The San Francisco call., 1906-05-06
GATHERING DATA
FOR COMPILATION
OF THE HISTORY
Committee Sends Out Let
tiers With List OF
Questions.
Many Official Documents
Secured for the
Work.

The Committee On History and Sta
tisties, which is located on the third
floor Of the Hamilton Grammar School,
Geary street between Pierce and Scott,
is rapidly gathering, for publication by
the government at Washington, mater
isl for . complete and accurate histori-
eel account Of the earthquake and fire.
Many original documents, prOclama-
tions and orders issued by the military
and other authorities have been OBJ
tanned, Hundreds Of photographs have
been collected, statements have been re-
ceived from men prominent in the work
Of the Committee Of Fifty, and others
viii be gathered. The Committee is
now endeavoring TO obtain from that
part Of the community which suffered
directly from the calamity personally,
narratives Of their experiences and OBJ
servationE.
The Committee, as originally consti-
tuted, was composed OF John S. Drum,
the wel-known attorney; Edward F.
Moran, president Of the Civil Service
Commission; Richard c. Harrison, son
Of Justice Harrison Of the Appellate
Court; Clement Bennett, the United
States Official Reporter and n. Morse
Stevens, Professor of History at the
University Of California. They viii
have as assistants several Of the stu
dents in history under Professor Ste
venS.
just at present the Committee is an
x1ous TO obtain from the public their
impression and experiences so that the
matter prepared for publication viii
present the work Of relief, both from
the standpoint Of the men engaged in
administering the relief, and from the
standpoint Of those who are relieved.
For the purpose Of obtaining such in
formation thousands Of circulars will
be issued asking the public to answer
the following questions and to mail
their answers 10 the headquarters Of
the Committee:
!. State your name, the number in
your household, and where you were
living. on April L, 1906.
2. Where were you at the time of
the earthquake in the early morning Of
April Is, 1906f
3. What was your personal exper-
iencef
4. What was the effect Of the earth
quake upon the building in which you
were, and what was the effect upon
your place Of businessf
8. What was your personal exper-
ience during the fret
9. Give If you can the exact time
!. l.
observation caught fire.
z. At what places and when and
how did you and the members Of your
family take refuge during and after
the fret If you camped out, where and
how long were you in campf What
shelter, if any, did you havef
s. Did you receive relief at any Of
the relief stationsf IF 30 where7
9. What was the nature OF the relief
afforded to yOu (a) in shelter (b) in
foodf
10. Give your personal experience Of
the work Of relief.
IL. State briefly your personal OBJ I
servations Of the measures taken for
the perfection Of order
(a) by the q. 6. soldiers and ma
rines;
Ap) Dy the Natlona1 Guard;
(c) by the University Cadets
(d) by the regular Police;
(e) by the Special Police;
~ by the Citizens Patrol, Local |
Vigilance Committees, etc;
Ce) by any others.
IL. Did you personally witness any
acts Of violencei II 30 at what time
and at what placei
13. Give any other details witnessed /
by yourself that may aid in the for I.
nation Of an accurate historical record (
Under this head state any injuries to
persons from earthquakes OF from fire
that came under your personal observa-
tiOn.
Any person who Is in possession Of
any information that may be Of SER
vice 70 the COMMITTEES is invited TO send
the information to headquarters, or 10 /