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[modern notation: Nana's Earthquake Ltr - Apr. 19, '06, p.2b]

some one had picked our
house up & shook it with
all their might - everything
& everybody just rattled around.

Ben brot our mattresses
out into the garden & we put
them all along in a row &
slept out there. I was wild to
take a flash light but was
afraid to light the powder.
We didn't take off any of our
clothes & put plenty over us
so we weren't cold but this
A. M. our top covers were
soaked with dew - none of us
took cold. The Haynes & Spencers
slept on the porch all night but
all the rest in the garden.
Guards patrolled all over
the campus all night -
pacing back & forth all
night. The boys took turns
of course. The guard was