Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-04-20
RISING FROM THE ASHES.

O~ ear y ouag "a EEancAoo len FHIm 70 cS OF ne most
diatroas earthquakes Of modern times. and On the eve Of the ami
Terzarg e hear Of seismic disturbances on h Pacific Coast From the
neager Information at hand regarding the latter re are unable 10 state
But the great disaster to san Francisco viii never Be- forgotten
By the people Of southern Nevada 1t was q day II terror here as vel
= il San Francisco. the or 81 perhaps for the reason that II rs 50
difficult to * ~ definite news o ~hat had occurred: and there were
many here Hho had friends and relatives in the doomed city. The most
snaEssratsd reports Of the situation kept pouring ia ana business ~as
bulletin boards all day long and for the days 10 come
Tonopah a. not the camp to lie dormant in the face Of sach .
terrible calamity The men here realized that something might be done
% alleviate son Of the suffering and distress Of san Francisco. and
Coast GOhdhea had also awakened to the needs IF the suffering city
and committees ser named from both towns Thousands of dollars
ETe raised in a n incredibly short time Two days after the accident
= special trails vent from here carrying the committee with $4,000 in
their treasury
There wre many people in Tonopsh Who had families in san Fran
cisco n the condition Of mind Of these people Al Be imagined By
! O'Clock on the afternoon o. the 18th a special train ws run out Of
here to catch the regular Coast train. which had been held a Nina
Within the next few days several specials we're sent away. and Nevada
responded noOT to the cry that went mp from the stricken metropolis
No one Who made the trip from here in the specials win ever forget
"a the eager. mad Wild desire t. reach the scene. Everybody vas
brought p to the hishest pitch Of nervous tension, and the bulletins
hled With mOre dire details Of the awful tragedies
And When the Nesadans reached San Francisco worn out with travel
exhausted from the nervous strain under which they had been laboring I
they found that the story Of the disaster had been told oly in the smallest
huge masses Of it. blinded their vision: they threaded their way through
ashes through the runs Q a Onee great city. They were appalled,
awed, by the sights which met their gaze.
Then came the hunt for friends and reatives-long, tedious dismal
futile pursuits In son cases these hunts we're kept up for days. in
others the search for lost friends and families went unrewarded. the lost
Ones having been numbered among the victims of the earthquake and fire
But for the common veal, how those good Samarftans did work
and the amount Of relief that they brought was Of the bright chap
tiers in the history Of those dark DAYS Beside h one "a bad
been raised by subscription. those who had it ven down to the burning
ey with their pockets filled with coin and they distributed the money
nth tn ease and abandon for which the residents IF the silver state
ARE distinguished
badges automobiles went flying through the ruins Of San Francisco in
search Of stranded Nevadans, and a cas- Of distress "a never over
good that they could. Money went through the fingers Of these men
IKE water through a sieve. and the good that they accomplished stn
This was a year ago san Francisco. phoneiz-ike. has risen from
the ashes she is not the city that she was; in many respect 81 never
viii be- But the progress made thus far r. ! Isef1ng mo1rmen+ - ne
grit enterprise. confidence and faith Of the American people at the
western extremity Of the continent
The people Of San Francisco. ven the most intense business rivals
learned a lasting lesson from the common disaster They we're drawn
more closely together; they learned that the best way for the general
good and progress "a to stick together to work in harmony. to taboo
the knock" to lay away the hammer"
There are people in the world who thrive upon the mistatunes of
others who like yuitures. sWoop down upon the stricken. San Francisco
Of advancing the interests of the city were featherng their nests. in the
positions to which they had been raised by the people. In the time Of
The peoples need these harpies were fattening upon the spons Of Office.
But a new spirit had been born with the lei city. The people who
had been graft1fdden for years are o. rising in their might to punish
the conscienceIess men who smote San Francisco when she lay prone
These people had gone through the desdatiOn of a great city. who had
stood In the bread line, and formed part of the brick pile. who had lost
their all, o the better part of 1t; and stood their misforunes without
complaint. were not the men to be longer uiaed with. The big grarers
h%s oen indicted oy IN CRANE jury m men who heretofore stood
IN the highest ranks Of society stand in the shadow of San Quentin.
Win their internal aTsts tbereb has been No NJ d ma 81 I"y = ns U@p nIom
The indomitabIe spirit of the American people, the spirit of the men /
Who shook of the yoke of tyranny, and bunded a empire. blazing the
S path Through tFaeAle'' wastes is eve present in the metropolis Of our
The streets have been cleared of the rubbish and debris and other
reminders Of the great disaster, i a large portion IF the former business
locality and far out into the residence district; and buildings have sprung
up like magic all over the city. Business has increased a hundredfold, +
= Is shown b the bank clearanees' and San Francisco is the city Of OPP
lue CROWN OF te meTOpoH Is a splendid object lesson fOr the q
youth of that city. and it is a fine example for other cities of what nav
be accomplished by pluck, energy, confidence and industry. The pluck |
and endurance, coupled with the faith and confidence that has resulted a
in the rapid growth of the new San Francisco finds a reflection from the
great Nevada desert, on which has sprung up SC many cities in Sc short
n space of time.
1t as The faith M courage o the prospector that found the precfousl q
metals in this great waste; it was the faith and courage of the lei OIL Il
that developed the country The builders of southern Nevada are Ii
of the same class Of men a s those who are rebuilding San Francisco II
Small wonder that there should be a bond Of sympathy between the o.
men Of the desert and the men of the city The disaster to San Francisco Il
had the effect Of bringing more closely together the people of the sister n
states The commercial relations of San Francisco and southern Nevada a
are more closely welded, and in the future the interest II the two Sec
NOn will ne a common m Nevada Is in n laws of Tho Coustonka L.
shall once more extend a helping hand in building San Francisco. Y
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OF GREAT IMPORTANCE TO TONOPAH st