The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-06-09

"lhdoW saw Int Dig lWC-StOIt
brick chimney and its obelisk Of
chimney and the lawn between it
and our window, and three immense
palms trees growing there dane
ing and prancing against a queer
dark, bright blue sky, then they de-
scribed about a thirty degree curve,
then a fifteen degree one and then
thought, Well, I'm crazy, I've
lost my mind, there's no use deny
ing it, Such things as brick kitch-
ems and palm trees do not dance,
but all the same, | would like to
know what came down out of the
sky" | never believed for a min
ute that 1T was an earthquake, it all
seemed to come from above Mar
cia came in by this time and said
we ought to open the door-we
had been advised to do this alweys
but I protested. | felt we were
safe by this time and if we opened
the door ''it" might come in But
she finally convinced me it was an
earthquake. Then | felt perfectly
safe, but | did not want another
one so hard. We threw on our
wrappers, | opened the door,
man in his bath robe was coming
along. | said to him, ooh, do
you think it will do it again !? He
laughed saying, "Well, Madam,
sincerely hope not Then Marcia
and | saw fallen chimney out of
the hall window and my gigantic
intellect slowly began to work.
why, that whole chimney fell,
someone might have been hurt if
it had been in the daytime and peo-
pie around. Some lady coming
<,1r tI,ar
might be another shock.We dressed
completely and l did take my mon
ey and jewelry with me. [ re-
peated the above brilliant remark
about the chimney to the clerk add
ing what a mercy no one had been
hurt, which he queerly assented to.
There was crowd of people all
around outside l repeated the above
to one lady and she said Hurt!
Don't you see that place up there
where the chimneys fell in, don't you
know there's bride and groom dead
in that room Then | finally be-
gan to have a glimmerlng notion that
Id been just a happy idiotand miss
ed good deal of anxiety, but I'd
been dead right after all about some
thing coming out of the sky. Thirty
two immense brick chimneys weigh
ing over two tons apiece had come
down, two of them over us. Two of
them had carried this young couple,
bedstead and ALL down through the
floor below. Thirty of them had mer-
clfully slid off the roof or plunged off
They removed the fourteen remain
ing as quickly as possible and the fall
of every one shook this immense no.
tel 50 that everybody jumped think
ing It another shock Sometimes
there were shocks and the men, with
ropes aro-nd their waists, working
on the chimneys, would seem to
5Way-then make a jump for the root
Sometimes they would quit work for
half an hour, their nerves so shaken.
A shock we had last night MAY
~ was pretty sharp. but I've got 50
now | can sleep without light [
never did go to bed with my clothes
on, as many have. | never saw such
management in a hotel Breakfast
was served at seven O'Clock and
everything went on like clock work
and has been ever since They are
lovely TO us here in every way and
Carl comes every Saturday to Mon
day, 50 we shall stay here until W.
can decide what to do. No schools,
TO music teachers, no children mine
know LETT IN town, what would we do
there? No one knows what they want
to do-our minds don't work yet.
At the time of the earthquake Carl
was in Los Angeios. / tried to wire
him We were safe, but found | could
get nothing through, the wires were
ali down He at first heard that Del
/ Monte had collapsed and everybody
was buried in the ruins. Next he
heard that fifteen people had been
killed, thirty badly injured, but could
get no names. He left Los Angeles
on q special train and reached here
at II a, m, driving part way and
/ walking over Salinas bridge His an
xietyand ours, shut of from the
world, was dreadful. No telephones
! no telegraphs, no trains and the most
! terrible rumors We will never for
/ get than long forty eight hours. Nc
music was ever so sweet as the first
! train whistle on the fourth day. One
auto from San Francisco the night
of the 18th brought the first dread
/ full news from these.
On Monday week we went up tc
| the City. Carl met us at the Thirc
and Townsend Street Station, Will
the auto, which Mr.. Hartman hae
Ipresented to him Che presented ont
10 each of the ave departments), anc
we had Mrs. and Miss Smell, wife
and daughter of the manager, her,
with us We had nice luncheon
with us-went oat to opr house. Lee
to our amazement, had informed u
he had one wife, two babies He go
Melvin Pfaff to asking if he cou1e
bring one wife, one little baby, ter
days old from the hospital, and II,
lup a fine room in our basement. A
first I said, s'if she's Chinese, yes;
she's white, nos" but it was only II
the first moment and then | said
Anything. anything without roo
can have shelter so long as we ca
find a place for them to lie down.
But | was glad she was Chinese. an
la little-foot woman at that, aud tn
baby IS the cutest thing you eve
saw. Don't know how we'll ever CIV
them up, and yet fear the neighbor
wont stand for a new Chinatown a
e6IS Buchanan ST. Ihs side
baby is nearly two years old. an
Twas brought over from lady friends
lso we have the united Lee Sing fam
| ilv. Melvin Pfaff and Charlie Seal,
bith St Paul boys, are coming III
Istairs We rendered the house to Gei