Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-21

family are at jacksonville, where they
have been for the last month. jacksonville
is i'm Monterey county, just below Salinas,
which was badly shaken by the first earth
quake and has had three severe shake-ups
since. Earnest Haverly, son of the county
clerk. has been trying in vain to reach his
parents by wire.
William L. and Henry D, Rhoades have
heard from their brother. !. o. Rhodes,
purchasing agent OF the Southern Pacific,
who resides in San Francisco. The mes
sage came through the Union Pacific and
stated that Mr.. Rhodes and family were
safe at Oakland pier, but had lost every
thing. They lived at 2135 Sacramento
street.
W. w. Turner of Schneider Il Mueller'S
Is distressed over the safety of his
mother, who is in Oakland.
No word has yet been received from Mr..
and Mrs. George w, f. Dorsey, who were
supposed to have been in san Francisco
during the earthquake disaster. Several
kilograms have been sent there from
their friends in both Omaha and Fremont
Mr.. Dorsey was known TO have but re-.
Gently opened an office in the center Of
the destroyed business district.
woman Overcome by Grief
Mrs. A. +. Streight of San Francisco is
in the city en- route eastward She stopped
over in Omaha to get information from the
stricken city relative to the possible fate
of her family. She was at the Postal Tele-
graph office Friday morning earnestly and
tearfully pleading for some information
from there i'm answer to her kilograms to
her family.
IAN that l have on earth, family fortune
and friends are there" she said. Il left
San Francisco only ten days ago 50 full
Of hope and JOY at the prospect of meeting
old friends that have not seen for twenty
yeas in Illinois / do not know what 10
do. Husband and children are there and
am fearful that they have all persisted.
cahnot leave here until l hear from them
some way or other. and 1 do not know what
, TO do. This suspense is enough 20 drive
me mad"
w. A Meyers, conductor on Union Pa
cihc dining car, arrived I'm Omaha Thurs
day night from San Francisco. having left
there Monday night Mr Meyers family
lives in San Francisco and near the scene
of the greatest wreck of the city. He has
not heard a word from them and is unable
TO get into communication with them,
Mrs. T. D. Jones and daughter, Leah
1871 North Eighteenth street, who spent tn,
winter in San Francisco, returned last Fri
day. Many of their friends had been ap,
prehenslve about them, not knowing OF
their return.
Gerrit Fort Is safe.
Gerrit Fort assistant general passenger
agent OF the Union Pacific, left San Fran
cisco Tuesday night for Los Angeles, leav
ing on the 6 o'clock train. He has wired
from Los Angeles TO the headquarters tha
his train got through all right. A meeting
| had been called for next Monday in Sar
Francisco Of officials Of the Union Pa
/ cihc Southern Pacific and other Hartman
lines but this has been called on
p. r. Lund. chief dispatcher OF the South
ern Pacific, has wired that the entire One
Of the company was destroyed and the meI
were forced to move to Oakland on aecoun
OF lack of provisions and water.
Mrs. Montmorency has received news Of
the safety OF Mr.. and Mrs. Felman Drake
| her parents
Erastus Young, general auditor OF the
Hartman lines, received word FRIDAY
morning from Oakland that his family had
| escaped from San Francisco. Mrs. Erastu
Young and DaviA Young and his wife wer,