Creator
[author unknown]
Recipient
[recipient unknown]
Transcription
Earthquake
San Fran. 18- 315 PM San Fran without communication with [outside?] world since 11 am dead will number up in the thousands Goot has been asked for transports to bury the dead at sea to avoid plague the gas works exploded, entire city in flames from Montgomery St to the water front and south of Market street the ground is in a tremor and if another quake comes will wipe out the entire city, they are starting special trains from Los Angeles with Doctors and nurses etc. several small coast towns in ruins San Jose, Napa, Salinas, worst wrecked, [anyhow?] at Napa wrecked half the inmates killed and
03714
Location
San Francisco
Circa Date
[1906 Apr] 18
Source
Original letter dimensions: 14 x 20.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Unknown, "Letter from [author unknown] to [recipient unknown], [1906 Apr] 18." (1906). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 3508.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/3508
Resource Identifier
muir16_0179-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 16, Image 0179
Collection Identifier
Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Owning Institution
Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Pages
1 page
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
