Show ENER FIRE CHIEF ChEF DESCRIBES SCENE o E OF Or fir DISASTER J J is Owens Owen Reaches Salt Lake and Tells What He Saw Was wa s sIn S in Hotel When Shock Came and Had v 4 1 Narrow Marrow Escape r Terrence Owens Oens O Ans chief thi of the Denver fire t one ene o of the th bravest br fire fite firefighters I fighters of tile west was aa an oye ec wit witness I Iness ness to th ii f with his wife and a d son arrived the th city ctt early this morning and 9 registered ed edat at the Wilson They w re atthe at t e Grand hotel hot l on Oil t Jie e of ot earthquake and iiiI fter r tte t first shocks escaped eSel etl to Oakland I to beu be th first firt fil shock shack came s Owens it I t t was wa e li 1 t 5 Ii f W h n I 1 f rj ch t C If sI I i q fe I UP ft r W s u ItIle he niJi f fe 5 t v vU j 3 cJ Jl P Pt I t ti i n 7 U IJ f v li lithe lt it 1 the f f n un ftp me l t tf f tt i tuc lU or Of rs Urr 1 l t Pl s r rOW 1 0 It te t v lf 1 itt ti r m i 1 U U 1 nt ft ld iq it ve Y res r was tb hI t vt n tP t It l i woul surely surch hj ii h ber sh re PJ ip v there th r Aa is al W S do Ina in a r 1 4 A kh Jr I i r U strange strang I h had taken t the of Ce aft r I 1 r g 41 t I d I 1 iD qt L my lily wife anI 6 to the t ng g baCk r I gt thIngs to her ook then where my wa WIS i iS 1 r S 6 h her r tn tV mia a r l of Market 1 t for a f iv minutes sad and went to se SL boi U 1 Then hC n KS l I fire OIl v U IL w A aw li d sih gih gine CItRIC carne c Ile and hit h t a I It H drant df nt but bur s em tr tn to b doIng ri ii I 1 a W the f ie what the Ute m and hn 1 1 SL J was S no P Baiter enough ih ill li those 1108 n h city it was waa loomed Got Over to O klar ta J I I 1 mado m d my w v iy ly hICk hack t grIt got lay SV St S W wanted to tor 14 of r in dpn Gat t park ut a I I told iId the to city Ci cit was iw as going 1 OJ must Bf t i to frI tl i I n L We V Veat eat i th lh f t It t S aw t fItE P Wt t men 1 I DENVER FIRE CHIEF DESCRIBES SCENE OF DISASTER Continued from Page 1 and women were running about the streets cattie and horses were mixed up with wi th the crowd and the scene was one of indescribable confusion Goods out of the wholesale houses and great stores were mingled with the other debris and the air seemed to be a sort of bluish yel yellow ye el elloW low To make matters worse there was the most peculiar smell in the air Did Didou you ou ever smell a tangled up bunch of rattlesnakes Well It was like that only worse There was a horrible stench Then the buildings were leaning together in a crazy fashion and debris was fall falling falling fallIng ing everywhere I knew when there was no water that the city was gone goneI HI I distinctly felt two heavy shocks be before before before fore we left for Oakland and after we got over to the Oakland side there were two more People Flee As we left the Frisco side I could see s se fire in all directions People whom we met had come for many blocks running to the water front half naked and with bare feet At that time it was no easy matter to get through the streets ts for the stuff thrown about by the shock The sight was wag the most horrible I ever wit witnessed witnessed and I 1 have seen a It few low fires Some we met were cut about the face taco and hands by falling glass or windows and others had been hit by stones None of them seemed to know where they were going but ran about in every ee direction Chief Owens was much concerned about the safety of Chief Sullivan who is isa isa isa a personal friend Chief Sullivan wanted us to go out ou to his house and stay sta he said Had we done so we would not be here as I un understand underStand it was entirely destroyed The chief said that all kinds of rumors were about on the train and he had no real idea of the extent of the catastrophe catastrophe phe until he arrived at Salt Lake |