The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-05-22
MADE LAND
DANGEROUS

NNihhH VI hiHNul lNNulN NtdTS, ana nHu
been married but six months. She was
living in San Francisco apartment
house, which collapsed and then took
fire.
Her husband was not with her at tho
time Of the quake, and by the time he
was able to reach San Francisco, tho
street in which he had left his wife
was Il sea of flames. Since then he has
spent day after day in constant search,
hut to no avail. Surely there must
have been many, many instances where
all trace of a loved one has been lost
Under the existing conditions. it seems
that the list of the missing must far ex-
ceed the list of the dead as published
by the coroner.
ON MADE GROUND.
At Moss Landing, Monterey Co., the
earthquake was very severe, and afford
ed striking illustration of the COM
parative effects of the temblor on hard
ground, loose, sandy soil and made
ground.
Moss Landing is situated on small
peninsula on Monterey Bay, midway
between Santa Cruz and Monterey, and
at the junction of the Salinas and
Pajaro valleys; it is the principal ship
ping point, by water, for these valleys,
and the Pacific Coast Steamship Co. Is
grain warehouses there had the second
largest storage capacity of any on the
Coast.
All of these grain warehouses, with
one exception, collapsed, the very long
wharf extending into the bay now
strews the beach with wreckage, and
the long wagon and railroad bridges
crossing the Salinas river and connect
ing the peninsula with the mainland,
were badly wrecked.
The ground on the Moss Landing
peninsula is of loose, sandy nature,
hence the severity of the shock The
one grain warehouse which is now
standing is on the opposite, or landslide
of the Salinas river, on hard ground.
Here there was almost no damage to
property, while on the peninsula there
was almost utter destruction, with
much shifting of the ground and many
cracks.
AS showing the severity of the earth
quake on made ground a large and very
wide bulkhead and dam, built about
twenty years ago, across n branch of
the Salinas river and used during all
these years as county road, was de-
stroyed.
The Pacific Coast s. s. Co. has al
ready begun the work of erecting new
warehouses, etc, at Moss Landing.
FROM MILLS COLLEGE.
The following extracts from letter
from Mrs. c. II. Mills, president of
Mills College, may be of interest. In
speaking of the earthquake at Mills
College she says:
''When the earthquake came there
was not scream, and within four min
utes most of the girls were in suitable
wraps and on the lawn. They showed
themselves good, sensible young women.
OF course the day was good deal
broken up, but we went on with our
work, sewing every spare moment for
the homeless ones. Several of our pro-
fessors came to us, DIR. and Mrs. Lessir, I
Prof and Mrs. Cadenasso and Prof. and
Mrs. Schneider. Our faithful Chinese
servants brought their relatives here,
numbering about thirty. We have been
doing all we can to help the needy ones,
and the girls have given up all their
functions that would cost money and
devoted it to those who were in distress,
$50 many of our Alumnae who had
beautiful homes in San Francisco have
lost them, and much or all of their
property. Our hearts are full of SYM
pathy for them. i put notice in the
papers that if any of them were home
less they should come back to their old
Mills home, and bring their children.
BUT LITTLE DAMAGE.
"We suffered very little damage.
The beautiful beethoven is without
crack, and also the new library. These
two buildings speak for the excellent
work done by our architect, Julia Nor
gan. Lessir Hall suffered no damage,
nor did Sage Library. The chimneys
fell on College Hall and Seminary Hall,
but no great damage was done. Science
Hall suffered from two heavy chimneys
falling, one on the outside and one on
the inside. This did harm to the floor
and walls. 1t was at once protected
against further injury, and will be fully
repaired in the vacation. Our hearts
are continually filed with gratitude
when we see how little harm came to us.
"'The body of the students remained
quietly at their work, and our closing
exercises will be as usual, only very
simple.
"Let me say that the place was
never more beautiful than now, the
roses never more abundant, or the songs
of the birds sweeter We can hardly
realize that so near ms San Francisco is
a mass of ruins. II must be many
years before the city Is built up again,
though the greatest energy and courage
Is shown by ALL
~ had hoped TO go to Honolulu on
the Manehuria, but this is impossible
now. We may go later, but 1t IL
question"
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