FROM SAN FRANCISCO 
Miss Edith Giles Writes of the Recent Earth. 
quake to Relatives in Manchester 
Manchester and Beverly friends of 
Miss. Edith Giles will be pleased to 
read the following extracts from a 
letter which she sent to relatives in 
this town this-week: 
“It was such a tremendous thing 
that words cannot describe it, and I 
haven’t the heart to try. The experi- 
ence itself was so exciting, and called 
forth so much strength and courage 
_and calmness, that we lived it to the 
full extent of our power, and did not 
realize the sadness of it as we do now. 
As I look from my window I see bare 
hills covered with rubbish where I 
used to look for the homes of my 
friends and for the church, and for the 
little interests that were most closely 
connected with my daily life. 
“‘All that afternoon we watched the 
fire sweeping all over the hills on the 
water side, and at night we almost 
held our breath, expecting to see it 
sweep up and engulf the school, but 
just when it seemed as if it must go 
the wind turned, and it was safe for 
that night and day. Neither of these 
two nights we had any shelter, nor 
anything but the earth to lie on. We 
slept a little from utter exhaustion. 
But we were in the midst of such a 
multitude, of all sorts and conditions 
of men—there was too much going 
on. It was dreadful to see the people 
watching Russian hill, and finally with 
‘there goes our house,’ turn away. 
But everybody was just as brave as 
could be; nobody fussed and moaned 
and cried. It was wonderful, the 
courage and the thoughtfulness. The 
next day the fire came nearer and 
nearer, and that was the only time 
in the whole experience that I was 
alarmed. 
“We suffered very little from the 
earthquake—even the chimneys stood 
—still I never care to have another 
such shaking. I kept in bed until it 
was over, and as my ceiling didn’t fall 
it was the best thing I could do. We 
spent that night on the hill and 
watched the great wall of flame reach- 
ing from earth to sky, pushing steadily 
forward and devouring everything be- 
fore it. 
“The sky was lurid, and the bay so 
distinctly lighted up that you could 
see everything as in daytime. But it 
was beautiful and calm and the sky 
was full of stars, and we were awa 
from the great crowd. It did us all 
good, and I understood how such 
things could be and come out right. 
By the next morning the fire was 
checked, but it had swept away two- 
thirds of the city—12 square miles— 
450 blocks is the latest estimate.’’ 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
Hangs Out Shingle in Needham 
The Manchester and Beverly friends 
of Robert Scott Catheron, a former 
student at the high schools in both 
places anda graduate from both will 
be pleased to learn through the 
BREEZE that Mr. Catheron has opened 
a dental office in Needham and is 
meeting with good success. 
Dr. Catheron was graduated from 
the Harvard Dental school last June, 
where he was very popular among the 
‘members of his class, being selected 
class president, and at the alumni 
dinner at Young’s hotel he spoke for 
the undergraduates. At the Beverly 
High school he was vice-president of 
his class and secretary-treasurer of the 
Essex Interscholastic league. He en- 
tered Bates college in the class of ’03, 
but left there before graduating to en- 
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ter the Dental school at Harvard. At 
Bates he was treasurer of his class, 
assistant manager of the ’Varsity base- 
ball team and was a leading spirit in 
other departments of the college life. 
A year or more ago he shot the noto- 
rious highwayman, Hartnett (now 
serving sentence), when in the act of 
looting the cottage on the estate at 
Needham of which his father is super- 
intendent. 
His many friends in this vicinity 
will be pleased to learn of his continued 
success in his profession. He is 
located in the Kingsbury block in 
Needham. 
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