The Washington times., 1906-04-20

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sonry. No words can paint the pie
ture OF that awful morning"
Albert Davies, of New York, with
stood the fusillade of brick wall as
his experience Of the trembler in San
Jose.
MY room was in the annex OF the
st. James Hotel" Mr.. Davies said.
Bombarded by Bricks.
Il was awakened by the bricks fall
ing on me. / found the wall of the
building had fallen in. bricks lay
around me on the bed, and a num-
Der were piled on my body. was
badly bruised l found later that not
a brick building was left in the city.
"The people were frantic. but later
on things quieted down.
From ST. John TO Santa Clara
street, on First street, everything
was wrecked There were not over
twenty-five killed, but the whole place
is paralyzed.
The Vendome is standing. but is
badly damaged, and the annex is
wrecked.
Stories about the deaths at Ag-
news State Hospital are exaggerated
There were only ten patients killed
and none of the doctors"
H. z. Fairman arrived yesterday
from Los Banos, which is about 100
miles south of San Francisco. He re-
ports the little town badly wrecked
by the trembler, but no one was
killed. Nearly every brick building
in Los Banos was destroyed.
One Great Detonation.
Caught by the first awful shock of
earthquake In a street car at Sixteenth
and Mission streets. San Francisco.
while on his way to report "out" at the
general pOstofice. forced to grope his
way through debris-strewn streets from
there to the ferryhouse, c. z. Presson. a
railway mail clerk, who has just reached
here tells a most graphic story.
4 was at Sixteenth and AIission
streets. in 4 street CO... when the shock
came at 5:15 O'Clock Wednesday morn
ing. as nearly as I can tell. l was
headed for the pOstOff1ce as l was due 10
so out on run No. S. on the Southern
Pacific.
There was one great detonatlon, fol
lowed by a succession or frightful
crashes Then came flames, which, broke
out everywhere.
The shock set all the passengers in
a panic. myself among the rest. The
car was stopped at once. All got OF
and tried 10 walk, but could not make
any headway while the shock lasted
1t seemed TO come from the east TO the
and there also were vertical motions
which came as thundeTbOlt, too. There
was no oppression in the atmosphere
and there was absolutely no warning
The frs shock lasted about two min
utes When the shock came the noise
was as though a cannon had exploded
This was made by falling walls OF
houses. / also heard crashing Of glass
as II was hurled from windows 70 the
pavement.
Calling for Little Ones.
81 started to walk down Mission
street and went as far as the postoffice
at Seventh and Mission streets. As ]
walked on I met several women who
were In the street clad only in their
night clothes and calling for their lit
tie ones amidst their tears. ! also sa "
men rushing through half fallen build
ings. and throwing clothing 10 women
in the streets from the upper windows
When l got to the postoffice / en-
tered the Is.ailing department to 20 tC
the office TO register out on train No. s
In the building L saw that all OF the
beautiful marblework on the staircase
had been broken Into a thousand pieces
was being sunk so that L could not get
through the doors. The plastering was
all down in the mailing room and the
custodian of the building had been in
tured about the head by falling debris
The office was abandoned at a. m
went from the postoffice down Mission
street 10 Sixth street At Sixth and
Howard streets a big rooming house
had collapsed and was a mass OF flames
Bystanders said there were $50 people
aid them. ] turned and went to Markef
street and saw that every Conveyance
was loaded with dead and Injured
taking them to the emergency hospital
and morgue.
Like Waves On Ocean.
Market street looking toward Tn.
ferry. was mass OF brick and stone
debris from fallen walls. The stree
was sunken in some places While i
was raised in others, so that # looked
like waves upon the ocean. The depres s
sions were at right angles to the street
The Call building was twisted slight
ly In the rear and the Examiner buifdins
had practically fallen in. The new
Monadnock building between the Exam
liner building and the Palace Hotel
seemed TO have been cut in two Tha
portion toward the Examiner had col
laPsed and was in ruins. The Palacq
Hotel was leaning about thirty degree
toward Montgomery street All tn
guests were crowded in the street. bu
all seemed to have had time to dress
The new portion of the Chronicle build
ing had fallen in as near as ! could see