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Correspondence, 20 April 1906, from Georgia Merlinjones

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Title	Correspondence, 20 April 1906, from Georgia Merlinjones
Type of object	Correspondence
Source	Merlinjones, Georgia
Date created	1906-04-20
Description	Letter from Georgia Merlinjones to her aunt and uncle, Hulda and Leopold Justi (who are brother and sister), in Glen Ellen, California. She writes from Oakland, California describing the effects of the 1906 earthquake on the cities of Oakland and San Francisco, including the injured and homeless refugees of San Francisco pouring into Oakland.
Subject	Earthquake, 1906 Earthquake damage Earthquake relief Militia Merlinjones, Georgia
City	San Francisco, California Oakland, California
Region	San Francisco County (California) Alameda County (California)
Transcript	Oakland, California 615 East 18th Street April 20, 1906. My dear Uncle and Auntie ; Why in this wide unmerciful world don’t you write, are you dead or alive, we have been thinking of you every [sic] since wednesday morning. I heard that Santa Rosa is on fire and a 100 people killed. The fire in the ex- city of San Francisco is pretty well to an end. They will not let us go over any more. We have some homeless people hear [sic] with us. It is an awful sight to see the poor helpless people coming over here. All the churches have opened their doors to them. People are coming in, in all sorts of shapes and conditions; some with one or two legs off, arms cut off, eyes put out, backs broken, and mothers are carring [sic] dead children in their arms. One man bagged [sic] for an Officer to shute [sic] him. The man told the police man that he saw his whole family burned, and he was badly burned, and broken up, The policeman killed him alright. The [grocery] stores are not [allowed] to charge any more for the things than they did before, two store tried [to], [but] the officer took their stores away from them and turned it over to the people. Will close with much love from all Your Loving Niece Georgia M. Merlingjones please, please write soon. please do. 615 East 18th St. April 20, 1906. My dear Uncle and Auntie; Why in this wide unmerciful world don't you write; are you dead or alive, we have been thinking of you [ever] since Wednesday morning. I heard that Santa Rosa is on fire and a 100 people killed. The fire in the ex- city of San Francisco is pretty well to an end. They will not let us go over any more. We have some homeless people [here] with us. It is an awful sight to see the poor helpless people coming over here. All the churches have opened their doors to them. People are coming in, in all sorts of shapes and conditions; some with one or two legs off, arms cut off, eyes put out, backs broken, and mothers are [carrying] dead children in their arms. One man [begged] for an officer to [shoot] him. The man told the police man that he saw his whole family burned, and he was badly burned and broken up, The policeman killed him alright. The [grocery] stores are not [allowed] to charge any more for the things than they did before, two stores tried [to], [but] the officer took their stores away from them and turned it over to the people. Will close with much love from all. Your Loving Niece Georgia M. Merlinjones please please write soon. please do. [Envelope] Oakland, CA Apr 21 1906 5 p.m. L. and H. Justi Glen Ellen Sonoma Co., California. [verso:]G-- CAL. Apr 22 1906 6 a.m.
Collection	Leopold Justi Papers
Repository	Sonoma State University Library, Rohnert Park, California
File name	EQ_JU_002
Digital reproduction	Original photograph scanned at 300 dpi, adjusted for contrast Displayed in jpeg format at 75 dpi
Related resources	Earthquakes (Gaye LeBaron Collection file folder) Earthquake reconstruction (Gaye LeBaron Collection file folder) Hotz Earthquake Photograph Collection Sonoma County Preservation Projects
Copyright	Restrictions may apply. For more information see http://library.sonoma.edu/specialcollections/usingcollections/rights/
Date digitized	2006

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Title	Correspondence, 20 April 1906, from Georgia Merlinjones, page 1
Transcript	Oakland, California 615 East 18th St. April 20, 1906. My dear Uncle and Auntie; Why in this wide unmerciful world don't you write; are you dead or alive, we have been thinking of you [ever] since Wednesday morning. I heard that Santa Rosa is on fire and a 100 people killed. The fire in the ex- city of San Francisco is pretty well to an end. They will not let us go over any more. We have some homeless people [here] with us. It is an awful sight to see the poor helpless people coming over here. All the churches have opened their doors
Collection	Leopold Justi papers
Repository	Sonoma State University Library, Rohnert Park, California
Copyright	Restrictions may apply. For more information see http://library.sonoma.edu/specialcollections/usingcollections/rights/

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Correspondence, 20 April 1906, from Georgia Merlinjones

Correspondence, 20 April 1906, from Georgia Merlinjones