Amador ledger., 1906-04-27
Personal Experiences.

Louis Schiemann narrates his ex-
perience in San Jose thus: l was in
San Jose the night of the earthquake.
The lodginghouse l was in was luckily
only two story brick building. The
noise was terrifying. l was thrown
from one end of the room to the other
like ball, the door would not open.
At last the wall to the street IN my
room tumbled out, but luckily roof
hung on. | climbed out that way.
1he scene on the street was awful,
filled with debris of all kinds, and
then fire broke out in block on
Second street, between San Fernando
and Santa Clara, west side. The most
of that burned. Not brick building
in the whole town was intact. One
three story brick occupied was moth
ing but small heap, so complete was
the destruction; ten persons were
killed there.
Walter Folger has written to re-
latives here, saying that he is work
ing at Agnews since the great shock,
that $50 were killed there. The pro-
perty of Mrs Askey at San Jose was
damaged some, but was not in the
line of main disturbance.
Mrs Langhorst heard from her
sister, Mrs Spohn, who lived on
Union street, near Telegraph hill,
that they got out safely, although
burned out. They went over to re-
Iatives in Oakland, and they will pro-
baby come to Jackson for a while.
e. A. Waltenspiel and wife, are in
Oakland. They got burned out of
their home on STOCKTON street, and
the Lengfeldt pharmacy on Union
square, where Mr. WaltenspieI was
employed, was destroyed.
Chris MareIia returned from San
Francisco Friday night. He lost all
the office furniture, and papers.
W. j. MCGEE, whose office was in
San Francisco Savings Union. on
California street, lost his library and
papers. lie gives a graphic account
OF the great disaster, and says that
the tales about the loss of lives are
greatly exaggerated; that the reports,
of the sinking of the ground, and
assures and holes in the streets are
mainly the work of Imagination.
Mrs o. E. Reichling and her sister
Miss Daley, got home from San
Francisco Sunday night, having pass
ed through the dreadful experience of
the fire.
Chas Boro, who has been in the
barber business in San Francicso
accompanied by his two younger
brothers, returned home Saturday
evening. He was living at boarding
house kept by his aunt, Mrs Zianini,
st 142O Montgomery street, between
Green and Vallejo. 1t was three
story building. The earthquake
shook it badly, but aid not cause any
part of it to fall. After the shock he
went to the place where he worked
on Montgomery avenue, expecting
to go to work as usual. There was
great excitement in that quarter, but
not much destruction. In the narrow
streets where the fishermen were wont
to take their fish to market, such as
Merchant, Clay and Washington, the
buildings had collapsed, toppling
over on each other, and burning men
and auimals. People of the district
towards North Beach, although the
fire was raging in other quarters. be-
lieved they we're exempt from it's
A change of the wind
brought the greater destroyer down
upon them suddenly. This was
Thursday, and they had no time to
save anything. The sights that he
witnessed In the fleeing tens of
thousands, as we'll as the horrors of
the dead and dying, and the roar of
the flames will live in his memory
through life. The suffering from lack
of water and food lasted through
Wednesday and Thursday. The
people of the resident quarter were
not accustomed to keep large stock
of provisions on hand, mostly buying
for daily needs. Hence, when the
whole city full was suddenly thrown
upon their resources for food, the
stock was gone in short order, and
want and destitution staIked IN all
their terrors. Boro left Friday even
ing at 6 o'clock. He travelled through
Market street, Mission Van Ness and
other parts after the flames had spent
their fury. He will remain with his
parents in Jackson for some time to
come.
Judge Davis lost all his books and
office furniture in the great fire. His
residence is in the western addition,
beyond the fire limit, and was saved.
Most of the judges law books are
kept in his jackson Office.