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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1906
Page
3
A distressed student at Palo Alto recounts a terrifying incident during an earthquake aftershock. The story blends vivid panic with a surreal impression of animals and chaos, as onlookers and family react to the tremor and ensuing confusion.
A fragmented notice appears to announce a marriage license event with scattered names and dates. The readable portions reference St Andrews and a Monday Apt 2 176, with uncertain details about parties and locations.
Fragmentary notice lists funeral details with phrases like “Open day and mist Use of funeral par free of charge” and references to assistance and charges. Mentions 7500 and various garbled names, dates, and places, indicating a public funeral or obituary notice.
Eyewitness accounts describe chaos on the fourth floor as debris and timbers trapped survivors for hours after a building collapse at a Stanford University incident. A lone witness recalls a student’s calm amid ruins and a rescue that freed the injured and a frightened woman seeking her husband.
America in adversity, says Woodford, at the Pilgrims Banquet in New York. He asserts the nation will care for its own and notes Roosevelt’s stance on aiding other countries. The event drew nearly 100 members and guests, with remarks from the Irish consul general and Duke of Norfolk among others.
The article surveys German and Irish reactions to relief plans following the Sam Jruerry disaster, noting criticism of President Roosevelt and calls for practical aid. It reports San Francisco efforts and a Columbus meeting to coordinate appeals, with printers in Washington showing support and a focus on raising funds for survivors.
Reports show San Francisco relief drives hauling 1500 tons daily from the waterfront to distributing stations as ships lacking cargoes are barred from dock. New York, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania fund efforts surge, with multiple city and state appropriations and private donors fueling the Pacific coast disaster relief.
John Van Saun, president of the Gee Dillingham Pophsinig Cempim, shot and killed himself today. Officials believe temporary insanity from isolation and distress over his mother’s care contributed. His home is in the San Francisco district. Nan Sawn telegraphed and searched for a relief item without success.
Mrs George Perkins wife of United States Senator George C Perkins fled from Oakland after the earthquake. In Los Angeles she left the family mission as a refuge and spoke briefly about the disaster in an excited condition.
Refuges crowd streets as Red Cross coordinates relief after two thirds of the city burned. Soldiers assign homes, distribute rations, and march through wreckage from the ferry to Market Street while survivors endure smoke, dust, and rumors of disease. The effort shows resolve to rebuild and shelter stays near the burned district.
The text calls for prompt aid from members of the order to respond to a great calamity in San Francisco and vicinity. It urges grand and subordinate lodges and individual members to contribute as liberally as possible to a fund, stressing immediacy and sending subscriptions to grand keeper H J Gasson at records and seal Pytman Perpie.
More than 250 attended a guchts party hosted by the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Washington Saengerbund to aid San Francisco sufferers. Forty prizes were awarded, Miss Rose Kauforan won first prize for embroidery, and prizes were presented by H Minster and Levi Storm. Money was sent to San Francisco through the Red Cross. the auxiliary officers include Mrs Fred Car président, Mrs Charles Kierthce present, Mrs J L Shafford treasurer, and Mrs A Hutterly secretary.
The Vigilance Committee of San Francisco established on April 3 is the citys first such body since the 1850s. Dr Donald McCulloch Gedge, a former French Army, US Navy, and China War veteran, leads as chief. his staff includes ex-Audl or Harry Baehr. Headquarters are at 29 Steiner Street, with about 130 members residing in the Golden Gate Valley near the Presidio.
In April Chicago responded to Mayor Schmitz appeal for architects and draftsmen to aid rebuilding San Francisco after the earthquake. Twenty nine volunteers applied at Mayor Dunne's office today. B A Long and W B E Lawrence, Navy Department employees from San Francisco, arrived in Chicago yesterday with twenty to thirty other refugees.
Wireless communication tracked the Statendam east of Nantucket Lightship at 5 10 am as it heads to New York from Rotterdam. Other liners in transit include Kroonland from New York to Antwerp and Bremen, Kalner Wilhelm der Grosse from New York to Cherbourg and Bremen, and Ryndam from Rotterdam to New York. Creole sails from Bremen to New York while Wuerzburg arrives Genoa from New York with Prinses Irene en route from New York to Naples.
Vice President Caleb Dula of American Tobacco Company testified in Newark before Vice Chancellor Pitney about alleged visits to the Duke home. He described a 1908 sequence with a woman at a window and a man named Hunt0on, followed by car rides to Central Park and the Casino, as detectives observed. the hearing was adjourned to Thursday.
Sergi Sprinkle and Private Jack of the Second Precinct police saved Mary Storer, 30, from asphyxiation yesterday afternoon at 130 Ninth Street Northwest. They forced entry after gas smelled by a neighbor led to the scene. Storer was treated at Emergency Hospital and listed in serious condition, with doctors hopeful for recovery.
Guaranteed cure for obstinate constipation and indigestion using a direct tonic to bowel muscles. Warns against bile drivers and gasiners, claims to wake lazy bowels naturally. Contains six candy tablets per box priced at ten cents, genuine Sterling Remedy Company product, Chicago or New York address.
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