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Show SAN FRANCISCANS ARE STARTLED BY DISBROW; Recently in San Francisco Iho automobilo auto-mobilo broko out in a new and rather novel rolo which long will be remembered remem-bered bv the citizens of the northern Calif ornian metropolis. Louis Disbrow. driver of the 200 horsepower ".Tay-'Byc-Foo, " after working all night with hia mechanics trotting the big car ready for a private record trial early in the morning, decided de-cided to tako a spin ou the streets of the Bay city. Tt so happened that on this samo morning, April 18, six vears ago. occurred oc-curred the great earthquake which so nearly wiped out San Francisco. But Disbrow didn't know this for the news-nnncrs news-nnncrs never mention tho quake lo broach this subject to a native is dangerous for all residents of San Francisco want to forgot that terrible calamity. The big .Tay-Kve-Seo racer makes moro noise than a thunderclap, and as it approaches, its prcsonco is foil as well as hoard. Tt shakes the earth beneath it when its great exhausts discharge tho gas and fire into the open n.i r. Dishrow could not understand why "pcodIo wero running to tho windows and pushing open the doors with such haste, until a policeman stopped him and told him to get the machine off the streets as quickly as possible, or he would be mobbed. Ono native of the Bay city dressed and came to tho Case garaco whore tho Jav-Eyc-Sco, as well as all tho Case racing cars were stored, and called Disbrow a long list of pet names such only as the .Frisco citizen can unwind when anything arises to remind him of the croat disaster. Disbrow says "No moro workouts on the streets ; for mo on April 38 in San Francisco." |