Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-23
TELL OF EXPERIENCES
MANY REFUGEES FROM UTAH
SOME FREAK INCIDENTS.


Francisco at the time of the earthquake.
and many of them returned home yester-
day. bringing mass of Information. J. J.
DAILY a wealthy mine owner. escaped with
his wife and four children. He left the
Charlemagpe Hotel in his automobile, but
the police made him give It Zip to carry
the wounded. Speaking of his experiences,
he said:
THE policing of the city was perfect un-
der the circumstances and 1 want to give
unstinted praise to the chief and his brave
men. We finally got over to Oakland. and.
In half-starved condition, entered a res
taurarlt there. Six of US ate a hearty meal
and the check was only s1.60. We were
astonished. but II Is the law among these
people that no more than cost should be
charged any one from San Francisco Find
Ing our eyes affected by the heat and ashes
we sought an oeulist. who treated US with
more than ordinary care. When he finished
! asked for the bill. and he said: No,
sir: We charge nothing to the people who
come from that awful trial over yonder
Queek Freaks of Earthquake.
Another arrival describes a number of
queer freaks of the earthquake. In the
midst of ruined fsur-story buildings stood q
house of three stories. which had been tilt
ed on jack screws and timbers to make
room for another story beneath 1t. 1t STOOD
apparently unframed by the shock. Not
a piece of the underpinning was displaced.
One of the churches on Van Ness avenue
had a mosque-like dome. The building was
blown down. all the walls falling away. but
the steel structure, invisible at Il distance.
remained supporting the dull gray dome.
which seemed floating In the air like bal
loon Two theatrical people were in hotel
in Santa Rosa when the shock came.
The room was on the fourth noor Inc
roof collapsed. The woman was thrown
from the bed and both were caught by the
descending timbers and pinned helplessiy De
meath the debris. They could speak 10 each
other and could touch each other hanos,
but the weight was SO great that they could
do nothing to liberate themselves. After
three hours rescuers came, cut hoie IN
the roof and both were released unin3urea.
The man had In his room pocket DOCK
containing $10O and his card and pair OF
cuff buttons. Both were reStoreu 10 hiii
before he left Santa Rosa.
Some Strange Sights.
Among the queer sights witnessed by this
narrator was lone woman patiently push
ing an upright piano along the pavement
a few inches at time, an old man rldfng
a bicycle and carrying a skye terrier, the
only thing he had saved, and woman low
ingly embracing Japanese doll. He also
heard a guest berating the proprietor OF
hotel five minutes after the shock because
he had not been Weakened at . O'Clock. &C
cording to instructions. The guest vowed
Indignantly that he would never stop at
that house again, and ne never WILL Ior the
hotel Is not there.
Miss Ida G. Boutwell,, a student tells or
incidents at Stanford University. CIR!
was dressing In one of the sorority houses,
when the floor gave way. Her companion
looked up. saw that she was gone, and
shrieked: Where are you, Mary?" oh
/ am in the parlor," replied the girl calmly,
as she wriggled out Of the heap of plaster
and mortar below. One man, at least, &C
cording to Miss Boutwell,. missed what
would have been the experience OF iife-
time because he did not wake up. Although
the fraternity house was almost razed 70
the ground this man. whose name she did
not learn, Slept on, and was stili sleeping
when they rescued him from the ruins
.'The fortunate thing about the earth
quake is that 1t did not occur In the day
time" said Miss Boutwell, In that event
the result would have been terrible Ihe
buildings that are mostly occupied py
classes were completely destroyed and the
loss of life would have been great
Some Ludicrous Scenes.
There were ludicrous scenes. even in the
saddest hours, and / cannot forget them,
said l.. e. Ryter, Salt Lake mining man.
81 never saw so many parrots. canary
birds, mocking birds and pet dogs together
in my life. l saw a pet dog on the seat OF
an automobile, the owner Of which would
not stop to take in wounded man on the
sidewalk. One thing in particular will al
ways remain in my memory. On pile OF
bricks. stones and rubbish was thrown the
body of a man, shot through the heart, and
on his chest was pinned piacard Take
mos
terrorize those who would steal or make
trouble.
II met one poor crazy woman. who stop
ped us to say that they had killed her hus-
band and might as well XIII her Then she
changed her cry and said she was COW
and asked us to take her away. Our hearts
were conyulsed with pity, but what could
we do? We left her talking to the next
corners and could only hope that those
finally in authority would take care OF her.
The Spirit of Brotherhood.
'sIt was grand to see the spirit of the
men who had lost fortunes themselves. In
cheering up the poor ones who had lost
things of no great value. Why. I lost
5000. co., said one. What is your baby
carriage to that? Cheer up. 1t will all
come out In the wash The acts of some Of
the express and carriage drivers. however.
were outrageous. | witnessed one case in
parley man got an expressman to agree
to take himself and wife to the ferry for
$50 A bell boy ran out and said: What
yer doing? That Teller over there's got
$50 for that trip. So the man had to pay
$50 or walk His wife could not walk, so
he paid it,
Dr. George V. Schramm a young medical
graduate, says "As / was passing down
Market street with a new-found friend an
automobile came rushing along with two
soldiers in it. My doctors badge protected
me, but the soldiers invited my companion,
a husky six-footer. to get into the auto
mobile. He said: L don't want to ride and
have plenty OF business to attend to- Once
more they invited him and he refused. One
of the soldiers pointed a gun at him and
said: We need such men as you to save
women and children and to help fight the
fire. The man was on his way to find his
sister. but ne yielded to the inevitable. He
worked all day with the soldiery and when
released TO get lunch he felt that he could
20, scientiously desert to go and find his