The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-22
OGDEN NEWS.
Office Washington Avenue
Ogden, Saturday, April Fl.
office, 24s4 Washington Avenue.

day, April Fl.
performances which would have Melted
me $4,000"
Paul Plancon stated that he was up at
the time and was looking out of the win
going to be. He said:
suddenly everything seemed to swing.
/ felt like q bird in q swinging cage and
there seemed to come a strange growing
sound like a wild beast in anger and
of the St " FTsnc,es and ' t5o1 1eR S tSat
each sway would be the last. 1 got
down stairs in my underwear and over
coat and afterwards met Eames and Sem
brich. Everyone was calm and there
were no cries or noise. The calmness of
the American is wonderful: they are the
men are as cool as the men. My loss is
about $1,000
Tenor Sleeps in the Air.
A Diple the leading tenor. slept with
lot of others on the bank of a reser
voir near the Preside. He said they suf
I'VE noticed the next day" he said,
when we went down Market street that
the fire had melted the wax from the face
of the dummies in the windows, making
them look very comical. 1t did me good
to see how everybody worked. saw
wealthy women carrying clothes and pro-
visions to shivering and ragged people.
The calamity seemed to place everybody
on a level
Jacques Bares. tenor, said the first
sight he beheld after landing in the street
was an automobile full Of eorpses. He
said:
I'VE slept on the ground that night.
and for the next day or two we were
nearly starved"
Campanari said the door fell upon his
bed and the piano fell on his trunk,
smashing il. He said he got out with
some blankets and slept two nights in the
streets Bread was a dollar a loaf. and
crackers twenty-five cents apiece. Arc
angelo Rossi had to kick his way through
the door to get from his room. He said
he did not care to talk about the misery
and wretchedness that he saw. He got
down to the ferry in a coal car. Waldo
Story. sculptor. said:
Il lost everything 1 had been at the
st. Francis three months working on de-
signs and monumental has reliefs. I had
commissions to execute which would have
amounted to about 100000"
Business Men Go Through,
A number of prominent San Francisco
business men who passed through here
today from the east held a meeting on the
train and decided unanimously to rebuild
their ruined interests, also to assist in
building grander and more substantial
city.
most overwhelming calamity, was re-
markable and is an indication of the spirit
animating the men who made San Fran
cisco what it was before the disaster.
Among those who composed the party
hurrying back to their stricken city were
J. K. Armsby. head of one of the largest
Importing houses in the world. with
branches in London. Chicago and San
Francisco; Marshall Hale. the millionaire
business was entirely wiped out; A G
Carson, glove manufacturer; ]. L. East
land, one of San Francisco's large realty
owners; w. A. Miller of the Standard Oil
company; c. w. Griffin of Griffin, Kelly
& Co.: William J. Robinson. and many
other prominent San Francisco merchants
and business men.
Alfred Hertz. leader of the German or
chestra. was at the Palace and was sha-
Of E2nI sIrA
everything He stated that they lost all
their orchestral instruments. valued at
$4,000 Sidney Homer said the thing thai
struck him the most was the courage of
everybody. He said that when the fire
engines got action he saw a fireman
stick his head out of window and shout
Come up here; some people are buried
alive" and without a pause a dozen men
dashed into the building to save life. A
milk wagon was confiscated for an am
Mrs. Caesar Young.
Mrs. Caesar Young of New York was
at the st. Francis with Lottie MILAN, and
they were on the train en- route to New
York. having saved nothing except the
clothes they wore.
The first refugees to arrive from the
scene of the disaster came in last even
ing. They were nine in number and
were residents of Minna street They es-
capped from their homes in their night
and food at Oakland. On their arrival
al Ogden they were taken in charge by
a committee and fed at an imprOViSed
lunch counter. that had been erected at
the depot Later they were housed for
the night. Today they will be provided
with tickets to Omaha by the Union Pa
cific and started east They want TO make
their way to New York to get as far
from the devastated district as possible
Other refugees arrive on every train and
extensive preparations have been made
to take care of them here. The names of
those arriving on the first train are: L.
Berg and wife. Anna Berg and John
Berg, living at 80 Minna street. Mrs
Amelia Berg. 81 Minna street, Ed Berg
and wife, % Minna street, and Henry
Winnant and Dorothy Winnant, 81 Min
ma street