Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-21
1.AuGHING IN THE STREET.

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LAUGHING IN THE STREET.
urhe next remember | was standing
IN Tie street laughing at the unholy
annearanco OF half hundred men clad
,r pajamas-and less.
The women were in their night
rohes. they made better appearance
man the men. The street was a rain
how of color in the early morning
light. There WAS every stripe and hue
~ ralment never Intended to be seen
outside the boudoir.
III looked at a man at my side; he
Was laughing ut me. Then for the frst
time | became aware that | was In
naiamas myself. | turned and fled
Back to my room.
"There dressed, packed my grip and
FASTENED back 10 the street. All the
hls buildings on Market street toward
Inc ferry were standing, but ! marked
four separate fires. The fronts of the
small buildings had fallen out into the
streets and at some places the debris
had broken through the sidewalk into
cellars.
Il noticed two women near me. They
we're apparently without escort. One
said to the other: What wouldn't [
give to he back In Los Angeles again.
That awakened kindred feeling,
and ! proffered my assistance. | put
my overcoat on the stone steps OF "a
building and told them TO sit there.
I'm less than two minutes those steps
appeared to pitch right forward to be
flying at me. The groaning and with
ing started afresh.
"But / was Just stunned. | stood
there in the street with debris falling
for the tops OF buildings to Careen over
and for fronts to fall out. | do not
even recall that the women screamed.
] didn't seem to be a part Of It at all.
THE STREET THUNDERED.
THE street gave convulsive shud
der and the buildings somehow righted
themselves again. | thought they had
crashed together above my head.
The two women rose and started TO
sort Of way. The streets were filed
with moving things again.
GREW BRIGHTER.
But the rainbow raiment had dis
appeared; all were, clad IN street
clothes. Every one was walking; but
there was no confusion. We didn't ever,
seem in hurry. Down Market street
the flames We're growing brighter
After we had walked three or four
blocks ] remembered that | had my
coat on the steps. ] spoke 10 the la :
dies and they waited while | went back
for 1t. sE- N
Then ] met young Posey. He wen,
back WIN me TO the women, We
walked with oar luggage TO the 81.
HraDrtg Eircg l,,s
ward the ferry. but the fire department
had turned out, We had faith In the
fire department.
Soon became aware that squads
OF soldiers we're patrolling the street.
it appeared perfectly natural. | do not
think | wondered why they were there
Men and women were all about us
We looked at each other and talked
even tried lamely TO Joke. But every
few minutes a convulsive culver swept
through the city. The others seemed
to be shlverlng."
noticed that the eyes OF the men
and women were rolling restlessly
Their tones were pitched high. n
seemed to CRATE on my nerves. Then
4 fell to wondering whether was talk
F, Ing shrilly, too.
Il went to a grocery without a front
and bought few supplies, things that
would make a cold lunch The grocer
aid not even overcharge me, He was
particular to give me the right change
SOLDIERS MOVED US ON.
THE soldiers came and told us Ia
move on. II seemed the natural thing
: 10 do. BY this time the fire was creep
: Ing dangerously close. We would have
2 walked to the ferry. We tried It on a
I Of 90, ,l.k
: was always there, II seemed to cresr
: across In front OF us.
! And in front of the fire always walk.
: ed the soldiers. A number of times
7 hired express wagons. We would ride
= for few blocks and get out on the side
walk, In not single instance wer,
we charged more than reasonable
price for the ride.
SHOOT THAT MAN.
. once we loitered until the soldier,
came up. A rough fellow who hat
been standing By my side tried 10 dar
through the line He looked like ;
: beach comber
"A young lieutenant caught him b,
Y the coat.
Here he called to his men, Shoe
that man
: II hurried on without looking back
y J don't remember that | heard a sho
fired But at the time It seemed 81
trivial thing that ! did not pay mucl
attention.
The air was filed with the roar o
the explosions. They were dynamitin
great blocks. The sailors with training
guns raked rows Of residences.
IAN the while we were moving on
ward with the crowd. Cinders wer
falling about us. At times our cloth
Ing caught fire. just little embers tina
smoked once and went out, tn
sting burned our faces and we use'
handkerchiefs for wells.
Everybody around us was usin
some kind of cloth to shield their eyes
L IL looked curious TO see expressme
and Transfers wearing those wells.