Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-22
MANY OMAHANS WIRE SAFE
Several local People in San Francisco
Telegraph to Home Folks,
SOME STILL ARE NOT HEARD FROM
Part of the COIOney in California
During Earthquake Are Well
ON Their Way Back
to Nebraska.

j. w. Phelps of Omaha, who with his
wife and three daughters, was in San
Francisco during the disaster, has tele-
graphed friends here of the safety of the
entire family.
Elmer Farnsley, proprietor of the drug
department Of the Boston store has rela-
tives' in san Francisco from whom he Is
unable to hear
A. j. Simpson of She Simpson Carriage
works has a son, Fred simpson, with
his family, residing in san Francisco, and
a brother-in-law. X. IL. Harris, an old
resident of Omaha, and from none of
these has Mr.. Simpson had a word.
A letter has come to Mr.. and Mrs. Dex-
ter L. Thomas, Sill South Twenty-ffth
avenue, from their daughter, Miss Clara
Thomas, who spent the winter in Cali
fornia. The letter was postmarked santa
Barbara, April Is, and written the night
before, indicating she could not have left
there soon enough TO nave reached San
Francisco before the earthquake. This re-
lieves the anxiety Tor her.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. IL. Griswold, 203 South
Twenty-fourth street, are cOngratulating
themselves they left san Francisco but
a few days before the city was wiped out.
They had gone there from Omaha to live
and made their home on Taylor street
between Bush and Pine, in the midst of
the fires easiest prey. They sold out
and returned to Omaha. Mr.. Griswold
has a brother who resided up on Union
street, which also was devastated. No
wo:d has come from him.
Fear for Their SON.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Mackenzie, go
Park avenue, are extremely anxious about
their son, Leon f. Mackenzie, who was in
San Francisco ana is yet for all they know.
They have heard nothing from him. The
press reports contained the name OF Mac
Kenzie among the dead, but his address and
that of their son did not correspond. so
they think it was not he. He was employed
by the Bunham, Carrigan & Hayden com
pany, wholesalers in hardware and imple-
ments on Market street. He had been there
three months.
John s. Collins of Omaha, who was
in san Francisco when the earthquake
came, is safe. lie left for Omaha yesterday.
Word comes from Mr.. and Mrs. w. A.
Aycrigg, who were in San Francisco when
the earthquake struck II, were heard from
yesterday and were at Ogden, returning
home
Mr. and Mrs. william A. Aycrigg have
been heard from. Mrs. Aycrigg is en- route
Z
Aycrigg remained, but is all right.
barley Pallord. whose mother resides al
34O7 Dewey avenue, had been employed by
the Burlington in its San Francisco offices
for some time and he neither can be heard
from lie went from the Burlington head
quarters 10 san Francisco.
c. NJ Swobe, Who was thought to have
been at San Francisco, was in Sacramento
and consequently suffered no injury.
Walter b. wilkins Of this city, whose
son Walter is in San Francisco, received
a message from him last evening which
said he is safe, but had lost everything
| and Is out OF money
No word has been received as yet Of MI
/ aad Mrs. Taylor Chase. whose home 10 il
san Francisco. Mrs. Chase was formerly
I Miss Jessie Gillian OF Omaha.
/ w. W. Turner OF SCHNEIDER & Mueller
has hnally received telegram from hii