The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-24
MAILS BRINGING
EARTHQUAKE NEWS
LETTERS ARE BRIEF BUT HOLD
S. GLAD TIDINGs.
Friends and Relatives Minneapolis
Write Under Great Difficulties to Tell
of Safety or Telegraph
Companies Try Every Expedient to
Deliver Messages.

The stream of reassuring messages
from Minneapolis people who were in
Or near San Francisco at the time OF
the earthquake continues to pour in and
now that the telegraph has done it's
work of bringing the brief g All right
share in delivering more complete &C
counts of the disaster. s-l5s .a...
The following letter. is from Miss
Vesta M. Cornish, a graduate of the
state university, who is teaching In
the Healdsburg, CAL, high school. It
was written the morning of the earth
quake, and is addressed to relatives in
this city:
Safe but Badly Shaken. :
"Healdsburg, April 1S.-All safe, but
standstill. Tibet shock came about 5
am. The house I live in was badly
damaged. The roof fell thru in two
rooms next mine and literally covered
the bed of one of the girls, who es
capped without injury. Santa Rosa is
IN ruins and many towns along the
line'' 80. -
Miss Mabel Moore writes from Santa
Cruz to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. w.
Moore, that she passed thru the earth
quake experiences unframed. She
says no lives were lost in Santa Cruz.
Relieves Anxiety.
Mrs. George Harrison Of Groveland
avenue received wire from her sister,
Mrs. Clinton Walker, dated Piedmont.
San Francisco. The message reads
.sHouse standing; all safe.' Mr.. and
Mrs Willis Walker and son are visiting
Clinton Walkers family. and great
anxiety was felt for their safety as
they were to have been ~ guests of
friends in San Francisco last Tuesday
night and Wednesday. ,@.s.fas -,
E. ). Fisher, who was reported to
have been at San Francisco during the
| night from Tuesday to Wednesday, is
with his family in Pasadena.
Delay Is Unavoidable.
Replies to messages sent by anxious
people in Minneapolis are still slow in
coming, but heroic measures are resort
ed to by the telegraph companies to
deliver messages in the stricken dis
trlcts of the ruined California cities
"The telegraph companies are doine
everything possible to deliver mes
| sages,' said D. G. Mcintosh, manager
OF the North American Telegraph com
pany, today.
We are using much the same methods
employed at the time Of the Galveston
food. When a message is received an
attempt is made to find the person for
whom it is intended, near the old 10.
cation. If this is not possible, no.
| tt1ee is placarded on the ruined build
| ing, even tho but a part of the. wall
is left standing. The notice tells OF
1 the message in our office and asks that
| it be called for. In addition, huge
posters are put up all over the city
asking everybody TO-, call at our office
for messages - :.
For weeks the wires will be busy
and quick communication will be al
most impossible owing to the immense
amount of delayed matter that will b
constantly on hand. In addition, the
government and the news associations
will continue to make heavy calls or
the service for some time, and private
messages will be obliged to wait. Mes
sages are beginning to come thru a.
certain times Of the day.