| Show c I Of A E EI E EI ETwo I I i Two Women and Two Men Have HaveA L LA A Terrible Experience in I IB I Burned B d City Ct I y I f hIT STRANGERS TO EACH OTHER OHlER 1 ij 1 Laughed at Appearance of Others i It And Others in fn r Return n lo i About Street Gao A f Hut l i in n l i J 1011 Angeles Cal 21 Mont n f thrilling of ot oil all yet t related of or nd nr In stricken San Francisco l dur durIns I JI Ins In the thi days of or t anil ano nights of or I terror is I that of oC a It of or tour four two 1 women mid two men who arrived hero hore J yesterday having a annd the greater portion of or two f on tho Iho hills hlll about into l park tJi PERSONNEL OF y L Tills pally was composed of oC Mr Cp I Francis Winter it Ur DI Urnest W Fleming Oliver Po Pot c t toy t all 1111 prominent people All were guests ot at the tho Palace Tues Tuesday day night They fhe returned with feet foet i swollen and bruised ed from miles of ot walk walking ing 1111 over er broken street with blistered cinder and lame and with oc still rolling wIth tho awful honor II the scenes and o of ot which they had been part I f Tho women hastened d to n It local loca hotel u litre they the remained nil all the afternoon and evening prostrated ted from the shock 1 and the 41 ure and I nd den ln them nelvo even to 10 nil all friends air MI Poey PO cy 1 went directly home but bul Dr Fleming unkempt and disheveled went to the i chamber of or commerce to give i for fol succoring the onos f who Iho had not bOn been fortunate enough to t flee from the city Illy of desolation It wa Willi waon f on hH hili that tho relief committee committe made of lint and bandage to J f i send north Ho said tho th number killed l j has been greatly exaggerated but that hundreds probably thousands ar nr suf suffering ut t fering from burns tens ten 1 and hundreds of or from Crom hun ROT gel exposure TO EMIt l lf party parl of ot which he was a II member f if was WM formed In the streets ot San Ban fj i Wednesday morning after 0 i the shock had made the l f untenable They rhey until J then J To fo n R reporter Dr Fleming told tol l of his g gNOT NOT FIRST V H I 1 was In n room on thi th of oC tho taft said Dr Firm Flem FlemIng r Ing when the first shock hock occurred An In San Francisco was Willi no i now sensation to 10 me nit I was Willi there In when a n boy bo 10 years old ohl when the tho I first great gnat earthquake c But that I rr wa 11 aa liS the gentle locking of or t cradle to the one of or Wednesday I J awoke to tho groaning of or timbers I a II grinding sound then the roar ronI from Cram the street it and fell Ill Tho I Ilion lion llon wa ai liS though the buildings wert stretching writhing like a snake r ift The darkness was Intense Shrieks of ot 11 women higher shriller than that tho lot ot the creaking timbers I cut ut the tha air 1 t 1 tumbled from the bed hel 1111 crawled cm tho door Tho twist twistIng t Ing ind writhing appeared to tl Increase i Tho lh air 1111 wan 1111 oppressive I seemed K I I Ii i r j on page pae 11 pr L Idi STORY RY Of An t Continued from tr rn pago 1100 one onee e I to Will It never r nev novo nevet bO stOP Wrenched Wren hc rpm the lock tha th et er r r ot or 0 tho IQ room back door shoulder Ju t lion th the y tm enIe 1 to t 0 breathe br We mugger und and Jt itself SHut el f lt I fled Hed from front that building ria ti from a II falling wall 1 I could not believe bellevo that t It could CO endure such lIuch a II shock und un IN m 1 THE The rhe next I remember I was Waft standing standi In the tie street laughing at lit the thu unholy of or half a 11 hundred men inert clad cladIn In I IMS II The ibe women were Wore In their night robes they made H i better than tho tim men The Tho street was a bov bOIl of color In III the early morning light II hI There Thero WetS Wit every over stripe and hue Of of raiment never Intended to bo be tho the 1 I looked nt I t a 3 man mall at Ut my side ido ho ha haw howan w wan n at tit me Then for tor the tho first time I became that I was wall In pajamas myself 1 I turned tinned and ani fled lack back to my room Them Ther I dressed packed my lilY grip and h l back to the tho street All the tho hi hE hili buildings on street toward wJ the terry ferry were vote standing but hilI I marked four tour separate e flies tires Tho The fronts troll III ot It the tho mall mahi hail