The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-01
sDf Non-Essential Build
''gs Is Very Much in
: Evidence.
HE UNIVERSITY
WILL REOPEN AS USUAL
IS on Buildings Needed
il the Work Will Not
Be Great.
fence Tribune.

ience JTiouucs
fNORD UNIVERSITY. Cal. April
|h Is, 1906. at 5:l3 a. m. Stanford
~ WAS famous for its beautiful
|rt renowned for its rapid progress,
e cd for its great future. Forty
|. ads later her beautiful buildings
her progress checked. and her
+sy greatest doubt. AT that mo-
II vas not known but that the en-
b,, was leveled TO the ground, and
\, of students crushed to death In
II But the clouds of dust rose and
FHto the terror-stricken students
Ire were yet buildings and that
X become q thing OF the past.
hey saw that the tall chimney
lRine e-house was gone, and that
n was no longer In the high tower
|, ,Saurch: they saw the great arch
|.lmost 10 its base. and tho new
md gymnasium In veritable ruin.
F3 also saw that the unostenta-
OF low buildings was en-
E,lact, and that the outer quad
|,.y one TO three stories was not
|.eslnaged- The university could
Uess and It's future was still
|u5y did not have time to investi-
rlher; one glance told all this,
ITO tho great dormitories, Encina
Is halls. finding all the occupants
C.ter unhurt, but that five in the
|Eere buried under O heap OF de-
h Used by chimney crashing
i she four stories TO the basement
H.. were uncovered, and sent to the
Guild hospital, but the last was
pad. He, .Junius r. Hanna OF
m Pa. and Otto Gerdis, fire.
ks no engine-house. were tho only
|s,of the disaster. Gerdis wns
.1der the immense stack OF tho
uuse while fleeing from the boiler
|q st serious injury was a broken
Ia ,rm suffered by a student jump
the window All the others are
towering:
their rescue work the
ody then dlSbanded or scattered
ulous parts of the campus to
r. wreck and some went to their
Gr breakfast. Those who went
lomes found the chimneys gone
N cooks getting a small meal OF
~ and coffee on a campfire.
FNner examination OF their places
y I those who darcd-they found
III i''C'hNi VI hllpNh'u oll
In, That was the extent OF the
II 4, all the houses on the campus,
lch were frame, except that OF
|F 6i fraternity, which was shifted
|r1on It's foundation and rendered
Lble. The brick flreplaces OF
|;s| Sigma and Pi Beta Phi houses
Il Tn out, having a large open gap
| terior walls from basement 10
|rrght have found their telephones
II der, but their lines were fixed
|, hl There were no such inconven-
E heir houses OF which the people
r Encisco are complaining. Plenty
and ell the pipes clear was
|-hng. of which hardly a soul in
EAl city can boast. Electric lights
light, instead of a candle TIL
:lock. and what chimneys were
Be4 were soon 10 be fixed. so that
hte almost every one Is restored
i've comfort.
|, ,sposure OF the students general
|. Icellent. and like people every
y = have taken the loss philosoph-
|l41h no thought of the past but
Ieture.
|Irsgho went Sightseeing, as II
~ -gerness to find out everything
fS scmselvcs to great danger from
Is r,cks or tlmbers. which might
|caH ped at any time with another
i. sc shock which was predicted TO
\, in six hours after the large
Jot fulfill expectations. and so
|c sightseers were saved. The in
IS Lr of these students. however.
| pfua when they refused 10 enter
"a homes, preferring to remain on
Il ii day. The rows presented an
of a line OF lawn parties and
)icnics rather than one Of dis
E9m building TO building. IL was
|4Ruent that the new library was
t5&2cmplete wreck. Five millions
E8is presumed to cover all the
he university, and OF this the
l take something over NTH
MI stone building 296 feet long
ct wide. Imposing and large
State capitol. this was torn
Ia fell In a heap, and its great
Vthe rear, capable OF holding
volumes. leveled almost com.
Z the ground. But the proud
triumphantly In the center ON
anne. and like all buildings of
H5cos shows that with such a
an hold Its own. intact and
Nsry stone and every brick is In
But look at the rest OF tho
here brick and stone are their
It's!
massive was the new gymna-
, the fatcful morning. a great
ostlng already 800. 90. that has
walls. upon which the steel
ne roofs rest, while tho large