Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-28

Such an earthquake, Such a scare!
never want another such experience
Lynn and | got up at about quarter
to five; he had gone to his barn to
feed and hitch up his team; | was
busy in the kitchen. 1t was not yet
half light when there came without a
moments warning rumble-a shock
"a shake-a jerk and thump, and in
the next quarter of a second there
were ten thousand quakes, shakes,
jerks. thumps, bounces. swings, side
cuts, and upper daShes all mixed up to-
gether, One instant the house stood
on end. the next it did not stand any
place. | didn't get scared-Oh. noskii
But | got tired walking on the walls
and ceilings and bolstering my head
on sharp corners, SO | ducked for the
middle of the street: but was dressed.
Up and down the street were hundreds
of people frightened out of bed. some
of them half dressed, some with blan-
ketS, and some scarcely clothed in
their right minds. Now it is all over.
The scrambled eggs are on the ceiling,
the flapjacks hanging on the gas chan
delier, the chinaware and glassware
broken into a million pieces. Word
again soon. Sincerely, your brother,
George"
4 Series of Exciting Experiences.
Miss Marie Frohboes of this city,
and Miss Cora Peterson of Moline, sew
eral days ago sent word that they
would be home yesterday from Califor-
MIA, where they experienced the San
Francisco earthquake. Yesterday, how
ever, advices were received that they
were unable, for the present, to return.
as the offer of free transportation has
been withdrawn except TO Ogden, and
they could not draw their money from
the banks. The young ladies have
been in the west something over a
year. and their entire journey has been
marked with exciting experiences. On
the trip west. the young ladies' bag
gage in some way was sent over a diff
ferent route than that which they took
and Miss Peterson'S trunks were de-
stroyed in a railway wreck. She lost
several hundred dollars worth of cloth
ing and was able to collect but 800
from the railway company. Miss Froh-
boes and Miss Peterson had been ar
We're making plans TO return home
They decided to visit in San Fran
cisco first. and as it happened arrived
in that city just before the earthquake
disaster 1t is supposed that in the
fire. which drove them from their no
tel, they lost all their effects. though
they have not written that this is so.
Jesse scott Was In II.
Former schoolmates of Jesse Scott.
formerly of this city. have received
news from him at San Francisco, in
which he relates his experiences in the
disaster of last week. Mr.. Scott is en-
gagged in electrical construction work
in San Francisco. and was one of
crew OF II men so employed. He says
that of the IL men in the crew, four
met their death in the earthquake and
fire following. Mr.. Scott himself had
an exciting time escaping from the
city. but tells very little of his person
al experiences, except TO say that he
did escape and is We'll
He intends to remain there. as the
prospect is good for unprecedented &C
tivity in construction work, and wages
are being paid promptly.
Goes To Repair Roofs.
f. w. Lewis departs tomorrow night
with % carloads of material to estab-
lish q branch of the Lewis Roofing
company of this city at Oakland, the
prospects being exceedingly bright for
a vast amount of work repairing the
roofs damaged and building new ones
IN the vicinity of the Golden Gate. 5.
II. Wicks. now manager at Spring
field will be in charge of the Oakland