The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-13
NEWSPAPER WRlIERs
Tell OF EAR HQUAkE
DIFFERENT ANGLE OF DISASTER
SEEN By EACH.
San Francisco Chronicle Staff Give
Il Symposium Of Personal Experiences
on Dire Day Of City's Doom, and Az
terward- Distress Of Dogs Forms Pa
thetic Part of Story of Horror.

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a two page. symposium by members
of the Chronicle staff detailing their
experiences and observations on the
day of San Francisco s great: catastro-
phe, is one Of the most interesting COM
pilations made in connection with the
earthquake. The Chronicle, by the way,
has resumed its regular ppearances on
the exchange tables of Minneapolis,
and It's makeup speaks volumes for the
ing its forces together In so short q
time. The symposium is made up Of
signed articles by sixteen members Of
the staff, each one Of whom saw the
quake and the fire from different
angle. s,
e. 70 John ?. Young the absence Of
panic appealed most strongly. With.
fires breaking out on every hand and
the faeillities for fighting It manifestly
sdeadened the sensibilities Of the SUR
/ viyors to the magnitude Of this second
George Hamlin Fitch tells how he
failed to appreciate the extent Of the
destruction, but walked around the
city. watching the fires till suddenly he
realizing that his own home was in dan
ger. Hlrrying back, he was prevented
by militiamen from entering his house
and see his Rne library OF 5000 vol
umes go npsin smoke. Is. 6
Beg for Chewing Gum. I
Le Roy Hartley contribution is de.
Thursday following the quake. He
happened to have several packages of
chewing gum in his pocket, and seeing
two little boys in the crowd Of refugees
who were suffering with thirst, he gave
them each piece Of the gum. His act
was noticed, and he was almost mobbed
by refugees who were suffering for wa
ter, and who begged for gum as a
means Of alleyiating their thirst.
BY seeing twelve little Angora kittens
left in a basket at the base Of the
Dewey monument. In spite Of all the
horrors Of that and the succeeding days
he could not help wondering all the
time what became Of the spletty little
things. Still another staff observer was
impressed by the number Of babies
strapped to trunks along with other
lvaluables, and being hauled to safety
| by devoted parents. IS g 4. +
+ Dogs Terror Stricken.
I A. most interesting set Of observa.
tions$ are those Of E. 8. Simpson, who
in the midst Of the horrible panic and
feonfusion, oted the actionssof the ter.
part Sc the city Where M. Simpson was
at skhes time Of the @aliaA did not i'm
| press him i 8ss part horEify ing
/ He sSHsWAfs RACED 6rs raeke d and dust
clouds fdffns, but
there was tti IS pa ofs dire dis
aster that .segnSeg any ssdeq uate i'm
preston s. III 4
atheg far. for they loNly
|, ItImcaAsd and whined. All Of them pantei
4 steadily up the steep hill. Then ans
u thus T. knew that bad as it had beer
II with HIS, on the hills, the darker chap
Il a ttersgof the story e of woe were tolsbs
Tread ON the lowlands an din the val
i leys.t We were shaken but safe; below
/ us were nameless horrors, the dog
i knew, and knowing, ran to the higl
i places. :ss: sts3 IS.
80 Oh an afternights sleek cocker
very weary cal led upon Jus in Che hurly
A burlY of q great newspapers army
called suddenly to fight the Creates
!!f Of aitss BATTLES. He was : not hungry
4 What he wanted was human Kindness
T In his mouth he carried big beef bone
When he lay down In utter WEAKNESS
he put his paw on it just as men will
gums and clubs-on nearby streets
were standin gguard over their ittl.
heaps Of burnt and blistered, battered
cans. saw the managing editor reaecl
down q grimy hand to pat. the wander
er and was glad.
I. "My friend s wise terrier, remote
and safe fro, mshock or fire, began a
once on the first day Of the tragedy t
burying supplies IN a backyard planted
thick with her instructive provision
against the famine, that mankind, pro
4 ceeding effectively, has averted. -
| 80 Among the miles Of smoking ruins
! dogs wander seeking masters, some o:
1 who mare here and some in the here
whom are here and come back from, thu
hills /,
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