The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-04

el-E world lie DESTROYED. else I woul
not have sle.aartes3 Is hurria1lv a.
ait - sa-e vas I Of the honeiessnes
Of The situation that / tore I'D severa
orders from San Francisco bushes
houses that | had IN my pockets .
Nothing that viii ever be writes
Or spoken VIII adequately portray III
scene Of disorder and terror thar wa
presented IN the streets Of San Fran
cisco Immediately after ths shock has
subsidized. said 4 NJ Hendricks. o.
La Grande who with his wife. was a
/ the Winchester Hotel at the beginnin.
OF the catastrophe and came 70 Port
/ land on the train last night Terror
lied men, women and children were fee
ing Tor their lives II every direction
! Some bore the ordeal with apparent
; calmnesS, bat Others were almost de
! ne11ed- Together with the noise OF
falling buildings came cries OF fright.
i prayers and curses. The great merrot-
! Oils was suddenly transformed from the
Iefhargy OF early morning u a perfect
Bedlam
! LEAPING DOWN
ELEVATOR SHAFT.
Ny wife and I had room 12I at the
Winchester re were awakened bv
falling plaster. and the noise and no
ton Of the shock I Immediately re-
allied that i was an earthquake and
told my wife 10 lie still till the motion
stopped Before we left the bed we
were completely covered with Iarbs
and plaster
AS we left CTR room and started
for the street In our nightelothes the
T. zsz7F i 2
the elevator shaft which was near our
room The elevator was running aad
taking ont the inmates Of the hotel. II
was al the floor above the woman. and
she had evidently been 50 terrified that
she had jumped into the shaft without
waiting for II to come down Two
men stopped and dragged ont her body
a. we passed h
After gaining the street / returned
TO recover a diamond necklace which
my wife had left By the time
reached the room the ceiling had fallen
IN bat I managed 10 move aside the
debris and get the necklace
- We dressed hurriedly IN the street,
as did the other occupants OF the hotels,
and most OF those whom l saw come ont
of other buildings, and started for the
ferry I saw one or two dead bodies
IN the street. and noticed them carrying
bodies out Of the restaurant back OF the
Call building. Several automobiles
passed BY upon which bodies had been
hurriedlv stacked as If they were cord
wood. Buildings had collapsed on all
sides. and those which We're still stand
ing were wrecked beyond any possibii-
ity Of repair.
MY wife and I had made no effort
TO recover our baggage and hurried
emptv-haRded to the ferry We crossed
on the first trip 10 Oakland There
were not mere than 30 on the boat.
With all the suffering and death tina.
was around rs we are thankful 10 have
escaped with our lives.
= It Is difficult to recall details OF the
scene, although It IS pictured on zay
mind with a yividness that can never be
hlotted ont 1t Is like the recollection
Of horrible dream, only much worse
1 hope that I shall never see The equal
10 il again OF anything even approach
ing IL n all Of its horYibieness-
ROAR OF FALLING
WALLS DEAFENINe-
George Mooney OF Seattle. Who makes
his summer home IN San Francisco
the train last night, who. with his
" lie had been guests a the Winches-
ter Hotel They. ike Mr. and Mrs
had been awakened by fall
ing plaster. and had escaped from their
rooms and dressed III the streets
Nothing could be more terroriziIag
-kau the sensa lions which followed the
first shock" he said. The roar Of The
disturbance was almost dsafening. A
sullen roar seemed 70 accompany the
trembling which vas mingled with the
crash Of falling buildings and The
sr4a king Of timbers- The large cornice
3n the Winchester fell during the
shock We hurried through the streets
- rapidly as possible and took the first
Terry u Oakland
J. r Baker who was one Of the few
Dortlanders TO arrive on the train last
ligF1t. gives one Of the most vivid ae-
counts Of the catastrophe yet received
M Baker IS route agent for The Wells.
Fargo Express Company. He was at
ne Grand Hotel
Confusion is a mild term TO express
he situation IN the Grand. said ne.
People rushed out Of their rooms and
,ongregat ted in the halls, ali Of them
evidently making for the street. bat
some 50 dazed that they hardly knew
he way Most Of them had grabbed
zhat clothing they could IN their
FURRY, but Iew stopped 70 dress before
hey reached the street
When I reached the sidewalk
hrongs were already pouring our O
he Grand ard Palace some were
errying baggage. bot most Of them
lad left enp1yhanded- The crowds
leSitated II the street for 4 while,
not knowing which way 10
lee for safety Then The tide began
rowing down Market street. The city
serned enc colossal ruin Buildings
ad been rent asunder and demolished
-ires torn down and car tracks twisted.
3ADDENED STEERS
IN MARKET STREET
Two rzaddened steers plunged into
Iarset street and through the crowd :
5 they came Up the tho-oughfare
oriced one man with suitcase III
ach hand walk directly toward them
J. aC-aa a. ff Fvrs-gor5zaG in some way