The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-27
HELPED DIG OUT
DEAD AND WOUNDED
Saw Corpses Rolled in White
Sheets and Buried in
Trenches.
DRESSED THE WOUNDS OF
INJURED AT SAN FRANCISCO
Two Utahns Pass Through Con-
diti0ns Such as Drive
People Insane.

Mr.. and Nrs. c. L. sandbers of this city
returned yesterday from San Francisco. whore
they passed through conditions suoh few
Utahns did who caught in tho Garth
quake and FIRE. Thoy helped dig the unfortu-
nate out of tho ruins saw tho dead rolled in
white sheets md buried In long trenches.
dressed tho wounds OF tho injured Mt Mo-
chanics' pavilion, and withal spent their
share OF sleepcss nights under tho blue sky.
Both declare that tho story OF san Franciscoa
destruction can never be written: that thero
nre not words in tho English language capable
of suggesting to tho most vivid Imagination
tho magnitude OF the disaster tho terrible
suffering endured
Thrown From Their Bed.
Mr. Snndberg. who is a otudent in tho Col
lego OF Surgeons and Physicians OF San Fran
cisco wos located in u two-story fiat on Fol-
som street when tho earthquake occurred,
The shock just tossed me out OF bed and
sent wobbling around II drunk. II was
impossible to hold onto anything, the trcm-
bling earth Jostled about absolutely ut
VIII Doors stuck fast. while broken glass
my wife md 1 hurried into the street, whcro
women and children. scantIly nttired rushed
houses both sides OF us were level with
tho ground but miraculously ours had es-
ca2cd.
Rescued a Girl.
we walked W to the corner of Howard
and Fourteenth streets whero n two-story
building stretched Its ruined form ncross tho
street, completely blocking all trafnc, There
l helped dig out an eighteen-year-oid sirl'
who taken away unconscious TO tho hos
ptnl Later the dead bodies Of the mother
and father were unearthed From their nrms
We took sleeping infant which did not
have q scratch on its body,
Led Away to His Grave.
Leaving this scene of death and destruc-
ton made way TO the college, which
was practically uninjured. A three-story fiat
nearby had been topplcd that the
top stor5' level with the sidewalk. score
OF men at work choppIng out the buried
wo saw two women lead AWAY a gray haired
man. So years old While tho blood strenmed
down his face, no begged 10 stay until HIS
wife and daughter were rescued from tho
to MS grave. lie was An aWiul sisht-cut
about the face and hcad 20 that the stream
inC blood had mixed with tho dirt to form
4 hidcous mask over his grim face.
Aided the Wounded.
From tharo we went 10 Fremont house.
where my clsssmatc. Dr. George V. Schrnmm
OF this city, boarded. / went to his room,
which no had deserted getting away safely,
however, Tho roof of the house cayed
In: tho arches hid fallen. and in his room
big cakes OF plaster covered the floor. To
chanics pavilion, which had been converted
into n hospital. The injured were carried in
work. helped dress the injuries of tho
wounded whilo my wife nursed babies. Az
ter had spent n couple or hours at this work,
enough doctors and nurses had arrived TO han
die tho situation and 50 we left for home TO
got breakfast.
Experience Second Shock.
My wifc was eating pleco OF brcad and
jelly when tho building started to tremblc
from the landing half way down the stairs
In tho fall tho bread and jolly had plastered
sight M rst % We thoUsb e"s She s"S had SToken
her leg In tho foil but II turned out only to
be sproin. After this earthquake, which
happened about o'clock were afraid To
go baok in tho house except for an Instant
That earthquake different from any othor
have over experienced To tho Others thero
has been a little trembling. but thIa lust
tossed YOU up in the air and Jostled you
around utterly helpless
Strange Procession.
by II O'Clock the procession of people who
werc leaving tho city had begun. They were
Off for tho hills nearby country places.
Some had nailed roller skates under their
trunks and were pulling them along with
ropes, others slid their baggage on rockers
who stu others used small express wagons
Never In my life did see so many parrots and
oanaTies. People halt-drcssed carried a pet
parrot l saw ono fellow who had nothing
but q white rat.
Tells Strange Story.
About O'Clock in the afternoon VIC wormed
down TO the fire line and watched the dy-
namiters blow up buildings They did somo
good work and by o'clock IN the afternoon
had the fire checked on Eighth street from
Market TO Folsom. What am going to tell
you may secm strange. but II is true An
old woman over on Haight street and Frank
lin started kitchen nrc to boil some coffee.
Tho chimney was defective and before she
knew IL her whole house was nilamc. The fire.
men and their assistants were concentrating
their efforts 10 check the f1re on Eighth street
and this now fire got we'll under way before
help could be summoned. | actually believe
that but for this fre, due to strong appetite
for coffee, that part OF San Francisco on the
north side of Market and In the Mission dis
EIr.c
OF this character, innocently made. played
little part In the great connagration. In
own fiat on old Dutch woman lit n fire to
warm somo tea or coffee and in an instant the
defective lue filled the house with smoke,
marshal happened along and put 1t out In n
minute.
His Home Doomed.
This new fire made 1T plain to us that, our
place was doomed. When the flames got to
Tenth street. we decided to leave our Fat
was located Thirteenth street. Filling our
trunks and yalises, We luckily caught an ex-
pressmnn and drove or 10 the hill, locating
camp behind the Southern Pacific railway
shops That night It Was brighter thon day
the flames lighted up the country for miles
around. Big pieces OF burning roof noatcd
overhead and looked like many tiny toy
balloons. II was grand sight, but for tho
unplensantncss OF the inccRsant doWnpour OF
ashes. cinders burned paper and charrcd wood
that rained down heads. II was espe-
chilly hard on the babies. That night wo did
not sleep
Hustled for Grub.
Next morning j got out and hustled grub.
We went through Market street and the heat
wns 20 intonso that compelled to re-
main In the middle OF the street After
breakfast OF ham, eggs md coffee, Mr.. Drac-
fcke and ], leaving our wives and his children
behind. started for Oakland to telegraph Salt
Lake friends that safe We were
just as anxious To got word 10 them as they
wero to us.
Heard Salt Lake Was Wrecked.
From some official got the rumor that thero
had haa arthc IL. In ali Iotxa
the city was on nre. When told my wife
later. she concluded that the whole world must
he doomed. 1t WAS terrible news 10 receive ut
this stage OF our experience We nnully got
TO Oakland. where aftcr waiting three hours
we filed messages 10 our Salt Lake friends.
Stopped by Soldiers.
Attempting to get back to San Francisco We
wcro denied entrance, In accordance with Cen
Eunslons strict blockade orders. A follow OF.