Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-30

we cannot possibly go until our TINA
comes. and have settled down 10 enjoy
llte--and get as much comfort out OF
present uncertain conditions--as best
We can.
TO return to the first crash. II was
terribly spectacular 10 see houses
crumoiing and hear the crash of tim
bers as great wooden structures tot
tered from their foundations or were
Wrenehed out OF shape. In less time
than II takes TO tell It, the street we
We're on eddy streoD was filed with
men and women In nightgowns or
viankets, or entirely naked, running
| pack ana forth Ike so many sheep.
In running we had to spread our feet
wide apart TO keep from being hurled
10 the ground, so violent was the tremor
CLOSE UNTO DEATH.
They come In threesl" Wally shouted.
There viii be two more. Get To the
middle OF the street" Auo 49,
rushed, me following. Suddenly--God
only knows howl saw that he was
directly under mass of electric wires
ana the danger suggested itself to me /
called TO him to come away from the
wires, ana he started back. He had no
sooner reJoined me on the sidewalk
'han the wires came down; sputtering
ana tearing up everything they touched
ina' we were not both eleotrocuted
MAS me second miracle of the morning.
eventually, we moved cautiously I'M
the street. Half the fear had left us
or probably the full fear had not vet
come to us. for we began to congratu.
late ourselves; first on our escape and
secondly, that we were probably the
oiiy reporters on the street at that
hour ana could therefore make thrilling
stories OF what we had seen. Iaugh-
aple, indeed, looking back on IL. We
httle dreamed that few hours later
every newspaper office In town would
De smouldering ruins. as we'll as half
the town.
OPERA IN POCKET.
Toward evening Wallys rooms were
purned-all his furniture. trunks, etc,
gone. My hotel, the Rex, was a mile
away from his place. | saw, however.
that IT, too, was doomed, and we
packed my trunks and grips. and car
RED them down to the sidewalk along
win the typewriter. The opera itself
planted in my pocket-and there IT
sticks While in the hotel we helped
some women to get out their traps,
ana Wally went to help them to a place
or SAFETY. lie was to return, but 30
minutes later the order came To clear
out-that the Rex would be dynamited
IN 10 minutes. SO lugged my goods
for couple of blocks. and finally 60
cured an eSnressman, to haul them n
hair mile further beyond the fire lines
For this service | had to pay 81 per
trunk~slo' But | saved them. That
night a party Of us slept on the grass
III cemetefy-rather, we stayed there;
sleep was or course out Of the ques-
tion The second night we built
dug-out for the women in the homeless
crowd and the men patrolled and went
foraging for food, II was the third
day before found Wally. The Chroni-
Gle had decided TO print n paper in
Oakland, and he dug in. But il was
the nth day before either of us had
even cur shoes off and II was the fifth
night before we found our present
luxurious apartments.
MEAGRE MUsH BREAKFAST.
We had mush for breakfast this
morning. Think of H. was almost
ashamed to eat II, thinking Of the sick
IN the hospitals, and was rather afraid
on my own account Of annexng govt
W my olneT tfOunleS
The present situation Is this: The
Chronicle, having facilities for only
four little pages daily, can use only a
few members of its staff. The older
employees, naturally, were given prefer.
ence. Fourteen of us We're therefore
laid Off. How long 1t will last, | do not
know. | have about SO left out of last
weeks salary, and trife coming sun
from the Chronicle. We are all beggars,
more or less, but many necessary art-
Giles are purchasable still The stua-
tlon could be worse. MY shoes are IN
shreds from walking over ruins. but I
am only one of thousands
II IL, on the whole. an experience 7
would not have mlssed-provided that
II ends WELL We have not vet
thought of leaving San Francisco. but
may be forced out, or forced to remain
In, according to the turn of the wheel
of fortune.
And as I said before, earthquakes
are unpopular.
Now. / hope I haven't tired YOU.
Don't worry about me any more. I
am anxious to hear from you. and no
doubt there Is letter for me some
where In the Alcazar mail-but where
that Is. heaven only knows. as the
theater was burned up early In the
game So you had better address me
Chronicle editorial rooms, always. II
Is much safer. Wally received a letter
from home this morning telling OF
your visits with his mother.
In conclusion, father, accept my be-
lated congratulations and fondest wish
es upon the recognition which has
recently been given YOU Your loving
son, RACE