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Cat No:1906 earthquake
1906 SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE (10) legal sized typed pgs describing in great detail his observations of this great tragedy, datelined "Oakland, California, April 29th, 1906" & signed by a member of the US Army, "having been instructed to make a statement of the appalling gravity...the following is a very meager report of my impressions of the first few days...the question of food for this mass of people," etc, the most intense & accurate observations (as only a military man can render), startling & VF document