The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-05-02

their interiors and their contents are
gone up in smoke.
ut was ludicrous sight to see people
running in all directions with kettles,
pans and such articles as that. The
prices charged for moving trunks and
goods were so high that none but the
wealthy people could have anything re-
moved. They charged as high as $40
and So for moving single trunk. The
people who paid the biggest prices are
the ones that were accommodated.
"One of the most pitiful sights l saw
was a widow and her four children. The
Youngest was or years old. They
walked al the way from the Mission to
Preside about miles and they had
nothing to eat from Tuesday night till
Thursday morning The dear mother
wa~ crying and begging for food for her
little ones. ! walked many miles that
day trying TO get food for the little ones
but | couldn't get thing When / re-
turned they were gone, don't know
who're
The sun seemed very red 1t didn't
seem to give any light at all. II was re-
ported that there were about 10000 peo-
pie in their homes while all the rest
were homeless. Outside of these few
buildings al the rest Of the city is gone.
The districts where the big mansions
were, and district where the poorest
class resided, Chinatown and the bus
mess district were utterly destroyed.
out OF 81 churches that knew of there
were only 6 that people could 90 into
with safety. They were used for places
of shelter Fourteen Catholic churches
We're burned down. The original cost of
one Of these churches was one million
dollars and it was total wreck.
sunday l walked over the city to
see what ii looked like and everything
was in ruins. 1t was dangerous walk
ing along the streets for there were big
walls leaning over the sidewalks. | saw
other people there and went too. The
ruins were terrible sight to behold.
In front Of the new postollice the earth
was raised 6 feet. 1t was even with
the top of the iron fence. 1t looks like
Il little hill
while walking along the sidewalks,
! would come to where the sidewalk
would end abruptly but OF 6 feet below
| would see the other part of it. There
are bio cracks or crevices in the earth
One part is raised and the other sunk.
street car rails were twisted and bent
in every imaginable shape
There were many charges of dyna-
mite set Off in an endeayor to blow up
the Emporium but the building wouldn't
fall.
The police shot 20 men who were
caught robbing dead bodies and looting
ruined buildings. More of that class were
shot BY the soldiers. Anybody caught
doing amy wrong was shot on the spot.
II saw one scene in san Francisco that
] shall never forget IA scene that dem
onstrates the equality OF all classes of
people. The rich and the poor, the white
and the black all marching side by side
all working in Il common cause with
no apparent line OF distinction between
them MI classes only half clad and
covered from head to foot with dirt
There is 4 fertile field for the poet to
dwell in for the writer to comment on.
The way l appeared will serve as an
of the way others appeared.
Besides what l wore, | saved from the
fire quilt, dress, a pair OF shoes, a
case of views and a small hand satchel
You can imagine me plodding along with
that load. | found a pair Of old stock
ings and tied them together. On one
end tied my case Of views and on the
other my grip. threw my burden over
my shoulder and there | went with the
quilt, pillow slip. shoes and dress in my
hands. The shoes wore hole through
the pillow slip 50 I gave that away at
one Of the hospitals. ! also left the quilt
there.
"The moving of the injured and sick
from one hospital to another was big
task. Hundreds and hundreds of aged
and helpless people were everywhere
waiting to be cared for The miseries,
hardships and suffering of the people
can never be told. For blocks and blocks
you could see nothing but sea of hui
man faces watching their own homes and
property being consumed by angry
flames. Yet no one seemed to despair.
They bore the ordeal with fortitude.
"There is no epidemic of any kind.
Everybody seems to be in good health.
On Friday there were 90 babies born in
the open air at Golden Gate park. 1t is
rumored that in a month there won't
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