The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-04

ticuiatIng wildly. rushing up TO frs
one a4ld then the other, apparently nol
knowing which way 10 turn or what &c
do.
When had got few personal pos
sessions together and reached the
streets the sight vas horrible Several
of the dead were stretched out On the
streets the sidewalks were torn up. in
/ places the streets seemed TO be barri-
| caded with huge piles Of debris. and
| live electric wires we're hanging down
everywhere
MEN AND WOMEN
DAZED BY TERROR
a regular panic seemed to have
taken hold Of every one, and men and
women were wandering around, dis
regarding the falling stones. in a dazed
manner The greatest amount Of dam
age al that tine appeared 10 be in the
downtown districts and along the water
front I believe that hundreds Of peo-
pie lost their lives especially those
who lived in the tenement district.
These buildings collapsed like egg
shells l noticed one woman. appar-
entity more than 50 years old. crawliIlg
along the sidewalk with blood stream
ing from her head and her clothing al
most turn from her body. This is only
one out Of the numerous scenes that
observed while On my way TO the ferry.
Policemen. however, worked Ike
beavers. Automobiles could be seen
on every hand, conveying Injured per-
sons TO the hospitals. Every sort Of
vehicle was pressed into service TO
carry the dead and injured away. Al
many places / had 10 pick my way
over heaps OF rubbish over uprooted
poles and around live wires. IN order
TO get 10 the ferry. 7 reached the ferry
when the third and last load Of pas
sengers was crossing 70 Oakland.
learned that the first boat that crossed
contained not more than 50 persons. the
second not more than POO but the third
and last boat that was allowed by the
authorities 70 leave for Oakland was
loaded to the rails When the extent
of the catastrophe was realized, people
by the hundreds tried 10 get out OF the
city, bur their escape was shut off
Before I left The city believe that
/ could have counted more than q score |
Of fires which seemed 10 break out IN
every direction a small blaze, not
larger than hat. would appear II the
lower fioor Of frame building ard in |
an instant the structure would be q
mass of FIRE Everything appeared tot
burn Ike finder, and I am not surprised /
70 learn that fire has devastated The |
entire city"
SACRAMENTO HAD
\ TEMB10R ALSO
Fred A. K~ibs. the EeIl- known local /
ZIMMERMAN. vas in San Francisco the /
night before the earthquake. but went /
up TO Sacramento. and was there when |
the series Of shocks occurred that /
wrought such havoc. He caught the +!
northbound train al Davisville, and !
reached here last night
7 Was al the Capital Hotel in Saera- /
nento.9 said Mr.. Kribs, in describing
the matter after his arrival. and was
aroused from my slumbers BIZ the
awful din and confusion incident 10 The
shocks Of course II was no ooInTfar-
ison 10 what they experienced in San
Francisco. but IL was certainly bad
enough.
The Federal building, at seventh
and K streets. IN which are located the
oosrof77ce, land ofzice and internal rev
anua Office vas badly damaged, and !
other structures throughout The city
we're more or less injured TIE dome
# the Catholic Cathedral which looms
1p above that OF the state Capital
building. swayed and shook ike a reed.
ara everybody expected II to fail al |
any moment.
The reports from San Francisco
reused the most intense excitement IN |
Sacramento. tbs two places being close
Z identified by commercial and social
les. When Jeff IN the afternoon. OF
Wednesday they were already dlscL4ss-
NJ The Feasibility 81 circulating re-
ief petition. and 1 know they VIII
ONE through ali right in that respect
feel proud Of Portland for what she
,as done in this direction, and you can
.oyrt on ne for q good subscription
ION the train coming up l met sew
,rag persons wfo were IN The Midst OF
h earthquake in San Francisco, all
# whom gave graphic accou MS O.
hair axpariences. \ travelling man
FAMED Wilkinson told NE that look
70 mn Market street from the ferry
,r,ilding i seemed as II the car tracks
a. been twisted by soma gigantic
imam process. ard practically every
.77siding on zach side 81 the thorough
are as far as the eye could reach was
NJ OF plumb IN soma way
along Nearuey street. he said the
--o,lrd appeared sunken il spots. IN
iratfrz that IL must have settled
! 5lv although far-rerneved from the
Iled-in district
HEAP BUILDINGS
COLLAPSE UTTERLY
I am sure the building rocked sew
PAL feet" said John Bentley, who with
j wife and two children was staying
, he Winchester Hotel, on Third near
Fs-tar street We were almost
brown on Of our beds. and then there
ara = shower of plaster and window 1
7ass We rushed CUT after having
$3.50 nurriedlx. and found things in
terrible condition Debris every
here. Dead horses here an57 cerpses
-. +g7e-a The police called every
aszirs vehtle into service an3 we
w wagorIoads O. dead being hauled
zav. one automobile had bodies piled
? like csrdvsood- Is