The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-04-19
RICHMOND PEOPLE
IN THE DISASTER
Mrs. Christian MAYHEM Had a
Store in District Wrecked
by Earthquake.
NO WORD IS RECEIVED
MANY LOCAL PEOPLE NOW AT
SAN FRANCISCO BUT TELE-
GRAPHIC SERVICE is WRECKED
AND NOTHING HEARD. q


towns on the Pacific slope contained
numerous Richmond people and
friends and relatives of those persons
now living in the Golden Gate were
greatly alarmed yesterday when the
news of the awful disaster reached
Richmond.
Mrs. christian Mayhem, former
Richmond woman, and mother !, Of
Henry Noble, of Richmond; is a resi-
dent of San Francisco and is in BUSH
ness there her store being located on
Seventh street, one block and a half
off of Market street, which place is
in the part of the district that was
wrecked by the earthquake. The
structure was a three story one and
we'll as having her BUSINESS there. A
son, Frank Noble, also lived in San
Francisco within two blocks OF Mar
ket street. A daughter, Mrs. Live, re-
sides at Ocean Park, fourteen miles
out from the city. Henry Noble
received no word up to last e.
from his sister as to whether ,,aA
mother and brother escaped, btS.our
the absence of no notification fns D;
his sister is disposed to believe the.
they possibly escaped.
kemper 6oys Are There. +
William and Charles Kemper, sons
of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Kemper, lived
in San Francisco. Charles who is mar
ried, lives on Water street, two
squares from South Market street.
William Kemper recently changed his
residence and it is not known where
he now lives. w. c. Bass of this city
has a sister residing in San Francis
co. Mr.. and Mrs Horace Hadley of
this city are on a pleasure tour of
California and it is thought that they
were in San Francisco yesterday. Bar
ney Hastings, former Richmond
man, now lives in San Francisco on
Market street where the greatest
damage to property is reported. Mr..
and Mrs Walter Henderson, former
ly of this city, are also residents of
San Francisco. A. c. Stevens was in
San Francisco at the time of the
earthquake. j. B. Dougan stated yes
terday that his brother, DR.. David
Dougan and wife of Denver were in
San Francisco yesterday. Mrs. Mary
Grant, who lived here o few years
ago, now resides in Oakland, which
is across the bay from San Francisco.
| Carl McDaniels, a former well known
Richmond man, now makes San Fran
cisco his home.
Wires osened at $3.50.
Other former Richmond people now
making San Francisco their home
are: Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Laws, Mrs.
Isaac ,McWhinney and daughter, Mrs.
Cook, who is a daughter of Mrs.
Joshua Haynes, Mrs. Pepper, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Scarce, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
Jeffries, Howard Lacey and Howard
Frazier, b. F. Williams and family,
formerly of Centerville, live in San
Francisco.
Many local people having relatives
living in San Francisco tried to COM
municate with them yesterday by tel
egraph but at the Western Union and
Postal Telegraph Offices messages
were accepted only on the condition
of indefinite delay. Yesterday after
noon about $3.50 o'clock word was re-
ceived at the local Western Union
Office that the wires were open to
San Francisco but that it wss not
known how long this condition would
last as a building adjoining the West
ern Union Office ut San Francisco
was on fire and it was probable that
the Western Union building would
also catch afire.
Crowd at Palladium Office.
All day yesterday crowds of peo-
pie anxiously read the Publishers
Press bulletins which were posted at
the Palladium soff1ce. The terrible cat
astrophe wassthe main topic OF con.
versation in the Astreets. throughout
the day Palladium reporters were
kept busy answering telephone calls
and supply ing details of the horror.
Frank Van Uxem, formerly well
known residents and who have many
relatives here, live in Oakland, and
Lou Miller, who vent west several
years ago. was seen not long ago in
San Francisco, where he is engaged
in business, by George Bartel, of this
city. A son of Prof. Dennis, Will,
lives insPalo Alto, and attends the Lee
land Stanford University.