The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-22


loss in orchestral instruments is given as
$4,000. The members on the train escaped
with nothing more than the clothes they
were fortunate enough TO wear. The
company was in excellent spirits notwith-
standing its. great misfortune, and the
next season
Story of the Star.
Relating her experience. Nine. Sem
brich, one of the stars Of the company,
said:
shock came and the plaster and furniture
fell on my bed. The piano was thrown
across the room. l Sprang out in my
night clothes and rushed into the hall,
where other guests We're running about.
Some man in the hall handed me his
overcoat. 1 set down stairs in my bare
feet before | realized what / was doing
/ then returned TO my room, got my
clothes, dressed hurriedly and got out ON
Union square, where met Paul BaIcon
of the company He was in his shirt
sleeves; then others of the company came
and the street began to fill with excited
people. Mr.. Dipple helped me to get
some effects out of the room
when we were going up the hill, Dr.
Tevis invited us to his home, but we were
afraid to remain indoors. We sat on the
steps until the fire drove away and
then took refuge on the sand banks of
reservoir. We did not sleep, that being
impossible. What 1 have on now is ali
that 1 saved. The rich and poor mingled
together on terms of equality Each one
tried to help the other In attending to
US, DR.. Tevis failed TO save his own
household goods. Ny loss altogether is
$40 900.
Version of Gorlitz.
Mr.. Gorlitz. another member of the
we paid a man s25 to get our trunks
to the st. Francis Later that went. ana
lance to get our goods to the fire line,
where the police confiscated the convey
ance. We lost all we had.
4 saw some terrible sights A woman
coming down the street with an infant
in her arms asked me if l sould help her
revive it. l saw at once that it was dead.
it's skull having been crushed in. l did
not have the heart to tell the mother the
facts Passing down the street we saw
dead and wounded lying on the streets
and everything wrecked
Dressed in a Wrapper.
Louise Homer was dressed in a wrap
per All she had to wear was some clothes
that had been given her She escaped III
her night clothes The donated clothes
did not fit well. Her husband III getting
out carried some of his extra clothing
and lOaued her a pair Of trousers to wear
temporarily. She thought the cid Of the
world had come when the furniture be-
gan dancing all over the room She said:
Il intend TO appear when l go east It
the Cincinnati Musical company 1 do
not care to say much of my loss sim
ply lost everything.
A newspaper man on the train accepted
the charge Of purchasing a list Of cloth
ing that she felt she had to nave al Og
den
EQytne walker, TneZZO soprano, SAID
that when she awOke in her room at the
Palace hotel the hotel was rocking like
steamer at sea; the piano was dancing
out to the middle of the room and
trunk was landing on the bed The door
battened and she had a difficult
time in getting out
After the first scare was over, she said.
everybody seemed to he cool and collect
ed She succeeded III getting some OF
her clothes with the assistance Of friends
and she slept on the siOuu1 on Geary
street that night She said:
Loses Her Jewels.
Il lost all of my jewels and all my cos
tune for the Queen of Sheba. amount
ing to several thousand dollars"
Miss Bella Alton. high soprano. who
took F'ritzy Scheffs place with the com
pany, said her loss in wardrobe and per-
sonal effects amounted to more than $1,000.
Bessie Abbott, soprano, was also at the
falling about her room. She escaped in
her night clothes to the hall The hall
was filled with falling plaster. Her maid
went back and got some clothes and later
the two entered and packed the trunks
with the flames blazing around them She
cut her feet badly on broken glass from
a chandelier that crashed to the floor.
The trunks were afterwards burned. She
said she out at least $4,000. Many
of the souvenirs she lost were priceless
to her and she could not estimate her
loss anyways near accurately.
Paula Ralph said:
II was routed out of bed like all the
rest and did not wait to dress. 1 got
some OF my clothes a little later and
borrowed some more. / did not dare to
sleep in the house to which l was invited
but got some blankets and slept on the
walk. L lost everything that L had with
the exception of what / have on. 1t is
too horrible to talk about. In the night
some soldiers passed with a lot OF prison.
ers alb Jut 100. They made us move ont
of the way. 1t looked like a funeral
procession I learned afterWard thcy
came from the county jail.
Corusa Tells His Story.
Corusa was another guest at the Palace
hotel and the shock nearly threw him
out of bed. He said:
'I threw open the window and | think
I let out the highest notes I ever hit in
all my life. I do not know why I did this
I presume 1 was too excited to do any
thing else. 1 skipped out in my night
clothes, but later got my clothes and
packed three trunks. / saved the three
and lost four others. / went UP to La
fayette square and slept in the grass
''When / tried to get into the square
the soldiers pushed me back. 1 pleaded
with them, but they would not listen. /
had under my arm large photograph of
Theodore Roosevelt upon which was writ
ten: with kindest regards from Theodore
Roosevelt 1 showed him this and one
of them said: If you are a friend of
Teddy, come in and make yourself at
Il lost $4,000 worth of effects and eight