Earthquake Notes

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · May 10, 1906

THE following paragraph is taken from a letter written by Sister Carrie R. King, of Oakland, dated April 23: “Since the terrible earthquake we have been spending all our time in trying to relieve the sufferings of the afflicted.

We opened our church for them to stay in, and there have been two hundred or more in there, sleeping on the bare floor without covering, after all the beds that we could obtain were filled. We also improvised a kitchen in one of the rooms of the church, and feed several hundred daily. Everywhere is confusion, distress, and dismay. A very heavy rain last night added greatly to the trouble, for all the parks were full of people sleeping out of doors. All our people are safe except three missing, but many, many are homeless and destitute.”

The first news from Healdsburg was received after the REVIEW had gone to press last week. We take the following from a letter written at that place by Brother S. Arthur Wright, dated April 26: “I thought I would write you a note to let you know that the earthquake has caused quite a stir here against the Adventists. Last Sunday the church had some hand-bills printed and scattered throughout the town, announcing a meeting to be held in the church. One of the brethren had his bills taken from him, and he was nearly mobbed. The saloon men of the town threatened to hang the speakers, and sent us word that they would vigorously oppose our having a meeting at all. But the refusal to allow us to have a meeting has caused more people to think than our meeting possibly could have stirred, and some have stepped out boldly and taken their stand for the truth. I do not need to describe any of the scenes following the earthquake shock, as the papers could not overstep the truth if they wanted to. The town of Healdsburg was practically unhurt in comparison with other places, although there was one man killed here; the towns round about suffered very materially. The college buildings and the church were unharmed except, of course, the chimneys and plaster.”