Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-05-02


 time uttil the entire district would bc wiped out. After vain cndcavor to get my trurH moved to n place of safety, l quI' the house and started by 70 circuitous route for l2ll Railroad nv rnuc. tp the honr of some relatives. which after many hours of weary ira vcl by Golden Ga'o park, 8utchcrtown, thc Mission, and Chinatown, finally reached. The scenes along the route bcggar all dc cription. Immense rocks buried from buildings with oth- ar wrcckagc blocked the way in every direction.
 While resting saw the Call building, tho st. Francis hotel and other immense buildings burn and cave in, and later saw some of the finest structures in the city wrecked by dynamite Along the way the grand show windows of the large business establishments were turned into piles of glass on the street. and the goods on exhibition scattered in all dircc tions.
 "Thc Chinamcn acted worse than fools. In groups they gathered, cx- citcdly talking like SO many monkeys while trailing along in m indiscrimi nate way were men, women and chil- drcn carrying what articles of value they could, some mourning the loss of relatives and other gayly laughing at the many ludicrous features of the situation.
 "I never saw so many parrots and canary birds in my life. It seemed as if every other woman that passed along had from one to half dozen. One woman whom I particularly no. ticcd had cage in each hand, a dead parrot in one and dead canary in the other.
 ''In the park the scene was m awe inspiring one. In one place a poor woman scantily dressed was noticed with n dead baby in her arms, and on every hand little children could bc seen, their faces an covered over with dirt, ranging in age from six months to six years, with no father or mother to care for them. The unGn. ished city hall, which was the pride of San Francisco, is n pile of ruins, and many other stately structures are en. tircly gone.
 ''1 saw one hotel that sunk two stories in the ground after the great shock. the street in front of it re. scmbling the waves of the ocean. and all ripped asundcr.
 Reaching my destination fell asleep on two chairs, and after awak. cning the following morning, ventured out to get further view of the scene of destruction. Automobiles were pressed into service, and had the right of way transporting dynamite for the destruction of the buildings in the range of the fire in the hope of stopping it. We'll dressed men from outside places came m their touring cars, which were confscatcd without discri- imitation and pressed into service, the owners being forced to work by the soldiers and authorities to clear the streets of wrcckagc and minister to the wants of the distressed. I dis. tinctly remember one man who ap. pcared on the scene wearing n tall silk hat who was ordered to 20 to work and refused, stating that he was n banker and didn't know anything about that class of menia, labor. He promptly changed his mind when touched by h long gun with bayonct at the end of it and dug in with as much vim as the rest of them. One poor woman be- moaned the loss of her six months old baby, which was later recovered for her by man who had picked it up and placed 1t in one of the rescue sta. tions, while n brick wall fell over on n dwelling house, killing the father, mother and some of the older children, leaving alive only girl who has lost her mind from being struck with n falling brick, and little baby but n few months old.
 ''The fire never crossed Market street until if reached the Mechanics Pavilion, hut when it got to the other side it caused awful destruction. l will never forget how bounced around my room like rubber ball after he. ing awakened by the first terrible shock and the awful scenes that l af- tcrwnrds witnessed. I did not get my clothes on for four days until after ! got aboard the ears at Point Rich. mond, and nm glad to get home to Prescott once morc.''
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