The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-23
WOMAN OF WEALTH
DRANK FROM GUTTER
.Gnawed at Bread Given to Her
By Baker Too Busy to Ac-
ccpt Pay.

PORTLAND, ORE. April Ut was
trial l do not care ever to remember
said Mrs. Moores, wife Of Or. G. f..
Moores, in relating their fearful aaven-
ture. Eve we're living in No. sos l-2 Jes-
sic Street. Immediately after the shock
my husband and /. went into the street.
He tried to cheer me BY saying It was
all over. but knew better. Already mes
had started and there was conste'natI6n
everywhere. We had purchased our tick
cts and intended returning horne nat
morning. so We carried out our plan.
"a wagon came along loaded with wood
and paid $40 to have the wood unloaded
mud placed our baggage In It, Before |
had gone two blocks It was cont1acated Dy
the police and the goods dumped IN me
street. Ny husband got other teams. ard,
after being forced to deliver one hl,nured
pounds OF bandages to the nDfp!tas. sue
ceeded in reaching the ferry: IT mad cost
us more than $50.
81 was at the MEsket Street Bank long
before time to open and the president WIS
there with his wife. i begged them to LEI
me go TO the vault for valuable papers
and money, which they did. 1 then start
ed for the ferry, and don't know how
got there. wandered through streets
that seemed, impossible. In one bakery
was so weak. The proprietor refused
K to sell 1t to me. ! then wanted a cake,
which lie would not sell, and finally he
gave me loaf of bread, saying he was
too busy to accept pay.
sat puddles in the street, drank and
gnawed at the bread between times, hus-
banding my strength. Arriving at the
lower end Of Market Street. was re-
fused permission to pass through the
lines tried to force my way through
and a policeman drove me back with his
club. rctraced few steps and th.Al
rushed for the ropes. T.ttlng through.
T saw two men shot while In the act OF
stealing hats that fell from a store win
dow.
tween two fires, tho Pick building and
Pacific Coast Dock. The structures ware
n mass OF flames and the heat was suf-
locating. The f1remen We're pumping
water from the bay and when they saw
mo they turned the hose IN my dlrec-
t,on, trying ia drive me back. In
sisted In pressing forward because the
water kept mo cool and rendered the heat
less sitting. AS | emerged from the
street, fell into the arms Of my husband,
sim clinging to tho loaf Of bread"
so many pathetic happenings wero
seen that It was pitlful" said i; %.
palmer. "For Instance, In Market Street
OH wednesday morning saw a woman
walking along wrapped only ina blanket,
carrying a bird cage and a broom. Later
man came past arrayed ~ an under-
shirt. short overcoat and one sock, An
other was robed only In underwear bare
footed and Juggling q sewing machine,
A fourth rode through Market Street on
wheel imagining himself physician
His eyes were set and his face aahen
gray, giving him a death-like appearance.
lie would ride into crowd and hold
forth several medical journals, utterlng
no Il, word, but letting his gaze wander over
the throng, and showing not the slight
est sign OF sanity in his expresslon.
women crowded through Market Street
leading children and carrying babies in
their arms. Dozens lost their lives be-
cause Of falling walls Horses We're a. 2
ynremum and so many Of them became
mnmanageabIe that men had TO drag the
wagons filed with injured and dead