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so I can grab them and they will be all together if I have to get out of the house in a hurry it would not be so bad if they would come when a person was awake beccause they always rumble like thunder before they get to a place, but I think they are about over with now we haven't had any for three or four nights now & I hope they are.

You say you would like to see the place well I tell you I am glad you are not here to see it would make you sick they are finding charred bodies every day & some of the places are smoking yet & you see it is over a month ago now since it happened & you can imagine how bad it was the fire raged for 3 days & 3 nights right in the heart of the city. I tell you I hope you never get mixed up in a disaster like this.

The rich & poor are about alike here now it is not the gay haughty place it used to be.

I have made an application to go to Alaska & the Steamer leaves June 2 and I may go if I succeed in getting the job I applied for I kind of want to get out of this place & again I don't if I only had a small capital. I see where I could make good money here & I want to see Alaska too so I don't know what I am going to do. Have you received any letter for me from the islands? If you have put them into another envelope & send them to me right away & when you answer this do it as soon as you received it because I want to hear all the news before I leave for Alaska that is if I should go I want to hear from you before June 2nd. Have you received any letters from a placed called Pacific Grove, California for me it will be from 2 lady I helped during the fire I gave them my Freeport address I didn't have any here then if so send them along.

I am glad you got the postals now because there aint any more like them I bought them the night before the earth quake but could not mail them I had no stamps & they were in my pocket when I flew out of the house I suppose there will be lots of picture postals of the ruins before long and I will send you some if there are I will buy you some photos as soon as they get cheaper there is lots of sale now but they cost $3.00 each & its too high.