The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-26
Suffered from Water Famine.

Suffered from Water Famine.
"We stayed there on the grass al
most all day. There was great suffer
ing. The horses tried to nibble the.
grass and the dead bushes. They also
had no water. A messenger came from
Mr.. Goerlitz to say that 4 should join
the other singers at the st. Francis and
see what we &C. could do, / said, No.,
told him Il am going to get out.
That s what we all want he said ito
get out, and he went away.
Manager Sheldon of the hotel was
the only quiet man. He is quiet, Sc
date Englishman, you know, and his
tion on all of us. Isaid to him when the
fire seemed to increase, Shall we not
pack our trunks?' He said, Yes; you
had better be thinking about it, and
then saw that he, too, was quietly get
Late in the afternoon he came out into
the park, and said, Ny old aunt and
uncle have just got away by the boat
to Oakland. I have been down twice
and I am sure we can take you. I
have carriage and express wagon here
It was perfectly fine carriage, and
when we had loaded my trunk on the
express wagon we drove away. We
| went thru back streets down thru Chi
| natown. It seemed that there were
everywhere, driven out and sitting in
| the street with armfuls of clothes and
their mattresses slung over their backs.
Many were cooking in the streets, with
little fires built between piles Of brick.
AS we got toward the ferry everything
seemed deserted and quiet. There was
almost nobody on the ferryboat, only a
few Cinnamon, with their packs slung
over their shoulders. The sight look
ing back was too terrible to think Of,
for you know the whole city seemed to
be burning by that time:
-, Got on First Train.
| We got to Oakland at 6 O'Clock and
almost as we stepped ashore from
the ferryboat another earthquake came,
! I. was too frightened to think, I only
saw train drawing into the station
said to my maid, Marie, we must get
on that train. There was little ne.
gro boy standing near. I took him by
the ear and said, Here, help us carry
these bags. He said, Il can't; ]
= can It. I said, You do; you do There
was no one to help. There were com
paratively few people in, sight any
"On that train we got. didn It know
where it was going to; I didn't care
When the conductor came and sale
Tickets, said Il have nothing to give
you, but some money. Where are W.
going to?' Then he said the train was
a slow train on the main line east an(
later he got me drawing room in tn,
parlor, car. It was SO that we got al
far as Ogden in Utah. There they toll
me there was no accommodation on tn
Overland Limited. So my maid kept OF
know where she has got to, nor wher
are the trunks, for which Iqahave tn
checks from Oakland: r. -
" When the Overland Limited, which
left San Francisco at IL O'Clock OF
Thursday morning. got to Ogden, Their
! were very few people aboard but Mis-
Weed and Miss Jacoby were there, tn
} first friends I saw. Everything ha,
been engaged and nothing was occu
} pied. We got to Chicago Sunday morn
) ing and no one met us, no one kney
we were coming. BY this time we hear
the other singers, sly, were reported SAFE
: who has managed the; opera in Chicag
fol-, many years, 4hh came>,to the Aud
torium, did everything for us, an
} started us: on the Twentieth ,Centur
train Sunday afternoon. It is har
to realize that we are here, safe agai,
q have been on trains CONSTANT
for more than two weeks. , After ,th
> engagement in Chicago I went home t
my sister in Milwaukee and my mothe
: in Grantsburg, Wis, and I got to Sa
t Francisco the day the opera seaso
e began week ago this evening. The
|, on Tuesday I sang " Carmen, - and fv
e hours after the performance we were a
0 in the street. The opera house, whic
e was near the Palace hotel, was burr
s ing up, and all my favorite costume
9 were gone. The other singers lost a
l their personal baggage and in additio
- their theater clothes, SO that I We
= more fortunate than the rest.' ~
y Has No Nerves Left.
}, 1t was at this moment that PHI
tographer present in the room aske
Miss Fremstad to look up for momen
AS she did SO and the glare and expl
sion of the dashlight followed, Il
singer jumped and screamed.
You see, We have no nerves left!
she said. "The things we saw ar
heard and felt were too terrible to r
call, and while feel so happy to ha,
come thru it, yet I cannot tell you no
solemn were ones feelings in the m
ment of escaping. When the earth ju
here she shook both fists with gre;
I never want even to think of
again. ~ T.. ..~ +.a. 49,. !.
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