Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-19
GRAPHIC STORY
OF EYE WITNESS
First Shock Was Simply Appal.
ling in the Terror Of Its
Force.
EARTH SEEMED TO HEAvE.
Women We're Ilystcrical and Prayed
While the Men We're simply
DaIcd.

Salinas, Cal. April lo.--J. p. Anthony,
a business man of Pacific Grove, ar.
rived In this city this morning, having
made the trip from San Francisco by
automobile. He left there AT o'clock
last evening. Mr.. Anthony is the first
tion from San Francisco. His story is
graphic and complete Mr.. Anthony
says that he was sleeping Ia his room
at the Ramona hotel on Ellis street
near Mason, and was suddenly awak-
ened ut 5e3 yesterday morning The
first shock that brought him out Of
he'd, he says, was appalling In its terri
BILE force. The whole earth seemed
TO heaye and fall. The building where
he was housed. which is six stories
high, was lifted from It's foundation
and the roof caved lu. A score or
more Of guests, men and women, i'm
mediately made their way TO the street
which was soon filed with people, and
q perfect panic ensued. Debris show
cred into the street from the hui dings
ON every side,
saw 1 Ispt lNll.iISDt
As a result, Mr.. Anthony says. he saw
n score or more of people killed. Wo-
men became hysterical and prayed in
the streets while men sat on the surb-
ing, appearing 20 be dazed. 1t was 20
minutes before those in the vicinity
seemed To he able tvfrealize the enor-
nifty Of the catastrophe. The crowds
became larger and IN the public squares
of the city, and in empty lots, thous-
ands of people gathered.
II was O'clock before the police
were In control of the situation. when
they finally resumed charge, the oiii-
GERS directed energy toward warning
the people IN the streets away from
dangerous buildings which were on
the brink of topping over.
BYSTANDERS PARALYzED.
Mr.. Anthony says he was walking on
Market street, near the Emporium,
about . a. m, when "A severe shock was
felt At once the street nlled again
with excited persons. and thousands
We're soon gathered in the vicinity,
paralyzed with fear. Before the spec
tators could realize what had happen
ed. the walls of the building swayed a
distance of three feet. The thousands
of bystanders stood as II paralyzed, OK
pecting every moment that they woulf
be crushed, but another tremble SEEM
ed to restore the big building 10 It's
natural position. Mr., Anthony SAID
that he momentarily expected that with
thousands " others who were In
the neighborhool he would be
crushed to death In few
moments. He made his way down
Market street as far as the Call build
ing from which flames were issuing.
every window being on fire with the
blaze shooting out through the roof
A CRACKING MASS OF FLAMES,
A similar condition prevailed in the
Examiner building across the street.
He then started for the depot at Third
and Townsend streets, determined TO
leave the city He found a procession
Of several thousand other persons
headed IN the same direction. All
south of Market street was at that
time a cracking mass of flames.
Ho made his way TO Eighth and Mar
ket, thence down Eighth to Town
send aud to Third street, and the
entire section which he traversed was
atire, making II impossible for him
10 back track, but found that his re-
treat had been cut off by the flames.
He then went 10 Twelfth street and
reached Market again by the city hall.
San Francsco's magnificent municipal
building had conceived like an egg
she'll The steel dome was still stand
ing but the rest of the 100000 90
structure was q, mass 81 charred ruins.
HOSPITALS FILLED.
1t was not vet noon. but the city's
hospitals were already filled with dead
and injured and all available store
rooms were being pressed into serve.
Dead bodies were being carried from,
the streets In garbage wagons. IL
every direction hysterical women Vert
seen, hen, walking through the
streets, some OF them weeping and 9TH
ers with blanChed faces. Transfer men
were being offered fabulous sums 10
remove household goods even for a
block distant, Horses had been turned
loose and were running at large to pre-
vent their being moderated in tn,
burning buildings. Women had loaded
their personal belongings on carts and
were pulling them through the city.
the property being hudded In the pubic
squares
BY ~ o'clock the streets were abso-
lutely ehoked. Ala p. IN. Mr. Anthony
was In front OF the Flood building.
which was still standing but twisted
out of shape. A similar condition pre-
vailed at the phelan building and also
at the CAL building, when a rev MINI
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