The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-04-27

when We had covered several blocks
1.-TWO men hailed tho driver. They Of
fered 500 apiece for the privilege OF
riding to the ferry. The driver took
up on the box with him, handcd me
my s35, and made me get u so that
his S1U0 passenger could get into his
Il hailed the next hack that came
along and got up on the box With the
driver. Another clio from the side-
walk called out that he would give So
To be taken 10 the ferry. but l told the
hack driver that l would throw him
off the box If ne stopped, as he had nc
room either inside or out for another
passenger
San Francisco, April 24.-Wine M
stead of water was used to fight tina
fire in the Latin quarter on Tele-
graph hill. The Italian residents of the
district always keep many barrels Of
the fluid in their cellars, and when the
only available we'll went dry soon af-'
ter the outbreak of the flames the bar
rels OF red wine We're rolled out n
broken open. Bucket b%rigades We're
formed, sacks were dipped in the wine
and used to beat out the fire N blank
cts We're soaked in the liquid and hung
on tho sides of the endangered cottages.
| Men on the roofs drencled the shingles
and sides of the houses with wine. BY
this strange means the fight was won.
having lasted all Friday afternoon and
night.
Chicago. April 24,-s. NJ. Pencovic.
a IA Francisco druggist, who arrived
in Chicago yesterday morning from
Paris, said he had a prenonition of dis
aster, which impelled him to hasten
home, several days before the earth
quake. He left for San Francisco lass
night to search for his father and
mother, who are among the missing.
For several days 1 felt as If some
thing awful was about to happen said
he. so completely did the feeling take
possession of me that l could not sleep
at night. Vt last l could stand it no
longer. and l left Paris April Ia, four
days before the u~pheaval."
San Francisco, April 24.-Nursing bot
ties, nipples, infants foods and baby
clothing are being sent in in large
quantities by e. j. Bliss, a LOS Angeles
man. This has hitherto been a neg
lected feature of the relief work, but it
is a matter of supreme necessity, as
without proper attention thousands of
infants will die. 1t is feared that de-
spite all that can be done the infant
mortality will be large. Not only is
this true of the general average of
babies, but it applies especially to the
newly born, of whom there are many.
Pueblo. Colo, April 25.-B. X. Coff-
man, a travelling salesman from Fort
Worth, Tex, arrived in Pueblo from
San Francisco last night. He says he
had nothing to eat or drink from Tues
day evening until Thursday morning,
and that when he LOOKED out over the
city and saw the falling buildings and
the flames shooting into the Sky, he fell
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his face in the sand, believing the end
of the world had come.
AS a result of the strain TO which he
was subjected. Mr.. Coffman's hair is
now almost perfectly white.
San Francisco without the loss of as
much as a collar button" said Egg
bert HI. Gold yesterday afternoon, as
he got off of the Santa Fe train with
a number of other refugees.
Mr.. Gold is president of the Chicago
Car Heating company, Railway Elk
change building.
u was asleep in a room on the sixth
floor of the Palace hotel when the
quake came" said Mr.. Gold.
"As l was leaving my room with my
suit case in my hand I heard cries in
the adjoining room: Let us out! Let
US out! Well die
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room and the earthquake had twisted
the wall so they could not open the
door.
Il put my shoulder to the door and
succeeded in opening it a few inches.
With the man n his wife pulling with
all their might we o a the door
open enough to let them out. / adj
vised them to pack up their clothes,
but they ran downstairs without pay
ing any attention to me.
II was with another man from the
hotel, whose name L did not know. AS
dead men lying in the streets and one
woman One N had been fiattened
out by a falling wall. l turned to my
/ companion as we passed this grew
some sight and saw him pitch for
ward. His head a been taken off
cleanly by a falling stone. l got out
of there in a hurry.
II caught one of the first ferry,
boats for Oakland, had the glass picked
out of my feet by a g there, and
left at 1l:30."
San Francisco; April 24-Hundreds
OF persons are threatened with insan-
ity from loss of sleep. With his nerves
completely shattered by long duty
without rest, Police Sergeant O'Dea
of the Park station went suddenly i'm
sane. People wander the street and
walk back and forth over the hills.
! ghosts of their former selves. There
are thousands who nave not slept since
the first shock of Wednesday morning.
Domestic animals by the thousands
that found refuge With their masters
have become wild beasts. Dogs in
hordes stalk outside the ruined city
like wolves gaunt with hunger.
San Francisco, April 24.-Clad in a
fashionable summer suit with straw hat
and kid gloves. a young man was
stopped by soldiers and was put to
work in the streets as a laborer. He
was ordered to clear away the brick
and other debris from the street car
tracks. He hesitated. but a prod from
behind With Il sharp bayonet convinced
him that the soldiers were in earnest.
For the next five hours the