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O Ogden Bo Hoy Makes Ills II Way nr I Out Omit Olt ol or I Exchange c. c i Royal of if Ogden has as re received ye- ye ct cel the following Interesting letter leler from froni Sherman 12 K former formerly I an Ogden boy who ho was OS among the th who Iio c escaped the tho terrors of oC tho tIme earthquake at al San Sami Francisco Sherman at the time of or the first shock was s employed In the telegraph offices of time the new lew Merchants Merchants' Exchange Exchange Ex- Ex change a story fourteen fourteen structure In Inthe Inthe inthe the vel very midst of or the devastation de The letter leter follows Dear Royal Hoal You have ha e no doubt sc seen n the reports about the time terrible earthquake The rime account I is not exaggerated in the least In 11 San Sami Francis FrancIs- co It was twice as had bad as In Oakland Our 01 flat In the latter place stood the thc shock shoe tine fine Some Som windows were ere broken brok brok- en and amI the chimney was as jarred but hut that was alt al One of the closets containing con con- taming our china was demolished but bit the other oilier was as not damaged at all al Time The out cut glass glac e cabinet was vas moved mo ed live five e 1 I feet out from the wall wal but lut no damage dam lam age was done Some Sonic of our ou pictures were ele turned face toward the time wall wal ahi but hut I we got off otT or orr r very lucky as thousands of dollars dollars' worth of oC dumas damage was done on our OU block The Tho shock Is one ole never le el to be Ie forgotten Not Nor No one cue out of a thousand chimneys remain standing lug in portions o of the lt ell city The Tho frame buildings stood the thc shock boiler better helel than tho those c constructed of oC brick and stone stomie I r was as on un the lie twelfth floor foO of the time bul building when the shock came caine came How I gol got out 1 do hO not Inow know The shock was va a terrible on one from beginning to lo end Corty- Corty forty eight seconds ceon s. s Had Hall I only thought the tho twelfth floor was much safer than Ihan out omit on the street wh where re buildings from five f e to fourteen fOUteen stories lined both hoth fl sides NI of the thc street streel lect The rho rumblings the and amI the shaking shak shak- Il lug ing of tIme the building me so I r Imade Imade made a run for fOI time stairs Ih Ih r oh 1 lr valois do It not noL run rub ru after 1 11 1 p p. p in m- m and ail if they had It I would have havo been no use because time the entire six were wore ruin ruin- ed el 11 I r got Sot down stairs In the same length of or time it i required for the shock to to expend Isel Itself and ordinarily ordinal i ily Iby it requires from live five o f to twelve minutes I made it ii In 48 8 seconds I Iwa Iwas was wa as bruised from flom h head d to 10 foot fool and m my head was as full ful of lumps as largo large largo as hen eggs The inside of the building build build- buIl- buIl ing hg was wa finished in marble and ail anI this material kept falling alln all aU of the time I was on the tho way down It I fell fel In front of me and behind me inc I was traveling at the thc theTOn TOn wrong time line for or ju just justas t tas as I got hol to the street the thc shock ceased The Tho sights on the streets w were re aw aw- aw- aw tub ful I could not flot SOC sec se a ft hundred feet for Cor the dusl dust and I counted seven se en flies fires fles that started In five minutes within a radius of three blocks I then themi began to lo think of getting gelling geling away awny and started down California street but bul there were so s many electric wires and debris I could CoUll not get ct a a. block I turned toward Montgomery ont a narrow street and It II was filled with wilh wih debris six Ix feet deep 1 I looked cr at the falling failing building build build- ing lug and concluded not to try it I 50 so soI I tin turned ned toward Kearney street On my fly wa saw W dead deal hOl CB men muon with wih oo l he tind brul blu blud cd d and found l lS sunken to td live five lve feet and many Inny of or them ti II yards Hundred yaris ards I In len length th The street car tracTs tracks were twisted 1 and curved cur ed In Ii all al manner of shapes I was as thirty five f e minutes getting from flom the to the ferry In the open space between the lie ferry CIT and the thc first row rov of or buildings the thc theroun ground roun was cracked in se several places In every direction fires tres were raging I J counted twenty live that thai had hal started since ince I left lef th the lie olilee There here were no r L t s t telephone telegraph mph or II other currents cur cur- rents In iii operation Fire department wagons va on were running In all al ions The Tho mains were wrecked so he connections were made with wih the thc sewers C After using all al this water r was vas Wa used It I was all al that thal could be he done lone yesterday morning no 10 one has been allowed to lo enter San Francisco Fran Fran- lIan elf cisco co but all al who wanted to leave could do 10 so Thousands and thousands thousands ands have ha e crossed on the thc ferries People Peo Peo- Ie have ha e been carried calell fice Ver Very few ew people slept Iet last lut nl night ht all al s seemed eme panic stricken en We Ve have ha e had haI a number num num- hem ber of shocks s but n noro o of o them were severe I shall hal never ne el for forget et that first hoc It I was not only deafening but hut terrIfying The he earth seemed to have havea a lotary rotary motion moton and a In Ing from below helow like a car that had left the thc rl rails I I do 10 not think over ovel ten or 01 twelve twel e people have ha e been killed in Oakland How low I ever got Jot out Olt of the thc building is c than I can cati cl tell |
