The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-04-27
THE WRECklhG
Of STANFORD
Mrs. Grace Cannon Writes
Letter from PaIo Alto,
California.
HAD A NARROW ESCAPE
HOUSE DAMAGED To SOME Elk.
f TENT-SHAkEN FROM THEIR
sEDs-THE UNIVERSITY is IN
RUINS. .s~l -

Mrs. H. L. Cannon, wife of Prof.
Cannon Of Leland" Stanford Univer
sity, and daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. l..
t. Lemon of Richmond, has written
an interesting letter to her parents
relative to the earthquake, which in
part destroyed the great university
buildings. The letter says:
Well We are unhurt, but | am free
to confess badly scared. Of course you
know of the awful earthquake, but
most sincerely hope. you will never ex-
perience anything like one. We were
in bed at SO a. m. | asleep. Levin
awake, when the awful swaying COM
menced. | don't know whether | was
thrown out of bed but found myself
on my knees by the little crib. One
could not possibly stand on his feet.
Miss Girard was sleeping with Louise
and Leonard in the other room, as we
had been out late the night before.
Crash after crash came as everything
in the living room fell to the floor
Water was pouring out of the pipes,
and we thought the end of the world
had come. The kitchen range was
knocked off its legs. the pipes wrench
ed off and everything flooded with wa
ter. l dressed as hurriedly as possible
but levin rushed out in his night
clothes and turned off the water, but
all from the hot water tank ran into
the kitchen. We were unframed SO
we hurried over to Aliens and found
them all right. Their chfmneys were
down and everything looked like des-
truction, but all were safe. We went
right to work to clean things up; even
the heavy clock was down and most
of my china is gone. We have just
one cup unbroken.. We got coffee and
eggs and had breakfast, bat are now
all out of doors as it is feared there
will be more
Mr.. Martin came 20 tell US the news
from the University. It is in ruins
the beautiful church and arch, the
new library, the gymnasium, and
worst of ALL two men We're killed over
there and fourteen hurt. When one
floor fell with a heavy chimney Poor
Levin was SO worried over, the manu-
script for his book, that finally | con
septed to his going. over, under prom
Use that he wouldn't go, to tbs, third
floor, if it seemed dangerous. Mr.. Mar
tin said that Mr., Rolls Office. was
torn open, it is next to Lewis. Poor
boy, if his three years work is scat
tered it will be hard on him + s.
Well we are still waiting an it is
about two o'clock Every once in a
while the earth trembles but not very
badly. Levin went over to the cam
pus and says words cannot describe
the ruins. The big entrance arch is
down and nearly everything is in
ruins. The coroner where his office is.
is still standing but he didn't dare go
up. DR.. Adams tried it but said he
wouldn't again for $1,000. Unless an
other quake comes l think he can
save his. things. One big. wing of the
museum is smashed in and the church
is ruined This afternoon, we are, all
so tired that we can hardly move. We
ache. from head to foot. suppose it
is the nervous strain.
(Friday)-Well l am sitting here at
home with loaded revolver and RI
fle and four babies, wondering what
will happen next. ...s --,....
(Sat,lrday)-You see cannot get
time to write as I intended but will
send this and write more later. Levin
has rescued the book from the third
floor and it is now down in his Office.
1t will be brought home today all in a
mess" of course.
: We have been cooking supplies to
send to, the city (san Francisco) and
have enough to keep ourselves from
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