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The Republican
Oakland, Garrett County, Maryland
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A severe earthquake hit San Francisco, California, at 5:48 a.m. yesterday, killing thousands, injuring over 7,000, and destroying property worth more than $100 million. Fires spread uncontrollably due to damaged water mains, worsening the devastation. Several Garrett County residents live in the affected city, including Prof. and Mrs. E. E. Enlow and W. E. and Dessie D. Boyer.
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SAN FRANCISCO YESTERDAY
An earthquake of terrible proportions occurred at 5.48 o'clock yesterday morning in San Francisco, Cal., killing thousands of persons, injuring more than seven thousand and destroying property valued at more than one hundred millions of dollars.
The shock was the most severe in the history of the country, and messages from the overwhelmed city early this morning state that the horror is underestimated.
The gigantic quiver damaged the water mains and when fires broke out in scores of places the firemen were unable to cope with the flames, which quickly spread throughout the devastated district, sweeping everything in its path.
Damage to telegraph and telephone facilities greatly hindered the press associations in informing the outside world of the enormity of the disaster. One wire was working out of the stricken city and it soon became overwhelmed.
A number of Garrett countians are residents of the stricken city, among the number being Prof. and Mrs. E. E. Enlow, and W. E. and Dessie D. Boyer.
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San Francisco, Cal.
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Yesterday Morning At 5.48 O'clock
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killing thousands of persons, injuring more than seven thousand and destroying property valued at more than one hundred millions of dollars
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An earthquake of terrible proportions occurred at 5.48 o'clock yesterday morning in San Francisco, Cal. The shock was the most severe in the history of the country. The gigantic quiver damaged the water mains and when fires broke out in scores of places the firemen were unable to cope with the flames, which quickly spread throughout the devastated district, sweeping everything in its path. Damage to telegraph and telephone facilities greatly hindered the press associations in informing the outside world of the enormity of the disaster.