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[modern notation: Nana'Nana's letter, Apr. 19, '06, p. 4]

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all be dead & I can't understand how we escaped. If it had been a little earlier or later the loss of life would be appalling. Poor S. F. & the panic-stricken people dead - dead, dying, starving, injured, homeless alone & ruined. It is a terrifying thot.

The entrance gates are crushed to powder [Palie?] is a terrible looking place.

Mr. Hayne has come back from [Palie?] & says there are such mobs fighting to get into the stores they let a few in then lock the door & wait on them & send then out the back door. He couldn't get much