fallen Cation out Into the tho 4 street strett lr and arni at lit nome places tho thi Ih debris Juit broken the Into 4 I noticed 1 two near me They Thoy were apparently without escort Ono One 1 ld to the tue other What Whal hat t five to 10 10 Ito back In Los IMS again That awakened u Il kindred feeling anil a till I proffered my assistance lance I t put my m overcoat on Oil tho the stono tono steps of oe t a LI and told toh them to 10 sit there thereIn In less Ion than two minute those step tep appeared til t 1 pitch rl liLt ht forward to 10 ho bo at lit me The Tho groaning and auLl writh writhing leg ing started afresh But hut I was vas Just stunned I stood there hmo I In the th street streel with debris falling tailing about ab ut me It I II c the tho natural l thing thin for tor or the Iho tops lops of buildings to 10 careen over ocr Ind nd for tor fronts fronti lo to tall full out nut I to 0 not E ever eler er recall that the tIe women screamed IL I seem teni s en to 1010 lie ft 1 t part of ot It tit lt all t I d The street gave a convulsive huI I A Mr der r and anti the tho buildings righted themselves again I thought they had crashed crl together above my 1 in head bean The two women rose ro e and started to tu walk I In IH a II L kind of ot aimless U port F rt of ot way The Tho w were wro ro e with wih moving things thin again BRIGHTER Hut But the rainbow had bath hlll appeared all were vere cud In street clothes ono one ne WOH WIH walking but there was wail Wil no rio Wo sro eve mm Hem In n a Down MArket street treet th the lUmes iane Iame w brighter After we wo had haI walked three or four our blocks bloks I remembered NO PI be r 11 that I had bad my In Olt coit on Oil 01 tit th t ls I to 10 the la Ia ladles dl s 1111 they white while I went wen t back for tor It 1 n Then I r ung UIg Poey Ioe Ho lie 10 went wom lark baLi lal with Ith me 10 to 10 O tho tue women WOlen Wo So 0 with our luggage to the Ht St StI I Funds Francis g were Were burning down to toward toward ward the tha th ferry terry but bilL tho thu fIru department f had turned out Wo 1 II mm I ahtI lh in the tho lire tire department dp Soon Hoon II I became l fn tat squads I of ot ro IV tho the street It J appeared ap perfectly natural I do di not nt think I wondered why wh they thc wore were there l Men Iel and women n sera all al about UH UI u We Ae looked l at other and talked i even tried lamely lehto to Joke Hut But ever over few tew minutes 1 a a convulsive quiver swept through tho the city The others othel seemed to be bo shivering I 1 noticed that the tho eyes oyos of the tho men cant ant women were rolling restlessly Their tones tonel were wert pitched high It I emed F in tO Ingrate grate on iny II fl nerves Then I fell eli tel to wondering whether hetler I was wie talk Ing shrilly too I went to 10 n a grocery without a 1 front and bought hou ht n a few fo supplies things that would snake make a n cold lunch The Tho grocer did not oven even Iven overcharge me He lie le wan swaps particular to sho me tho tim right change SOLDIERS MOVED US ON The soldiers came cam and told toM us ti to move more on It I seemed the he natural thing Ml to do By fly I this thin time the te fire tre was creep nI Ing dangerously close W We would have Ui walked to the tha ferry We tried It lion on a I I of ot streets But lut that wall of ot fire was wa th re It I seemed to IrO In front of ot us uc usAnd usAn And An in front or of the tho Ore fire 4 Id ed J the soldiers A number lumber of ot times time tm I Ih h hired ejes wagons ngon Wo Vo e would rho fora tora tor n few tel blocks blocke and Ind get Ret out Olt on the tile side sidewalk Hile valk walk in not a 1 wo We charged more than a reasonable Price for tor the ride S THAT MAN N Once we loitered until the I came cato up A rough fellow telo who hail had been Leen llen standing by h my Mule tried to dart through the tho line lne He lie Je looked like a I n nL L bench beach comber A young lieutenant caught him by tiLt the tl coat co t tere Here ere he called to his men shoot hoot that thai nan man TianI manI 14 I hurried on without looking itc U I r dont dOIt remember that I heard hearil a shot fired lint But nt at II tho the time It so ao Sf trivial i s thing that lint I did not pay PlY much mud nt Til hl air nil was Wn flied filled with the roar of ot oft otI th t I v explosion