The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-05-04

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" NpiLiug that will ever - wuticn
of spoken will adequately pafiFay ihe
scene - disorder and terror that was
presented m the streets " san ffan.
rirco immediately after the shock had
subsidized. said A NJ. iendrieha ef
La Urande. who. with bis wife, was ~
the Winchester Hotel at the beginning
OF the catastrophe and came to Port
land on the train last night. "Tcffcr'
izcd men. women and children were dee.
ing for their lives In every direction.
Some bore the ordeal with apparent
calmness, but others were almost de.
mented Together with the noise Of
falling buildings came cries Of fright.
PRAYERS and curses. The great metrop.
oils was suddenly transformed from the
lethargy of early morning TO perfect
Bellam.
LEAPING DOWN
A ,c ,,ad, hn. ELEVATOR SHAFT
| my wife and had room III at the
! Winchester. We were awakened by
falling plaster, and the noise and mo-
tion of the shock ! immediately re-.
allied that il was an earthquake and
told my wife to lie still till the motion
stopped. Before we left the bed We
were completely covered with laths
and plaster.
&" As we left our room aud started
for the street in our nightclothes the
body of a woman fell TO the bottom of
the elevator shaft which was near our
room. The elevator was running and
taking out the inmates of the hotel. II
was at the floor above the woman, and
she had evidently been so terrified that
she had jumped into the shaft without
waiting for it TO come down. Two
men stopped and dragged out her body
AZ We passed by.
i'After gaining the street ! returned
to recover diamond necklace which
my wife had left. BY the time ]
Ttufntu lnt lObHl lllt ''lllHk hhi
in, but ! managed to move aside the
debris and get the necklace.
"We dressed hurriedly in the street,
as did the other occupants of the hotels,
and most of those whom ] saw come out
of other buildings, and started for the
ferry ] saw one or two dead bodies
in the street, and noticed them carrying
bodies out Of the restaurant back Of the
Call building. Several automobiles
passed by upon which bodies had been
hurriedly stacked as If they were cord
wood. Buildings had collapsed on all
sides, and those which were still stand
ing were wrecked beyond any possibil.
ity Of repair.
'"My wife and / had made no effort
to recover our baggage and hurried
empty.handed to the ferry We crossed
on the first trip TO Oakland. There
were not more than 80 on the boat.
With all the suffering and death that
was around us we are thankful to have
escaped with our lives.
at is difficult to recall details Of the
scene, although it Is pictured ON my
mind with a yividness that can never be
blottcd out. II il like the recollection
Of horrible dream, only much worse.
j hope that ] shall never see the equal
to it again or anything even approach
! ing 1t in all Of its horribleDess.
ROAR oB FALLING
| rs WALLS DEAFENING.
George Mooney OF Seattle. who makes
his summer home In San Franclsco,
was another OF the eyewltnesses upon
the train last night, who, with his
wife, had been guests AT the Wlnches-
ter Hotel. They, like Mr.. and Mrs
Hendricks, had been awakened by fall
Ing plaster, and had escaped from their
rooms aud dressed In the streets.
| Nothing could be more terrorlzlng
J than the sensations which followed the
first shock" he said. THE roar OF the
disturbance was almost deafenlng. a
sullen roar seemed to accompany the
trembling WHICH was mingled with the
crash OF falling buildings and the
creaking Of tlmbors. The large cornlce
on the Winchester fell during the
shock. We hurried through the streets
es rapidly as possible and took the first
ferry to Oakland"
j. II. Baker, who was one OF the few
Portlanders to arrive on the train last
-
counts Of the catastrophe yet received.
Mr.. Baker II route agent for the Wells
Fargo Express Company. He was at
the Grand Hotel
Confusion is a mild term to express
the situation In the Grand" said he.
People rushed out OF their rooms ana
congregated IN the halls, all OF them
evidently making for the street, but
some 30 dazed that they hardly knew
the way Most Of them had grabbed
what clothing they could In their
! hurry but few stopped 10 dress before
they reached the street.
! when | reached tho sidewalk.
throngs were already pouring out OF
the Grand and Palace, some were
carrying baggage, but most OF them
had left cmptyhanded, The crowds
hesitated IN the street for n while,
evidently not knowing which way to
flee for safety. Then the tide began
moving down Market street The city
seemed one colossal ruin, Buildings
had been rent asunder and demolished,
wires torn down and car tracks twisted,