
When l hear more l will write
again. In the meantime don't worry
for we are all safe and nothing more
is liable to happen. We can't get
any mail in but we hope to soon.
Your loving daughter,
Hilda.
Stanford University, CAL,
April 10, 1906.