Show HOUSE DISASTER Minneapolis Man and Parl Pai Party Have Unique Experience in Ill San Francisco RENT S 25 DOLLARS A D DA DAY Secure c Temporary Homo hut Fear to Sleep in iii It nUll and Arc Glad to 1 Prom From Stricken City CIt E. E P. P Wells of ot Minneapolis wi who passed through Salt Lal Lake c with a a. party of oC five lve women Sirs Wells ells has tho the distinction of or haing ha halog havIng hav- hav ing log established a home in San FrancIsco Frau Fran Cisco since the great disaster an ar and abandoning it aft after r two days dars of house houst keeping that wore were filled tilled with and thrilling thrilling- experiences that wl wi linger er In the memory of the members member of ot the household as lon long as they li liv Mr r. r an and Mrs Wells Yells wore were staying slaying a athe at atthe the St. St Francis hotel when the first firs shock of or the earthquake be began an Us Its wor of or devastation They were awakened by hy the violent shaking of the buildIng buildIng build Ing Mr h Wells Veils being thrown out o e obed or he bed while Mrs Wells was so bad scare seared scared that she sho docs does not just what happened in tho next fe few minutes They The dressed hurriedly am an ma made e their way to the street that wa was already thronged with people no not knowing which wa way to turn of oC trave Practically er e every means or 01 communication was cut oft off immediately Imme Imme- but Mr Wells Veils succeeded succeed d It In finding a ft carriage which ho hired fosi for foi 5 si an hour to take mlee himself elt and Mrs Wells to the nearest railway wa station Just as they wore were about to take tin carriage thor thoy met a party ty consisting consisting- of Mrs Turner and 1111 Miss liss Turner o of Chicago an and Mrs MIs J. J S. S Turner an and andUss Miss Voss Yos of New cw York who had es cs escaped from Com the Cecil and Plymouth hotels with wHit only their hand bags bass and andr card r cases as baggage ba age The party piled Into the carriage and was vat driven to lo the railroad station at Valencia Valencia Valencia Va Va- lencia street where they found they could get no train out of oC the city They then lIen drove rove to Jackson park fol following blowing b- b ol- ol lowing the crowd of or humanity that was streaming toward tho the open spaces spaces- Mr Wells Yells said at that lInt time tune no rio one seemed to realize the thc awfulness of oC the calamity c. that had overtaken the city One Ono could not tell what was going on three squares away he said and after they dismissed the carriage there wano was wa no other conveyance to be had at any price Begin Housekeeping cl Mr Wells Nells succeeded ed In finding a vacant suite of furnished rooms ready for house lc keeping ping an and the party moved movell In in paying 25 a a. da day for four rooms Groce Grocery stores were open in n the he vie vie- and they suffered no physical want except that they the were greatly in inconvenienced in- in from having lost every o piece of baggage and wearing apparel el except what they md flad on When they were vei-e afraid to sleep hi n the building so o the they moved their beds across ClOSS the street to the th park and P I lie tr s 2 thousands 5 ands and n who o omes or to to enter r J I r d t among 19 S' S h its first wj warning warning-V l 1 rth earthquake Wednesday morning an and sought the open spaces an and the residence residence resi rest dence part of the elt city there had been comparatively eb little HUle loss of or life Ufe as few w buildings actually fell until the second sec sec- second ond shock They had plenty of time to gather up all of their effects after the first shock but there was no means of oC conveying them from the tho hotels and no one believed they were In danger from fire As to the difficulty of communication tion Mr Wells Tells sal said that none of the party part had the least idea of the extent of oC the disaster in San Francisco until after they got away from the city an and andi I i read lc the accounts published in the papers They knew that a largo large l part art of the business district must have been de destroyed do- do and that the terrible fire that followed must have havo destroyed man many dwellings The They knew also that Jackson Jackson Jackson Jack Jack- Jack Jack- son park was sheltering thousands hut but except for the tho clouds of smoke that overhung o the tho other parts of the tile elt city indicating where the tho fire was spreading there was vas no way of knowing know know- ing what was taking place Nearly I Loses ose Life air Ir Wells made one attempt to reach the hotel where their theil baggage ha had been heen left and nearly nearl lost his life Ufe be before before be- be fore c he returned having got only onh within a mile of hl his destination He Ite was met by a detail etall of Infantrymen who were patrolling the streets keeping keep keep- hug ing the crowds back from the tho business busi busl- ness district where buildings were failing fallIng falling fall fail ing momentarily or being blown to fragments with dynamite by tho the firemen firemen firemen fire fire- men in their the efforts to check tho the flames He became lost completely and finally suc sue succeeded succeeded for about five fi hours an In escaping through the only street less than five minutes bc- bc open fool that was blocked b by the tho collapse filled of a al large apartment house that nearly an entire square with a n. mass massof massof massof of debris After Arter that experience their only out of San Francisco Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- thought wu waK to got to-got Jet finally fin fin- cisco a as soon as possible They were able to make their way on ally illy on the t shore horo several point foot to a miles south or of th the Oakland landing they found a to row lOW where harbor In time timo to the them across the Overland limited that arrived ar ar- ar- ar catch afternoon rived ived in Ogden yesterday |