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[modern notation: Nana's letter, Apr. 19, '06, p. 1b]

use the stove (still get our meals from the camp fire.) S. F. & S. J. are burned up - the business parts. The S. F. people are panic stricken - walking out coming to [Palie?] those who can get here to get something to eat so we have to watch out or will have a famine.

The business part of S. F. is utterly wiped off everything & the fire has now taken to the residence parts. All day yesterday & today we heard reports of the dynamite where they're blowing up building to kept the fire from spreading. Ashes fell all day too & the air was full of smoke.

We hear mostly rumors of places - some thru autos & this A. M. trains are going between S. J. & S. F.