Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-04-23
MINE OWNER DAILY
  TELLS OF QUAKE
ESCAPED WITH WIFE AND FOUR
 CHILDREN.
Policing of City. He Says. Was Ex- cellent-He Tells of a Heal for Six Persons That Only Cost
 the Party s1.60.

Salt Lake, Utah, April 23.- Scores of Salt Lake people were il San Francisco at the time of tn. earthquake, and many of them re turned home yesterday bringing ; mass of information. J. J. Daly, !; wealthy mine owner, escaped witt his wife and four children. He lief the Charlemagne hotel in his auto mobile, but the police made him giyt It up to, carry the wounded.
 Speaking of his experience, he said:
 The policing of the city was per rect under the circumstances. We finally got over to Oakland and in 1; half-starved condition entered a res taurant there. Six of us ate hearty meal and the check was only $160 We were astonished, but it is the law among these people that no more than cost should be charged anyone from San Francisco
 Another arrival describes a nurl. Der of queer freaks of the earth. quake. In the midst of ruined four story buildings stood house of three stories, which had been tilted on jack screws and timbers to make room for another story beneath it It stood apparently unharmed by the shock. One of the churches on Van Ness avenue had mosque-like dome The building was blown down, all the walls falling away, but the steel structure, invisible at distance, re- mained supporting the dull gray dome which seemed floating in the air like balloon. Among the queer sights witnessed by this narrator was a lone woman patiently pushing an upright piano along the pavement q few inches at time, an old man rid ing a bicycle and carrying a skye terrier, the only thing he had saved, and woman lovingly embracing a Japanese doll. He also heard a guest berating the proprietor of hotel five minutes after the shock because he had not been awakened at , o'clock according to instructions. The guest vowed indignantly that he would never stop at that house again, and he never will, for the hotel is not there.
 Miss Ina G.. Boutwell,, student, tells of incidents at Stanford univer- sity. A girl was dressing in one of the sorority houses when the floor gave way. Her companion looked up, saw that she was gone. and shrieked: Where are you, Mary?"
 ''Oh, am in the parlor," replied the girl calmly. as she wriggled out of the heap of plaster and mortar below.
 "The fortunate thing about the earthquake is that it did not occur fin the daytime said Miss Bothweli. Tn that event the result would have been terrible. The buildings that are mostly occupied by classes were completely destroyed and the loss of life would have been great"
 There were ludicrous scenes even in the saddest hours and cannot for get them," said l.. E. Ryter, a Salt Lake mining man. ''I never saw So many parrots, canary birds, mocking birds and pet dogs together in my life. I saw pet dog on the seat of an automobile, the owner of which would not stop to take in any wound ed man on the sidewalk. One thing in particular will always remain in my memory. On a pile of bricks. stones and rubbish was thrown the body of a man shot through the heart and op his chest was pinned a placard: Take warming It was a most effective way to terrorize those who would steal or make trouble.
 Tt was grand to see the spirit of the men who had lost fortunes them selves in cheering up the poor ones who had lost things of no great value. Why. lost s200.000.' said one. What is your baby carriage to that? Cheer up. It will all cone out in the wash
 Dr George V. Schramm, young medical graduate. says:
 "I was passing down Market street with a new found friend and an au- tomobile came rushing along with two soldiers in 1t. My doctors badge protected me. but the soldiers invited my companion. a husky siy footer. to get into the automobile. he said, I don't want to ride and have plenty of business to attend to- Once more they invited him and he refused. One of the soldiers pointed a gun at him and said: We need such men as you to save women and children and to help fight the fire. The mfn was on his way to find his ~s-ser hut he welded to the ineyita- ble. He worked all day with the soi- 1.a.s aDd wheH released 10 get lunch he felt that he could eonscientiousiy desert to go and find his own loved ones"