The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-04-23
GRAPHIC TALE
OF ADVENTURE
Los Angeles Physician Des-
cribes the Scene
IN SAN FRANCISCO
SAN FRANCISCO
Amid Earthquake Shocks and Fire
How He and Party Made Their
Escape from the Stricken
City.

Los Angeles, Calf, April ssss--Most
thrilling Of all stories Of adventures
! in stricken San Tranci~p dur
ling the days Of horror and nights Of
terror II that Of 4 party of fonf, two
women and two men, who arrived at
Los Angeles Friday, after hating spent
i night and the greater portion Of two
days on the hills about Golden Gate
park. This party WAS composed Of
Mrs. Francis Winter, Miss Bcssic Mar
Hey, Dr.. Ernest w. Heming and Oliver
w. Posty, all prominent people of Los
| Angeles. All were guests at the Pal
ace hotel in san Francisco Tuesday
might. They returned with feet swollen
and bruised from miles of walking over
rugged, broken streets. and with flesh
scared and blistercd from cinder and
fame. DR. Fleming said that the num-
Der Of killed had been greatly exagger-
ated, but that hundreds, probably thou
sands, are suffering from burns, aud
hundreds OF thousands from hunger and
exposure. The party in which he was
a member was formed in the streets
of San Francisco on Wednesday morn
ing, when the second shock had made
the Palace hotel ,lntenable. They were
strangers until then.
To 4 representative Of the press, DIR.
Fleming said Il was sleeping in a
room on the third floor Of the hotel
when the first shock occurred. woke
to the groaning Of timbers. Then came
the roaring street. Plasterinas and wall
decorations fell. The sensation was as
| though the buildings were stretching
and writing like snake. The dark
ness WAS intense. Shrieixs Of women
cut the air. tumhlcd from the bed
and crawled toward the door The
twisting and writing appeared to in
/ crease. The air was oppressive.
wrenched tho lock, the door Of the room
swung bsck against my shoulder. just
then the building seemed TO breathe,
stagger and right itself But ned from
that building as from falling wall.
| / could not Believe that it could endure
such shock and still stand. The next
/ remember / wss standing in the
street laughing at the unholy appear
ance of half hundred men clad in
pajsmas and less. The women were
in their night robes; they made bet
ter appearance than the men. The
! street was rainbow OF colors In the
early morning light There was raj
ment of every ne-and in many cases
raimcnt never intended 10 be seen out
side the boudoir. I looked at the man
at my side; he was laughing at me.
! Then for the first time became aware
Of the fact that ! was in pajamas N.Y.
self. | turned and fled back to my
room. There ! dressed, packed my grip,
/ and fastened back to the street.
II noticed two women near me. They
were apparently without escort. One
said TO the other What wouldn't !
give to be back in Los Angeles again.
Tint awakened kindred feeling, and
! | proffcred my assistance. 7 put my
ovcrcoat on the stone steps Of build
! ing and told them to sit there In
less than two minutes those steps APP
pearcd to pitch everything forward, TO
be flying at me. The grooming and
writhing started afresh, But was
Just stunned. | stood there In the
street with debris falling about me. 1t
seemed the natural thing for the tops
Of buildings TO careen over and for the
| fronts TO fall out. do not even re-
call that the women screamed sYhe
street gave c0nvnlsiye shuIderf and
The buildings somewhat righted thek-
selves again. ] thought they had crash.
ed together above my head. The WON
en- arose and started TO walk. | fol-
! lowed in an aimless sort Of way.
eThe street was filed with moving
things again. The rainbow raiinent had
disappeared and all were clad In street
clothes Everyone was walking, but
there was no confusion. We did not
even seem in a hurry. Down Market
street the flames were growing brighter.
We walked with orr luggage 70 the 81.
Francis. Fires were burning down tow
ard the ferry, but the IRE department
had turned out. Soon | became aware
that squads OF soldiers were patrolling
the streets. II appeared perfectly nat
ural Men and women were all about
us. We looked at each other and talk
ed; even tried lnmely to Joke But
| every few minutes e0nvusiye culver
swept through the city The others
seemed 10 be shivering. ! noticed Tint
4 the eyes Of the men and women were
rolling restlessly. Their tones were
pitched high. IL seemed to CRATE on
my nerves. Then | fell 10 wondering
whether was talking shrilly, too. !
went TO grocery without front and
bought few things that would make
cold lunch The grocer did not even
ovcrchargc me. The soldiers told us
to move on. II seemed the natural
4 thing TO do.
"By this time the fire was creeping
dangerously close. We would have walk
( ed to The ferry We tried it on score
Of streets, but that wall Of fire was
always there. II seemed to creep across
in front of us. And IN front OF the
FIRE always walked the soldiers. A num-
Der Of times | hired express wagons.
We would ride for few blocks and
got out ON the sidewalk In not n
single instance were we charged more
than reasonable price for the ride.
Once VIC loitered until the soldiers came
up A rough fellow who had bcen
standing By my side tried TO dart
1 through the lines. He looked like z
bach comler. A younger lieutenant
caught him by the coat. 'EIcrci' he
called to bis men, Shoot this mani
! hurried Oh, without looking back. !
don't remember that heard q shot
frcd, bit III The tins ii seemed 70
trivial q matter tliat I did not ppy
much attention, Ff4
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