Taken from Russian Hill. [verso:] Badly-constructed buildings, or those with insecure foundations, collapsed completely, crushing many hundreds in their fall. It was in such buildings that those who lost their lives perished. How many there were of these will never be known, for the fire swept the city so soon after the earthquake that the bodies were destroyed, but a conservative estimate places the number at a thousand. -- Leslie's Weekly. [Postcard.]

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Title:

Taken from Russian Hill. [verso:] Badly-constructed buildings, or those with insecure foundations, collapsed completely, crushing many hundreds in their fall. It was in such buildings that those who lost their lives perished. How many there were of these will never be known, for the fire swept the city so soon after the earthquake that the bodies were destroyed, but a conservative estimate places the number at a thousand. -- Leslie's Weekly. [Postcard.]

Creator/Contributor:

Browning, O. F.

Date:

1906

Contributing Institution:

California Historical Society