Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-23
DR.. c. Y. SCHRAMM
TELLS OF QUAKE
Saw Destruction Of City and
Assisted in Relief
Work.
SLEPT IN GOLDEN GATE PARK,
In the Midst of Fire, Death and Dcs-
olutlon He Had 10 Laugh at
Humorous incidents.

Or. George V. Schramm, brother Of
f. &. Schramm, returned to Salt Lake
yesterday afternoon after witnessing
the destruction of San Francisco and
after assisting In relieving the sufferers
for several days DR. Schramm had
Just completed the course at the Col
lege of Physicians and Surgeons. and
was about ready to come home when
the earthquake occurred He was
stopping at the Fremont hotel on Mar
ket street near Van Ness, and was
awakened shortly after . o'clock on
Wednesday morning hy plaster falling
from the walls Of his room. He dressed
as quickly as possible realizing what
had happened, and FASTENED 10 the tele-
graph Office, where he filed tele-
gram to relatives In this city. inform
ing them of his safety He then re-
turned to the hotel and packed up his
belongings and secured dray TO take
them to Golden Gate park.
He then FASTENED to Mechanics pa
wilton, which had been turned into an
emergency hospital, and assisted for
number OF hours I'm caring for the In
iursd He then went TO II. Wlrifred
he could. On Wednesday night he
slept IN Golden Gate park where thous-
anas of others stayed, Every one
seemed ready to share what little food
he had with others who were unable
To get anything. Those who had food
took particular pains 20 hunt up those
who had none and divided with them.
Those who had blankets and bedding
he said gladly gave them w to women
and children. and there was no distinc-
ton between the rich and the poor.
HUMOROUS INCIDENTS.
Speaking further of the conditions
Mr.. Schramm said
THE humorous side of certain incl
dents appealed TO me. and ! confess
that In the midst of death and fire and
Gosolation | laughed az several things
/ saw. one man about so years old
rode past me on bicycle. To the
handle bars he had attached a grip
which was open. showing tiny sky
terrier dog inside. The dog was prob
ably tho old mans most precious pos
session.
Wontn with parrots in their arms
were everywhere, Children dragged
cats ard dogs along with them In an
express wagon loaded with furniture
and household articles nome woman
had added several vases filled With car
nations. Another woman was snag-
ging an upright piano through -
street she would push II ahead for a
few feet and then rest.
"Freakish signs of the quake could
be seen on all sides smokestack
made OF corrugated brick and about
80 feet high had been cracked In d
straight line about fifty feet from the
top and the upper portion twisted out
Of line The ridges In the brick were
thrown out OF plumb. At the entrance
Of Golden Gate park one OF the drive
ways was 1anked on each side by a
large square granite column These
were about three and half feet In
diameter and 10 feet IN height, one Of
them had not been disturbed, but the
other one. across the driveway, had
been twisted several inches out Of
plumb.
Persons who fed to the park did not
suffer from thirst, as several hydrants
were running. The park was lighted
with electricity furnished by an indie
pendent plant near the park. Had
| there been no electricity, the flames
over the burning city would have dis
| PEELED all darkness. During the frst
! day OF tnc disaster, DtopIG loChSu W
the park. bringing their possessions
| in all sorts of conveyances, Baby car
| riaees. wheelbarrows, automobiles
everything that could be pushed or
pulled was used. Many tied their be-
lorgings in bundles and snaked them
along Indian fashion"
ALL KINDS OF RUMORs.
Mr.. schramm said that he heard that
| Salt Lake. Chicago, New York and
Boston had been visited by earth
! quake. fire and food and had been
| practically destroyed He said that
! the greatest need In San Francisco now
was water and medical supplies. AZ
| ter the earthquake he saw the follow
| ing Utah people who are safe: +. j..
Sandberg aud wife, John Powers, Ted
| pldcock, Luke Crawshaw and Charles
King. on the same train with him
returning from San Francisco were a
| number Of people who had narrow es-
calCs from death, and all had very
exciting stories 10 tell about the hor-
| rible incident.