has befallen the city and the people, but I sometimes realize it, and it
comes like a shock. It is estimated that 28,000 buildings were
destroyed. I find that people lost the power of keeping time and dates,
and if I had not made notes at the time I would be unable to recollect
the events of these three days with any degree of accuracy in point of
time.

I have felt that it was fortunate that this calamity did not happen on a
Friday, or on, the 13th of the month. Had it occurred on either of those
days, superstitious people would have had much to aid them in their
belief.

The feeding of 300,000 people suddenly made destitute is a matter of
great difficulty, but it has been done. It rained two nights, - one
night quite hard, - but the health of the people has been remarkably
good.

We had water in the house on the 1st of May, glass in the windows on the
16th of May, gas on the 5th of June, electric light on the 7th of June,
and cooked on the street until the 8th of May.

June, 1906