The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-23
GRADUATED BY AN
EARTHQUAKE SHOCK
Doctor George V. Schramm Has
a Tragic Commence
ment Day.
SALT LAKE SURGEON in
THE EMERGENCY CORPS
Pays High Tribute to Nobility
of Human Nature in the
Midst of Terror.

Graduated by an earthquake is the ex-
perience OF one bright Salt Lake doctor.
George V. Schramm, himself we'll known.
and n brother OF elem Schramm whose
name is household word in the inter-
mountain country. had passed all the
examinations at the College OF Physicians
and Surgeons In San Francisco, and had
retired to rest last Tuesday night with
the consciousness of work we'll done. All
he needed was his diploma. then he would
return to his family in Salt Lake.
Marching Hotel Walls.
His room was on the top floor of the
Fremont hotel on Market street. near Van
Ness. In the tated city, Shortly after
CLOCK on Wednesday morning he was
lying awake when he saw the walls of
Ihe room marching toward him. They
| fell inward But the ceiling stood. All
around him was debris. but ne
| touched He knew what had happened
ana hastily put on his clothes and ran
ofhce to wire TO his people In Salt Lake,
Knowing that with the news OF the earth
quake they would be plunged into horrify
ing anxiety His was one OF the first
| kilograms 10 be filed. but IL never came
through. Having performed this duty he
| sped 10 the Mechanics pavilion, where an
emergency hospital had been established,
and there he worked for hours with the
| corps OF volunteer physicians who were
| waiting upon the injured, Returning to
| his hotel he gathered a few belongings
and, with companions. hired a dray and
| went 10 Golden Gate park. Not one per-
! son In the Fremont was injured but the
stub6ed her toe after she had left the
| topping building. She fell In the street
and bruised her face badly. On the way
his party purchased provisions at various
grocery stories. and after reaching the
place OF refuge they made themselves as
eomlorta6le as they could with blankets.
boxes. food and tho water. of which there
was a good supply TO be had from the
irrlgatng taps, Not being needed in n
professional way at that time in the park.
Dr Schramm went back TO ST Wini-
fred hospital and labored there until
the patients could all be removed to the
home of the president of the College of
Physicians and Surgeons, over on Pacific
avenue,
One Hundred Thousand.
DR. Schramm slept In the park
Wednesday night with a hundred thou
sand Others that Is. he slept when he was
not being called upon to render service
to some afflicted one On Thursday he
tried to go to Oakland TO send a message.
feeling sure that his former dispatch
could not have reached his home for 1t
was known that tho devastating Are had
driven the telegraph operators from their
post After many endeavors he found
that he could cross the bay. so he re-
turned TO the park to get his things On
his road he met stranger who asked
him If he was acquainted with Dr. WIZ
son. he said yes. and was told that II
of humanity to tell him that his brother
was all right. and was leaving the city
one OF the thousand condolences OF that
tremendous time occurred Tor as DR.
Schramm was entering the park he en-
countered DR.. Wilson. who himself was
toLIi1g between the shafts of his buggy,
which was laden with medicine, drugs
and food Tor the needy ones.
Feeling that he had rendered all the
help he could. and knowing that his duty
to his family In Salt Lake, DR..
Schramm made a detour to the north and
east of the burning district of the city.
getting to the water front. and following
this to the ferryhouse. he reached Oak
land, where on Friday night he took the
train, arriving In Salt Lake yesterday. |
En- route he was able to render efficient
service to the sick people on the train.
service OF humanity. The college from |
which he was about TO graduate was de- |
stroyed. But he has earned his diploma
Noble Humanity.
DR.. Schramm says that what he saw
OF his fellow men and women In this
time OF shock and ruin more than
ever established his faith In the nobility
OF the race. Every one seemed ready to
share with another. On the hrst night in
the park those who had food hunted up
those who had none and divided with
thom Those who had blankets sought
out women and the little children and
IT.
There was no distinction of wealth or
station. Even the Chnaman. more yellow
with fright could receive a part of a
white mans last loaf
The. people Of Oakland vacated their
own houses 10 make room for the refu-
gees. If man needed money they
hey supplied 1t. The committees act
ng for the city which had been spared,
worked with intelligence. faithfulness and
generosity. to make provision for all
Who might come from the big afflicted
lister across the bay. 1t is true that some | ,
people raised the prlco OF bread for a few
Iours, but this was speedily stopped and G
instead OF attempting to make money out | ;
II misfortune the general tendency was | {
o alleviate misfortune without a money
rice.
Some Queer Freaks.
While making for tho park DR. J
saw in the midst OF ruined
our-story buildings one structure stand I
ng alone, 1t was house Of three stories q
nd tlmbers I'm order to build another
tory beneath 1t. 1t stood apparently un-
armed by the shock. Not a piece OF its
could withstand NIL the forces of ma 4
ure.
Coming on the train with DR.. schramm P
life. who had been in hotel in Santa =,
,osa when the shock come. Their room !,
'as on the fourth floor, The roof coll u u
nc bed, and both were caught by the p
ascending tlmbers and pinned helplessIy 81
encath the debris They could speak To N
ioh other and could reach out and touch =
lch others hands but the weight was te
, great that they could not extrIcate a.
They lay there for three o.
ours, until rescuers came and cut n hole | 5,
trough the roof and released them both cl
ithout Injury. Among the things that m
ere left behind was O pocketboolx | II,
.ntaining 400 and a pair OF cuff buttons al
he mans name was on the book and | Ie
9TH the money and the jewelry were re- &c
ored to him before he left Santa Poso la
Ono OF tho churches on Van Ness io
'enue had mosque-like dome. The
lilding was blown down all the walls
ling away, but the steel structure In ,
sible at little distance. remained sun az
'rt,ne inc duli gray dome. which seemed vn
'ating In the air like balloon ~ ~
Tragic Humor. W,
There was some pIteous bur,o- tn
.uaton. after oil. although tho dootn We