The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-07-06
Got Body Five DAYS After.

Edule was Dauly mAnBleui DOlH lcBs
crushed and broken, arms broken and
shoulder crushed. Claud would not
tell how his face looked, but 1t must
have looked bad, as no one but those
who removed him and the undertaken
were allowed TO see him. There were
two lady stenographers in a room ad'
joining his who went down with him.
Their bodies were secured the same
day as his was. He was the last one
to be taken out, just five days after the
accident, and the day Glenn and left
Santa Cruz for Oregon.
Well, after trying our best to find
George, Claude and Ada and we came
to the conclusion that they had start.
ed for home. We learned that an en-
gine had left Santa Cruz for Gilroy
and we hoped that he had gone on
that, and he had.
Lost Man is Found.
We reached home at night, and as
we drove into the livery the propri.
etor said, "Well, your husband and fa-
ther is safe and has just been here"
How glad and relieved we were. We
fastened home and found him there
all right. 1t was a joyful and fearful
meeting. He had hired a man to
bring him across country with a team.
We had to stay there four days, no
mail, no telegraph, no train, and dur
ing all that time those fearful trem.
blers came every twenty minutes,
some hard enough to shake the broken
plaster from the walls and topple
down the leaning, broken chimneys.
| Those were fearsome days and terri
BILE nights. We never thought Of TAX
ing off our clothes, but lay on the bed
ready to spring out of doors at mo-
ments notice. Finally an engine and
car came in at night and brou ght the
first mail. 1t was given out that a
small train would leave at Z the next
morning.
We were ready to go, and boarded
the train, that is, Glenn and l did.
George went to Lake county to settle
up his affairs. He had to stay In
Santa Cruz two days after we left. IT
was terrible to have to leave him
there, but every one said there would
not be any more damaging shocks, al
thous h they would feel those tremCi
for week yet. So We tried to calm
our fears and think it was all right
We were nearly all day going to Sar
Jose, two hours ride, were obliged
to transfer around sunken tracks, walk
owe wrecked bridges, and by the time
we got to San Jose we were on the
verge of a collapse.
We only stopped to change cars ir
San Jose and were soon on our wa!
aga;r, going around by Stockton ant
thence to Sacramento, changing car:
five times to get there. Then we tool
the through train for home. We go
to Mdrys at Roseburs at N 1uigh
two deys after
!. Eight Sleepless Days
D We were so nervous and tired ou
: that we could hardly stand, not hav
n ing had our clothes off or had an,
sleep of any account for eight days
:. George came the next Monday and W
r we've glad, indeed
e To try to tell of the horrible sight
l. we saw would be useless. No tongu
d or pen can ever describe it. One ca
p not conceive the awldlness CT that tel
e ribe calamity, that destroyed so man
) beautiful cities and lovely homes.
@ 1t was the most beautiful countr
e in the world and is now almost dest
late with wreck and ruin. Fifty year!
hard work and millions of money ca
v not make things as they were before
Il Such beautiful homes and lovely pla'
d es, that only vast wealth could make
q utterly Destroyed Want and suffe
q ing stalking forth where a short tim
a., before all was bounteous munificenc'
= | hope have not wearied you wit
4 this long account.
= Yours,
@ Carry Stone.