The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-22
RICH AND POOR ARE
WORKING TOGETHER
Many Extraordinary Reunions
Recorded in City
FIFTY REGISTRY BUREAUS
One Man Finds His Mother After
Trudslns for Seven Miles
Through the
Ruins.
FIFTY REGISTRY BUREAUS

Oakland, Cal, April a.--Crowded ny
hundreds of refugees In search of aid,
the relief stations that were hurriedly
established IN this city are now the
scenes of great activity. Prominent among
the departments Of the stations are en-
ployment bureaus. whore men and women
olamor to be put to work.
The survivors are seeking work not
only for the money that 1t will bring, but
as relief for minds that have been sorely
tried FOR the past four days.
Gathered among those who are search
ing for work are men who we're In pros
porous circumstances. Former rich and
poor alike are willing to take any kind of
employment that is offered Women who
were a few days ago possessors of snug
fortunes are temporarily taking places as
domestics, that they may secure homes
While order Is being restored In San Fran
CISCO The heads of the employment bu-
reaus announced today that they would
have work enough for nearly all appli-
cants
Making Way to Country.
Oakland Is getting so congested that
the crowds of survivors are making their
Way lnlO lIlb tOuHlTg ulSlilCtS III Nhc iiOPS
of finding work, and of escaping the
elamor and restlessness of the city Of
refuge.
Tonight the relief work is in finer con-
dition, despite the larger crowds, than on
any day since the commencement of the
calamity of last Wednesday morning. The
work has been systematized and placed
under executive heads.
The illimitable and almost impossible
task of uniting families and friends is
occupying hundreds of willing volunteers
At fifty points registry bureaus have
been established and they are crowded
with anxious grief-stricken ones.
Many Extraordinary Reunions.
In countless numbers of cases, of course,
the searching and inquiring is without
result and all that remains for the dis
tracted ones are resignation, patience
hopefuness. In other cases, however, ex-
traordinary reunions have taken place.
DIR. Knox reports the case tonight of q
hysterical woman at the Congregational
church. who arrived there Frustrated after
seeing her husband buried alive under
the flaming walls of her home, while
trying to rescue a few articles of value
As the doctors were trying to restore her.
she gave scream of joy as she recog-
nized standing a few feet from her q
|
eral years.
Today G. e. Hale, a wealthy orchardist
of Pasadena, arrived In search of his
mother who had been staying at the
Hamilton hotel in San Francisco. Fail
! Ing to find her in Oakland, he gathered
| together supply OF food and water and
| left for San Francisco to continue his
| search. He trudged seven miles through
the ruins and was making his way out
Market street toward Twin Peaks, one Of
the refuge centers, when he saw coming
toward him a woman and man both
carrying heavy bundles. He recognized in
the woman his mother. The man was a
total stranger who had camped with his
family on the peaks, and taking pity on
the distress of Mrs. Hale had left his
own loved ones with friends and had
started to assist Mrs. Hale to the ferry,
hoping at that point to get food to take
back with him to the hills. Hale ex-
changed his bag of food for his mother
and both reached Oakland In safety to-
night.
The incident is typical of the acts OF
humanity that are being performed on
all sides.