New-York tribune., 1906-04-29
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-.o,soo has been called the American
" 7-.sre was a gayety about its people
Pc ,a-,as 10 reflect its clear skies and al
sHi'n 80 - sunshine. Some have said that
r'' sre will change all this. that It VIII
os ss-, -. San Francisco of the future more
D.s' a,s viii cause her citizens TO think less
o. s,v and more of tomorrow
Co. -, tbe confagration was at its height,
=. men. women and children We're neeine
fa'D -. Games. leaving their dead behind and
ING with them little more than the clothes
a-,s g.; hscks. most OF them manifested for
- ,hst could almost be called ouoyancy OF
r'Do' Tins even in the hour Of their great
s..,,sss they seemed TO show a hghtness OF
e. -. -. could not be crushed. Illustrations
80 native cheerfulness, as described by those
saw san Francisco falling in ruins are
.BnbeFiess- - oe.o. the ear4h-
p. bes set san Francisco atire. when the
60 ,rsre still threatening 10 sweep the whole
usv ran across an old political friend In
- s,-sas bearing on his back a Well stuffeo
sack Out Of the bundle stuck shotgun
,ei- Of carpet slippers AT the sight OF
,,.,,or the man. out Of force Of habit, eN-
= h,s hand. thereby letting fall his bur
7-,sra Was = crash of breaking glass and
- and a gold watch rolled out into the
fu,te- -. ,o.,o. os,,o5 the
Mayor. 90, .o. .ol,-
me mark They just blew up my house
W -. then said the Mayor. Take your gun
-,'.o-,s along with me. / need you Leave
=, s,rr q" roirting TO the bulging sack Where
hS ALL LOST But CLIMATE.
.vr-, ~ course. Of course" replied the poll
.7,n he satisfied II I lost everything but
.ss climate. Schrnitz."
. -, n The Panhandle the first night after
-. srs b-oke out" SAID 4. Dalrymple. of New
T,-t m reaching Los Angeles. There the SOL
A., bsd tents for US our group found an
,yhrv-vesr-o.d woman. and we gave her shelter,
e., ,,,5 me she had owned TWO buildings south
n Market street, and. Of course, they were gone.
q ,.vs m, relative in the world. she said.
and nov have nothing 10 live on But that
nd woman was the most cheerful one in the
whole park. She cracked jokes with US. told
stories and laughed at our feeble efforts TO make
rerry
j S-0'NNN
ssr. Well boys. you see haven't got much
l,,rsr 10 live. and there are good country farms
N california and lots Of good hearted people N
.bs big state. There's no use worrying. Let
20 10 sleep And she turned over on her mat
irsss and was soon asleep
r saw man and wife reunited under cir
sumssnces which show why San Francisco viii
emerge from this ordeal greater and more beau
;sul than before" said r. Campbell. a young
commission merchant OF that city. Il was work
sng Under the direction Of a squad of soldiers
digging graves for a great pile Of corpses takeI
.rOm the Latin Quarter. Alongside Of me w3i
r. man N a dress suit and silk hat. He swunl
his shovel with 8 vim. although / could see n
had blistered his tender hands so badly that IN
raw flesh was laid bare. He told me that n
had home on Mob Hill, and the night befor
he had been told 10 get out IN a hurry, as III
whole district was TO be dynamited.
The man had given away all Of his clothes &
refugees except those on his back and his bes
dTess suit On being told 10 leave. he put hi
sad rags II R-sgit case. jumped into his auto
ncbile and started for his ssFlmer home il
Memo Park where his wife and family had al
ready taken refuge Menlo Park IS about twen
iE-hTe miles from Frisco. He had hardly gon'
block before his motor car was stopped by
soldier. az the point OF gun. He was force
70 surrender il, 10 be used as an ambulance, an'
soldiers also told him to give the suit he wor'
10 an ole man who was in rags and TO put OF
the dress suit himself