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[SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE]., "A SEA OF FIRE." [Headline for the] Alameda Daily Argus. Alameda, California: Thursday, April 19. 1906.
Alameda: , 1906. ~ 22" x 15". 4 pp. 1 sheet folded once horizontally [publisher fold]. Printed self-wrappers., affected]. Withal, a VG copy. ¶ "LATEST NEWS: San Francisco, April 19, 11:45 a. m. -- All hope of saving any portion of San Francisco has fled and the most sanguine are now of the opinion that the city will be wiped off the earth." So begins a local newspaper's account relating the fate of the city that had just suffered the effects of what was to eventually be known as the most powerful earthquake ever to strike modern civilization. Despite the extensive devastation wrought by Mother Nature, recovery did come, & today we are able to thank God those pundits were proven very wrong.
Offered for US$ 302.50 by: Tavistock Books, ABAA - Book number: 28078