Cañon City record., 1906-04-26
Many Canon People Have Friend
To Have Been Injured.

81 The great disaster that almost des-
|troyed San Francisco last week has
demonstrated as few events in our
national life have done that there is
II ID bond of sympathy and brotherly
Y love existing between people in all
( sections Of our common country, and
that, when misfortune comes to a
community, they can lay aside their
greed and eagerness to accumulate
wealth and out of their abundance
give literally to alleviate suffering
and distress
The appeal for help that has been
made on behalf OF the starving citi-
Gems of San Francisco has touched
a chord of pity in a thousand towns
and villages and the purse strings
Of all classes of people have been un-
loosed in order that the anguish and
suffering of the victims of the dis
aster may be as light as possible.
Such exhibition Of the better nature
Of man help to smooth away the
rough edges of the grief which we all
feel at the awful visitation of the
earthquake and fire which has des-
troyed the fairest portions of the
metropolis of the Pacific coast.
Many Canon City people had rela-
tives and friends in San Francisco
when the disaster came, and their
anxiety to know whether they had
lost their lives in buildings shaken
down by the earthquake. or had per-
ished in the flames which followed,
amounted in many instances almost
to frenzy The telegraph wires were
not working and II was impossible to
communicate with the stricken city.
Efforts were made to utilize the tele-
phone lines for the transmission of
messages, relaying whenever neces-
sary, but in no instance were they a
seccess. The only thing that could be
done was to await as patiently as
possible the opening up of a tele-
graphic service with the unfortunate
city. which was no easy matter in the
case OF those who had relatives there,
the fate of whom was uncertain.
The first message OF a private char
acter to get through from San Fran
cisco to Canon City after the disaster
reached here Friday afternoon and
came to Mr.. and Mrs F. H. Bengley.
II was from their daughter. Mrs. LII
lie Simpson, and stated thai she and
her husband were uninjured by the
earthquake. II was dated Wednes-
day morning and did not get here un-
I'll two days later owing to the con-
gested condition of business
Several messages were received
from towns in the neighborhood of
San Francisco Friday afternoon and
Saturday morning. among them being
one from Miss ANA Kennicut of South
Canon. She was a student at Leland
Stanford University and she said that
neither she nor Warden Albright and
sister, Miss Pauline, who were stu
dents at the same institution. were
hurt, although great damage had been
done to property.
So far as we can learn no Canon
people had relatives or friends killed
or injured In San Francisco, although
many have friends in and near the
damaged city
The following are some of the Can
on City PEOPLE having relatives in
San Francisco and the surrounding
country at the time of the earthquake:
Secretary w. C. Thomas of the Y.
NJ C. A-father. mother and sister,
who were guests at the Nordhoff ho-
tel.
Rev. ]. II Fisher and family. for
mer pastor OF the Cumberland Pres
byterian church here. but for several