Bisbee daily review., 1906-04-27
MAGNIFICENT MEMORIAL CHAP El RivEN BY EARTHoUAke.- sHAPELEsS MASS OF STONE NOW MARKS THE SITE.

DOOOLAS. AlTh ZO-lSpSCldi.l-
 The first arrivals in Los Angeles from Stanford university tell a pitiful story of the awful havoc wrought by the earthquake upon the beautiful buildings of that great institution. What was one week ago considered one of the finest universities in the country, with the most picturesque campus to be seen anywhere in the West. is today a complete wreck, a confused mass of stones and timbers shaken down by the upheaval of Wed nesday morning.
 When the shock came the students were awakened from sleep by the breaking of the pictures and decora- tions in their rooms. and when fully aroused they were startled by the crash of falling buildings around them.
 Immediately after the shock, which lasted forty-eight seconds, the students began to pour out from the dormitor- ies and fraternity houses. The sight which met their eyes will never be forgotten.
 On every hand. where but a few minutes before had been the most beautiful structures. appeared desOla- ton and ruin.
 RobIey Hall is Ruined.
 The magnificent memorial arch at the entrance of the campus was noth- ing but a huge pile of stone, seemingly tossed into the air and allowed to fall where it might.
 The new library. erected at an ex- pense of $2,000 900, and the great gym nasium, both of which were to have been dedicated at commencement sea- son, were a tumbled mass or ruins.
 So complete was the destruction that scarcely one stone was left upon another. Robley hall, the home of the girls, was so shaken that two stories in the front part fell into the lower floors, completely wrecking all that part of the hall. The rest of the dor mitory was so cracked and twisted that it was considered unsafe for the girls to remain there after the shock.
 It happened that the part of the building which fell was taken up by the pariors of the house, so that none of the girls were injured. The boys dormitory was even more torn up than the girls hall. The massive chim- neys which occupied the entire center of the building were shaken from their foundation and fell upon the roof.
 
 them the entire central portion of the hall, which fell to the cellar beneath.
 Two of the men who were Quartered in that part of the building were killed and six more were injured. All were more or less shaken up and it is a wonder that anyone escaped.
 What caused the most grief to the students and will be most keenly felt by those who have once visited. the university, was the destruction of the memorial chapel, probably the most beautiful building of it's kind in the world. The whole chapel was utterly ruined, and nothing now remains to mark it's site but great heap of tim bers and scattered stones. The ex quisite mosaic work on the exterior and interior, portraying various Bible scenes, which were the wonder -end admirsfj9a sf nUH@ho beheld them 1lS s2atered beyond redemption and not a trace of them remains.
 The quadrangle is the only struc ture left standing, and it is expected that it may collapse at any moment
 Ire keystone of every arch was loosened by the shock, and shoult these stones give way the whole arcf which depends on them will be sure t go.
 The university will open uext fal at the usual time. and it is hoped that most of the buildings will be restored and ready for use then