Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-05-05

quake tnere was meeting OF cltlZenS
and students at Palo Alto, and all the
food and milk for miles around was
brought into Palo Alto. as result, TO
send to Frisco. The students were
divided into squads, each taking its turn
of going into the city with food. The
Southern Pacific turned their baggage
cars over to the relief corps.
Tracks Were Destroyed.
"The morning of the quake trains
ran down to within Is miles of Frisco
where one track was hanging in the
air, the ground having sunk from un-
der. The other track for miles was
twisted adj upheaved in all kinds of
shapes, but the company put on at leas;
500 men and had the road open to
Frisco in "a hours. Trains were run
without wire orders, as the telegraph
was down. For week the railroa
company handled all persons out of
Frisco free, and turned their cars over
for hospital purposes to get out the
wounded. The patience and endurance
of the employees and officials was won,
derful. They were besieged with ques.
tions and requests by thousands of per.
sons, all more or less frantic and dis.
tressed.
Southern Pacific Made Friends.
"No one but was compelled to adj
mire the rapidity with which the
Southern Pacific restored its tracks
and virtually turned all its almost un.
limited resources over to the service
of the stricken city. The mammoth
ferries to Oakland were operated dav
and night-free to the people wishing
to leave the city. The sights at the
ferry building for a week after the
fire can never be forgotten. I hope
to never see another day like the 18th
of April-one of the most beautiful
days the sun ever rose on. That night
the skies were illuminated from burn.
ing Frisco, SO miles away. 1t was
light enough for two nights to read
newspapers. In Frisco order was soon
established and maintained. The army
deserves the greatest credit and all the
people We're good-natured. 1t was one
of thes lights of lifetime to see the
millionaire and his family line up and
patiently await his turn to get half
loaf of bread or pound of meat. Ana
he was good-natured about it, too. Or.
egon supplies were among the first to
arrive. 1t was very gratifying for an
Oregonian to realize that his state was
so prompt to extend aid.
First Car Of Flour.
ga carload of -four from Salem ar.
rived at Palo Alto, where the whole
town was baking bread for the city
people, on the very day when all -four
supplies were exhausted. There were
thousands of hungry people waiting for
the new baked bread Cook stoves
were ranged in the middle of the street
and women served the ovens all day
and all night.
A Few Incidents.
"An old engineer who sleeps in his
cab at Palo Alto told me that he was
awakened by the quake and his loco.
motive was acting up like a young colt
He thought at first he had been run in.
to by another engine. Then he thought
he was off the track and running on
the ties. At last it dawned on his mind
that there was an earthquake on.
when a large building near by, that
had just been erected of concrete blocks
fell fat as pancake.
"With two other Stanford boys we
were walking up Market street when
We. saw a crowd working at a pile Of
fallen brick. Thought they were dig.
ging out a dead man and went running
up to the crowd. A guard halted us
and we were ordered to help clear the
street by pitching brick. We all turned
around and ran in the other direction
not thinking at the time we were liable
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