The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-04-24
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HUNDREDS Il Or CHINAMEN
rs LOCKd THEMSELVES sI0Ist: !
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Efforts Of Soldiers to. Drive Them
faout FAIL Then Dynamite Is
a21 Used and Poor Wretchss
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B12San Francisco, April 22-Fren-
zied by fear Of the earthquake and
the flames that swept San Francis.
90, ihundredsI of 9Chinamen locked
themsel9esIinthe lahyrinths of the
ieity,s famous c ChinatoWn9an and were
blownlint eternity r by aths9dyna.'
Enite used by SOLDIERS and 96remen
towreck the buildings In an effort
Eto check the resistlessl sMeepeoff the
famess ,foidD 10 3no .siIimwGa /
GoThis issthel story of itha ldestluc.
| ton of this portion aof rths lGalifor-
MIA citybtold :byiaL. Bio Libby a
tfavelingonan from Ne " York,owho
escaped from the palace 5hota1 the
day5aftef tbsI calamity begsn.ni /
tsdAftefthe lfrstsshoek had dsnpassea
the fameso hegan sto rdevours fhe
bnildingsiof this district as,1though,
they fwereo 40 eImucho spowder5d 5d and
Chinatown WAS IAN o inferno uofi ter
kier, heusays.Iy Z Thouaandsoof the yell
low men rushed about the streets
and through the tortuous passages
of the buildings raving like mad
dened animals, shrieking with ter.
ror, gesticulating wildly and jabber-
ing. Many escaped and rushed
smadly to the ferry. But, others,
too terror-stricken to try to save
themselves, ran directly into dang
er and refu ed to be moved out Of
their dens. where they were cremat-
ed alive. More were blown to frag-
ments along with their buildings.
"The extent of the loss of life in
Chinatown" said Mr.. Libby, "will
never be known. The number is
m ost probably in the thousands, for
the Chinamen filled the buildings
and the underground chambers like
bees in a hive: I fear that COM
paratively few, escaped from the
subterranean passages. - 81 :
.iWhen the first shCck' occurred
hundreds of Chin me n rushed from
the buildings into the streets. The y
ran about like wild men while The
earth was shaking great buildings
into heaps of ruins. From every
window and door, terror-stricken
faces peered out. They watched
the buildings swaying to. and fro,
then the whole population of the
district was seized with a panic.
The din of roise raised by the
shouting, screaming men, women
and children lose above that of ev-
erything .lse. Every Cninaman
was talking, what he was saying
no white man and probably few
Chinese knew. They rushed a m
lessly hither and thither until the
shock was over, then disappeared
into the intricate passages of their
buildings and the undergt ound
chambers When the fire started
and the f lmes swoopsd down upon
them many ran out, dragging great
bundles of personal effects and
trappings that a Chinaman holds
| most dear. I don't believe a man
attempted to get to place Of safety
without first trying to get together
all his worldly goods and take
them along. This desire TO save
their effects that was greater than
their care for personal safety caused
many to lose b II ! yes. ? 7i1 {hq
1.-The soldiers realized that Chi
natown would probably. be th'
scene of the most widespread de-
struction of human life unless th'
yellow men and their families wer,
herded out while there was ye
! time, and a big force of men wa
sent there to take charge of the dis
trict. g. ..--55r - 49, '.'i - '',,, ,.,
"The flames spread SO rapid,
s through the district that the onl
hope Of checking them lay in tn
wrecking of the structures with dy
Mantle. Quantities Of explosive
were brought and squads Of soldier
went through the buildings tryin
| to get the occupants out. Instea
Of fleeing for their lives, the Celes
tials ran into their little room
locked themselves in and refused
7 bs taken out. The onrush of th
3 fire made it impossible for the go
diers to break in the doors and dra
3 out the stupefied wretches. Tt
htdynamite had to be~used, and whe
Il due Efforts had been put forth
8 get the eChinamen out, building q
4 Liter building was. blown into fra,