Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-10-11
ANDERSON MAN IN LUCK.
Wealthy Californian Leaves $4,000
in Will for Him.
(Daily Mail, 5th.)

san francisco earthquake and fire,
which occurred April IS, 1906,
Frank NJ. Unger, of Anderson, has
been left $4,000 by Mr.. Douglass,
who died September I'd.
Mir. Unger received special de-
livery letter yesterday reading as
follows:
San Francisco, Sept. 26.
'Frank NJ. Unger, Anderson S. C.
My Dear Frank: My father died on
September 2 and left will giving
YOU $4,000, to be paid one year
after his death. He said before he
died that he would like to see you to
thank you again for your services
during the fire and earthquake. We
have been hunting the country over
for you and last week l received a
letter from Galveston, Texas telling
us that you were in Anderson. Write
me at once and appoint some one
with power Of attorney to represent
YOU here. Yours to command,
jackson l.. Douglass,
Administrator"
The Services Rendered.
Speaking of the California incident
Mr.. unger said:
i was 21 years of age at the time
of the earthquake and fire in San
Francisco and was employed as
steward OF the Pelasanton Hotel. Mr..
Douglass, widower, about 65 years
of age, and reputed to be a wealthy
real estate broker, had apartments
in this hotel Following the earth
quake fire began raging in the neigh
borhood Of the hotel. Because of
his advanced age and inflrmities Mr.
Douglass was not able physically to
remove any Of his personal effects
from the hotel building, which was
doomed to be destroyed by fire. He
had two small trunks and one or
two grips in his apartments, and I
loaded them on my shoulders and
carried them about a mile to Union
Square Park. also carried along
my personal effects. I dug hole in
the park and buried Mr.. Douglasss
trunks and grips along with my
things. l remember we'll that Mr..
Douglass could not get dray to
haul his things from the hotel to
place OF safety. Drays were de-
manding $50 for removing only one
trunk, and drays we're scarce.
After the fire was over I recov-
cred the trunks and grips, and Mr..
Douglass and | went over to Fort
Mason Place, where the San Fran
cisco exposition was later located.
We pitched a tent made of old bed
sheets, and Mr.. Douglass and l lived
in that tent for month or six
weeks, until we could get better
quarters. ! waited on him the best
knew how while we were living in
the tent.
Soon after that | went to New
York city and became engaged in the
tailoring business. heard later that
Mr. Douglass had remarked. While
located in New York about five years
ago ] met U. G. Salla, of Anderson,
and he engaged me as a tailor to
come to Anderson. That explains
my coming to Anderson.
jackson Douglass, whom | know
well, was student at some college
at the time Of the fire. III his letter
he refers to receiving information
from Galveston, Texas, as to my
whereabouts. I once lived i'm Gal
weston. That was before | moved to
San Francisco.
was living in Galveston on No
vcmber S, 1900, at the time of the
flood. Recently the Daily Mail pub
1ished a story about the members of
my family being drowned in the
Hood. lost my mother and father,
three sisters, brother, a brother
in-law and about 20 other close rela-
tives in the flood. | managed to save
my life by climbing up on the smoke
stack Of the Galveston power house.
After ! lost all Of my people I moved
to San Francisco, and while steward
of the Pleasanton Hotel I met Mr..
Douglass.
"Mr. Douglass was a real estate
stock broker He bought and re-
built old stores and dealt in other
lines of real estate. He was a mighty
pleasant old gentleman and I spent
a good deal Of my spare time in his
rooms with him."