lol They were dynamiting t blocks hlo Tho sailors with training guns gulia raked rakell roB rov of it o All 11 tho the while we ire moving on in onward ward wilI with tha t crowd Cinder were 1110 f tag Ing about ua tIL At thie our Ing in lire 1110 jUll little embers that once and ent out alit lo ting Uni burned out our faces arid wo 10 used l ed handkerchief for fO veils 1 around us U web was lining t om nie me kind ot of cloth to shield their yein fye It I looked curious lo to see soo 00 and those tholo o 1 lis H 1 h thought I would laugh huigh about that only oll ollIt It was Wil not worth woith tho the effort AT GOLDEN N lATE GATE 1 H Quito Quio naturally wo vo 10 to 10 lo to Golden Gate it nark It 1 u ILl 14 though wo we hiI for or then I Ity y thin time tho the wu WIM Re J Hut It was WIS a n weird twilight The Tho fht glare from frol tho him burning city throw threw a a kind of if I red name lame anti shadow about aboul us I It I uncanny the llio about UH us ll like 11 ghosts ho ls The TilO fop fog tor anil wind wild ind blew cli iii from Oi ocean ocell und I II wo VC WI walked about to tu warm re walking about too ton but hut there hero was wan no disturb disturbance ance unc It I was Ilko n a Quaker picnic Families 1 i i ies trudged I t U ii geil ell long along a together er There heo was no io hurry hun All 1 hI appeared 1 to tn have time to tu pan Tim Th h walks anti and lawns were wl rc wriggling with wih little parties one une or nl two tn families In II Tho rho men mel tu en had brought g h t bedding i It and Ild blankets und they made 1111 tu tl shelters to lu keep off ott tin till tog fog ful The TiLe cinders still UI kept Hying They seemed at a t times to 10 come col right down against the tho wind They her stung my lilY lY face tace and In made mo 10 restless NIGHT AND A AN D I S Jf CIVI i All MI Al night we moved moed about among the tine hills hili hils Thousands were moving amonI with us lS U As the night wore on th the he crowd grow grew Near daylight ht tho the soldiers Hollers cam cann to the tho park They were vere still sti moving moving In front of ot tile the lire lre I hud bud bought u it little of ot pro prO before nightfall And nl somehow wo vo 10 had lunI kept them It I seemed easy to tok k cp things there 1 walked over to the tho made raae 1 by byone I Ione ale one squad of o soldiers and 1 u a IL atin I I tin 11 bucket buckel They The looked nt it t me nw nb bu bui I made menlo no iio movement I went to toa a fiu tl and ami turned It I Water Wa ter was wa there then ton Not t much but a n trickling little stream Ire There night wan wa al water In II tie the tle park faucets all ni I boiled some eggs and Ind wo we 10 four lour ate ale our breakfast Then we concluded to to tt tr to tL our way WiY back Lack to the water vater front We Ve lid did ld tillS this because the soldiers were dri lug ing III us from that part art of ot the lulls hills Th Tile The lames Illes were wern still sll after Ittel us UI GENERAL m FUNSTON lU STON Washington April 21 The following dispatch from Gen Funston l regarding conditions ut at San Sun Francisco cum to lJ Uto lino 01 war LIr department nt ut It 5 0 this morning I It was sent front from the naval training trl citation 1 Ire Is making nIcking no progress to the west vest of ot Van an alt Ness avenue Ivelue West wire of at considerable con force roce now no beginning Indications now that alt all ni that thaI part of at atthe the city fist eLt of ot Van Ness NeM avenue and not nOI th Lb to the bay bA will wil be destroyed Homo omo considerably apprehension Is felt fell fellas as ILS lS to the tho post post of ot Fort Mason but It Is believed we wo can save ave It I Weather Veather con continues tine floe lne and warm Practically no suffering from cOld It I will viii wi be Impossible impossible sible elble to at once olce establish proper sani sanitary sanitary tary lar conditions conditions Much sickness must necessarily nece be bo expected It If the city el to the west now 10 standing remains Intact there lIre are lre many good buildings that can be used ns us I hospitals The water witter wlter supply Is encouraging The Tho Spring Valley aliey Wa Water ter company b believes It 1 can deliver dellor from to 10 1 gallons Jalon dally daily daly This with other sources not mentioned will wi ili a 1 water waler famine |
