The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-22
NEW YORKER TELLS OF ESCAPE
M. NJ. STERNBERGER AND HIS
FAMILY REACH SALT LAKE.
We're at the st. Francis Hotei-The Guests
TOok to the Public Square at Once
Praise for the Bravery OF the People
-TmasOn's quick Action In Relief

SAT LAKR Utah., April N.-ApouV h'e
hundred refugees from San Francisco
reached this city tonight. A more woe
begone crowd was never before seer In
Salt Lake.
Among them was Maurice NJ. ~Sternberger,
senior partner Of the New York brokerage
house Of sternberger, Sim Il Co., who
reached here to-day from San Francisco,
having with him his wife and W daugh-
ters. Mr.. Sternberger expressed surprise
and admiration at the calmness and de-
| liberation shown by San Francisco people
under the trying circumstances
Mr.. S~ternberger and family were stop
ping at the st. Francis Hotel. They were
all roughly awakened at 6:15 A. M. by the
shaking Of the building, and in fifteen
minutes from the time Of the first shock
fires could be seen all over the city. The
occasion Of this, he said, was the disruption
Of chimneys.
The guests Of the st. Francis quietly
removed to the square outside and awaited
DEVELOPMENTS. Mr.. Sternberget said that
in short order citizens we're at work trying
to save their effects, and he noted many
with household goods piled up on carpets,
rugs and even mattresses, pulling the same
along the streets. All the ~pushcarts that
could be got hold Of were brought lnto
requisition. -,
The troops from the Preside showed
up In town shortly after 7 o'clock. Gen.
Funston had sized up the situation and
was taking chances, instead OF waiting ior
red tape to be unwound at Washington be-
fore making any move. -,
Mr.. Sternberger eaid he talked with
several soldiers who had been In Cuba and
the Philippines, and they told him that the
scenes they were witnessing were worse
than anything they ever saw before.
The earthquake played all sorts OF FRANKS
with the local topography. For instance
Van Ness avenue sank in parts Tor 1our
feet and most Of the property along the
street was completely destroyed.
The rich and the poor were all mixed up
and there seemed to be a movement OF
tho population toward the Preside, where
it was thought safety was sure. lhere
were no street cars, no telephone COM
munication, no telegraph, no sewerage,
no water and the guests Of the hotels had
to subsist the best they could on tea and
coffee and crackers.
Mr.. S~ternberger and family managed
to get away on Thursday evening after an
experience they will never forget n he
says he also will not forget the oalmness
and bravery of San Francisco people.
Simon Wolf, a New York travelling man
Who got out OF San Francisco on Friday,
said:
Il noticed a strange thing in the clocks
on both sides oil the bay. The ferry tower
clock stopped at Sis o'clock and the clocks
at Oakland at 612 o'clock. 1t is my opinion
that IL all the navies in the world were in
Can Franoisoo Bay and centred their fire
On the CITY for a week they could not do
the harm wrought by this earthquake IN
three minutes. ~
=, saved one woman from SUE death
lust before / got out OF the MOTEL one
was running toward an open window and
ca light her just in time to save her as she
was partly out Of the window. Where
are you going?' l said, oh, l was gong
downstairs.' che answe. ell. She would
have fallen fifty feet TO the stone pavement
She followed me out on the street bare
footed and cut her feet on the broken glass
The last | saw of her she was on her knees
begging God for mercy on her sinful SOU.
Among the refugees was i. South"icK'
a manufacturer Of lubricating proouo's dt
Rochester, n. Y. he was a guest at the
Roanoke Hotel on Bush street, having
failed to get apartments at the Palace'
The Roanoke was at the rear OF the 81.
Francis and overlooked the CITY. he SAD
Il could look over the top of the st. Fran
cis and across the bay. AS came 70 tne
window | saw a great volume OF steam IN
the direction of the Palace Hotel arise and
spread over the landscape, shutting out
all else In that direction. II was Digger
than four such buildings.
81 was tola at first that it was the bursting
of a boiler, but reflection showed mat nc
boiler existed that could hold 30 muoh
steam. Finally 1t was DECIDED hat the
steam was from the ground, and hat is the
oenerally accepted view Of the people
Not only was the volume large, but was
very dense.
I'VE got away from the city in a tug
ten of US paying the tugs skipper $40 eacf
for passage. Later the same tug carried
fifteen passengers at a load. As hlgn al
SIS was paid for ferriage.
AN Ottawa farmer was at the Roanoke.
He rushed out with shoes, trousers and
snirt. Just as he stepped over a manhole,
the heavy lid shot up into the air and he
WAS buried beneath the descending oeoris.
We though he would be cut to pieces and
killed. Would you believe it. he didn't
have a scratoh.'
The happiest bride and bridegroom in
Salt Lake arrived to-day. They had no
baggage. They are F. II. DuckwitSe and
Mrs. Duckwitze of Philadelphia. The hus-
band lie a lawyer.
Mr.. DuckwitzeI and his bride arrived in
San Francisco the day before the earth
Quake and went to the Palace Hotel. They
watched the destruction Of the city for
fully an hour before %venturing back to their
apartments for clothes, but had to borrow
wraps from They caught the