. The history of the San Francisco disaster and Mount Vesuvius horror . S -2 Ii^ I— ee a;U. a>r° So. I C >>I- a><^s £ Q. +j -LU o I- *~o. THE SAN FRANCISCO DISASTER 63 prominent members of the general relief was shot in his automobile by members of the citi-zens patrol. Hugo Altschul, who was in the auto-mobile, was cut in the face by a bullet and anotherball pierced the seat and struck R. G. Seaman, actinglieutenant of the Second Company of the SignalCorps, in the back. The force of the bullet had beenspent and Seaman, who had been detailed on specialduty with Tild
. The history of the San Francisco disaster and Mount Vesuvius horror . S -2 Ii^ I— ee a;U. a>r° So. I C >>I- a><^s £ Q. +j -LU o I- *~o. THE SAN FRANCISCO DISASTER 63 prominent members of the general relief was shot in his automobile by members of the citi-zens patrol. Hugo Altschul, who was in the auto-mobile, was cut in the face by a bullet and anotherball pierced the seat and struck R. G. Seaman, actinglieutenant of the Second Company of the SignalCorps, in the back. The force of the bullet had beenspent and Seaman, who had been detailed on specialduty with Tilden, picked the ball out of his cartridgebelt. Tilden was a prominent commission merchant ofthis city, a major on the governors staff, and was oneof the foremost workers in the general relief had taken his three children and a nurse from theFourteen Mile House, where they had been since theearthquake, to Menlo Park, where he had a summercottage. His automobile had been used as an ambu-lance in conveying sick and wounded to the hospitalsand was carrying the Red Cross flag. Besides this hehad the Red Cross insignia on his right arm. Accordin
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