The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-04

pushed into the water but I oe-ieF'
trey we've rescued.
TIE excitement vvas terrible "
! arrived IN Sa- Francisco TIE night Dc
fore from Iowa, and knew lI-1I,s aoou
the city
Hundreds and hundreds mus. laav'
beea killed II san Francisco b th'
falling buildings and 7 % not thInl
thai the report that fully za-'9 persons
/ lost their lives is exaggerated
/ such vas the statement made by Z
5 Braynan. j travelling salesman. EEi1e
/ arrived in Portland last night upon ths
/ first train from san Francisco Wner
| Mr. B-ayu1an arrived a. the Hote
/ Portland and = became known that ne
| had passed through part o. the terrtole
| catastrophe which had befallen the m
| fortunate city he was Immediately sur
rounded by q large crowd OF san Fran
Z eiscans. who listened several hours lo
his narration Of the frfghtful scenes
| that were enacted
7 saw only two bodies, but / saw
On my way 10 the ferry acres Of frame
tenement buildings which had col
In pse<7. undoubtedly killing hundreds
Of persons said he The horror u
Tie scece IS 5ndescr5babIe- I was n
Sa1 Francisco less than Al hour after
The first shock bu1 ! must have seen
hundred or more fires watcn were
raging IN every part OF the city
HAD \ ROOM IN
OCCIDENTAL HOTEL
Il rad room On the fourth floor OF
the Occidental Hotel. and YVES lying II
bed awake when the first shock came.
@nF- n I
jumped from ny bed and opened the
door o. the room. I stood II the open
door where I was sheltered from the
falling plaster. The shock lasted fully
TWO minutes. and I Only managed to re-
main on ny feet by holding On with all
M strength 70 the sides Of the door
Way. Later ether guests told ne that
they were thrown 70 the floor several
times during the shock, and that II was
absolutely impossible Ter them 70 re-
main on Heir feet without holding 10
something.
:. I was sufficiently light - Ey room
70 see, AMI 1 hurried Gown the stairs
70 the street. making ny ray over the
fallen E5as1er- broken glass and debris.
was IL nv hare feet. and the only
thing ] had on was NY rala1las- After
I had reached the street ] decided 70:
return 70 my room and secure some
clothing. Ne sooner had ! reached myl
room than there was another shock
While, very severe II was not guIte 80
violent as 4he first che. ! grabbed ny
trousers this tine and again ran % The
street Later / returned 70 ny room
and dressed.
The first shock came At precisely |
5-l2 o clock IN the morning IS nearly
every clock N the city stepped ar that
time The second shocA came about Is
minutes later. Every hi OF plaster IN
the hotel was torn leose and the inter !,
Tor Of The building was wrecked con |
although the walls Of the !,
building remained intact
Great heroism was displayed by the !
guests Most Of the EEen assisted the
women and children N the rush to es-
cape and but few Eezs51s lost their I
heads There we're some army officers
staying there and they were brave ard
great assistance Is the other
guests After practically every one
had escaped from The Occidental Hotel
understand tie EcoE q the building
ravesl H.
TWO DEAD BODIES
II TIE STREET.
When I LEFT The bote3 taa 14st tire
there were but few persons "a the /
streets Across he street upoh the /
Sidewalk lay two bodies o. men VINO
evidently had been killed BY falling
stones and cement These were the
lEly Two bodies tEat ! saw
al o. me heavy sto1e buildings
were standing, hut the sidewalks were
Uttered WIKI stones aE1 cement. There
we're large erevIces n 1he street and
f some places they had sunk below
ne sidewalks many feet Many Of the
5tone buildings we're cut o Place and
esn<ng either toward the northeast or
he southwest. The wires were down
,uts everything was confusion.
within q 1ew minutes the guests
we're poUr1ng out q tae hotel t5v scores
nd / think most Of chem escaped be-
oFe the roof caved II. : hare 10 inter
SIS n san Francisco. and knowing that
he city was doomed, ! started fer the
.erFysss soon a. I had oo1Ea4 my cloth
n1- / did nct Try 70 take any Of my
fleets with NE Wren left tie Oeei-
leE-al Hotel 1-e was raging Il 3 build
n eHIv q few STEPS away.
Il Saw most 81 the great 1estrue-
ion that was wrought when was
valElnE 10 the ferry. Blocks and
locks - frame buildings Esr1 collapsed
he same as though Trey had BEEN con
1rrcted OF paStetoard. Tzre seemed
a b IN every direction The police
zen were pressing all the vehicles in1o
ervice, presumably 70 carry The dead
r injured OF Ter salvage purposes. i
- did not 90 direct e the ferry bat
"a 10 make > roundabout ZIP, - part !
I Market street was rcpee eff y the
reznen because q the IRE. which vas
n both sides Of The street Every
Erection / turned ny eyes / saw 1
ames- The q o'clock ferry left On !
ine and there we're ret mere than 30 J
erso1s en board The Jerry 1aa3e two :
acre trips ana then stopped ] under +
taEd THAR -he ferry boat Was crowded !
c Is utmost capacity curing the last :
20 JrlEs- II
ARTS OF WH4REES Z
HAVE VANISHED. .
Part O. The Sh9-7es along the
later front had disappeared beneath