Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-18

the street. Inc CLOSING or THESE Duild-
ings FOR business work win OF course
paralyze the city. The loS OF life, II
Is thought here, will be greatly les
sened on account Of the fact that the
people We're mostly asleep In the resi-
dence district, and Salt Lake relatives
are not justified in assuming that San
Francisco friends were injured or killed
because the places OF business IN which
they were located were destroyed. The
dispatches 70 far In no way indicate a
general loss Of life through the resi-
dcnce section.
LOCAL TELEGRAPH OFFICES.
The news Of the calamity spread with
astonishing rapidty around the city,
and in short time both the Western
Union and the Postal Telegraph local
offices were besieged with anxious peo-
pie begging and beseeching that they
he given preference to wire through TO
friends and relatives. Manager May OF
the Western Union estimates that be-
fore II O'Clock fully 1000 people had
entered the office with this demand. At
the Postal II was the same story and
the Postal Telegraph company received
messages for transmission with Tho
expectancy that every minute the op-
fIdIolh VA san IEuH'infp Noulh htStlt
their posts as the oncomlng fire orcpt
up an them.
LAST OAKLAND MESSAGE.
The last message TO nc received from
Oakland was delivered 10 r.. X. Pells,
resident OF sun Francisco. who is "A
guest at the Wilson. Shortly after
o'clock he received n message from his
partner John Sword. dated from Oak
land which stated Conditions so bad
can't describe them
Up TO noon Vice President and Gem
erai Manager W. H. Bancroft Of the
oregon Short Line. who has been striy-
ing hard Ia get into communication
with General Manager f.. Il. Calvin of
the Southern Pacific IN San Francisco,
failed to hear from any Southern PaCl-
hc officials The only information OBJ
tainsble being meager details from Sac
ramento.
Judging from the number OF people
who entered the two telegraph Offices
IN this city there are hundreds OF Salt
Lakers or relatives OF residents of this
city In and around San Francisco to-
day
WALLACE MUCH CONCERNED.
one OF the pathetic cases was that OF
w. K. Wallace, whose wife and two lit
tie boys are stopping In downtown
hotel. He was nearly frantic with
anxiety and left on the overland limit
ed at IL 80 for the scene OF the disaster
He fled messages at both Offices ana
made the round OF the newspapers In
hopes Of hearing something definite.
The assurances that the Palace and St
H.. 4 81
to bring him comfort. II can't help
looking ON the dark side of things" he
said, "of course those hotels are stand.
ing because the Palace is built Of wood
and the 81 Francis OF steel and stone
but the hotel my little ones are In Is a
brick structure.
"A BRIGHTER VIEW.
Mort Allen was more optimistic. Aft
er reading a bulletin that had heeil
posted downtown to the effect that
Rcrkley was totally destroyed. ne said.
That's All rot. Berkeley IL comprised
mostly of rustic frame houses that
would take all kinds of an earthquake
to shake them down. But ne went into
the telegraph office and filed mes
sage TO his mother. IN addition 10 Mrs,
Allen he has two sisters IN Borkloy, one
attending the college and the other the
high school.
In this connection the Berkeley story
Is being interpreted In various fash.
ions one san Francisco man in the
crowd volunteered the opinion that II
Berkeley had been destroyed It was ths
big Southern Pacific ferry bearing that
name.
Gal T. I AYERS u'JIEpE
Despite assurances. there are plenty
Of anxious people in Salt Lake today
Among those are a number anxiously
awaiting a word from dear ones. Mrs
]. J, Mcclellan heard from her hus-
hand yesterday from San Francisco
but as he was going TO Los Angeles
before returning home, II Is possible
that he is on the water at this time
and knows nothing about the disaster
r.. c. Edison, who rooms at the Unlver
sity club, has wife and sister I'm san
Francisco: John j. Judson, the whole
sale drug man; G. d. Taylor. Of Brad
streets; Henry Cohn. John T.. Dooly
Joseph Cohn and others, all have mem
bers OF their families I'm sam Francis
co.
Among other Salt Lakers believed e
be I'm San Francisco are ], william
Clawson Mrs. Mary Clawson, daughte
Of John clark. Meldon ClaWson, Del
Clawson Cummings and family. Mrs
Ritter sister OF Mrs Heber NJ, Wells
Mrs. Mitchell and Miss Shields, sister
NJ r. j. Shields; sister OF David Cal
der, and Sylvester Cannon, IN addition
to President Robinson and the Nor
mon" Elders laborng IN that city.
Another Salt Iakcr who IL very anNl
. H.. sat.la
il w. G.. Shoemaker travelling freigh
agent for the colorado & Southern
Who recently sent Mrs. Shoemaker an,
his boy to San Francisco for a change
STILL OTHERS
Mai and Mrs George NJ. Downey
Mai, George r. Downey L, 5, A.. Mr.
Moylan r. Fox. George n Wetmor,
Mai Harry Hill. George NJ, Scot
Charles w Pratt and bride Cat tn
Buckingham Charles Lawrence.
" Wilson. Henry Newell, NJ. NJ. John
son. WIN Cunningham, ]. j Dial
(probably). IA Sheets. Hughey eth
hall playerl. Mrs. John Loveioy, Mr.
William r. Wallace and two children
Albert Mccormick. VIII Mas, the par
pnts Of Druggist Mathis Of this cit!
the wife ana daughter of Enright tn
sheepman. Cat the ST. Nicholas hotel
r. r. Darling. Lorenzo Snow, Jr.. Mr.
Florence r. Woodruff (nt oakland
the family Of Joe Euscnsperger Ga
berkeley. VI D. Grosh of this cit
has two brothers. a. h. and w. I
Grosh and two sisters, Mrs. w. !
I.arzelcre and Mrs O, 6. Sage, Twin
IN San Francisco
THRONGEp TELEGRAPH OFFICES
These are just few OF the Sa
Lakers who thronged the telegrap
Offices IN the hope of getting mes
sages through or receiving word froi
pke.rtF prau