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Looking east. A fire front of over four miles. [verso:] I saw the fire rushing up the narrow ways with a snarling sound. At
times the fresh eastern breeze caught it. Here and there in its path, as far as I could see, were some of the humble cottages
of that quarter, which had fallen down like stacks of cards. And there, like a flash, I had a vision of the tragedy; the earthquake
first, with the red cloak of fire thrown like a mantle of hypocrisy over its ravages, and the results forever a poignant mystery.
-- Harper's Weekly. [Postcard.]
Creator/Contributor:
The Rotograph Co.
Date:
1906
Contributing Institution:
California Historical Society
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