The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-04-25
FRISCO LETTERS
ARE ARRIVING
W. 0. MUlKEY SUFFERS INJURIES
Helen Scott Writes Vivid Letter Tell
ing of the Experiences She
Passed Through.

Letters from people in San Fran.
cisco who are related to North Yak
ina people, are beginning to arrive
and each one tells of the fearful con-
ditions that are prevailing in that
city. The most interesting story of
the disaster comes from Miss Helen
Scott who is a student at the Uni
versity of California. She was un-
injured, and is devotedly doing all
she can to be of service to those who
are suffering. Miss Scott's relatives
in North Yakima, and particularly
her mother, Mrs. William H. Scott,
were quite worried about her until
the Herald's correspondent tele-
graphed that she was safe.
w. D. Mulkey writes to relatives
here that in doing rescue work after
the earthquake, he suffered two bro
ken legs and one broken arm. Ly-
ing in the hospital, in great pain, he
tells of his injuries in a short but
pointed letter, which is as follows:
"Am alive and out of the Frisco
wreck, but have both legs and my
left arm broken. Was along the fire
line up to where the wall fell, and
we were trying to save man and his
two babies, but failed. There were
about SO of us along the fire line
that were crippled or killed. There
isn't house in Frisco, and over
100000 are here in Oakland, with
nothing to eat or a place to sleep
o,.;,> IN
write as they are going to take part
of us to Sacramento. l can hear Oil
the streets of husbands hunting
wives, mothers hunting children; oh,
it is awful am very tired.
(Signed) w. d. MULKEY.
Oakland, Calf, April 10.
From Miss Helen Scott.
Dear Mama: I am sending you
an Oakland paper, so that you can
get the details of the fire and earth
quake. 1t is something awful; you
just can't imagine. Ever since early
yesterday morning, when the earth
quakes occurred, heavy cloud of
smoke has hung over San Francisco
and the bay. Yesterday all of the
university cadets were called out to
asst the militia in keeping order and
preventing footing. There are only
a few college fellows left, and we
don't know whether we will ever see
those that went over again or not.
The people who came across looked
like hunted animals. They were all
black with SCOT, and each had little
bundle of clothes and valuables; some
were only half-dressed. The college
has been dismissed for some time so
that the girls and fellows who are left
can help care for the people as they
come across.
] was so frightened when the earth
quake came that have scarcely re-
covered yet Everybody ran out of
the house but one of the girls and
myself. We were too scared to move.
Everything in my room fell into the
middle of the floor. A chimney from
next door fell against the side of my
room, and bricks and SCOT from my
| fireplace filled the room so that I
couldn't see a thing. AS soon as 1T
was over, we ran out of the hall and
downstairs; out of every house peo-
Pile in night-gowns and pajamas
streamed in the street. We just had
to laugh, for they did look so COM
ical
Almost every chimney in town is
down, but beyond that Berkeley suf-
fered carcely any damage. 1t was
rumored that we would have still
harder shock last night, so the girls
packed their suit cases, put our hats,
coats and pocket books near the bed
and slept with all our clothes on,
so that if another shock came we
could get out quickly.
I have not heard anything from
the Clines, so do not know If they es-
capped all right or not. Thousands
of people slept out in the beach in
the sand all night. There are SO
many drunken men in the city that
the soldiers have ben given orders
to shoot any one drunk or footing.
They canot take care of the dead and
injured, and they are just left lying
in the streets. A crowd of us are
going over as soon as they will al
low people to land. At present they
are sending everyone out of the city,
and not allowing anyone to land.
Lovingly, HELEN"