Destruction of the Wholesale District

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Stock #: 659592
Type: Postcard
Era: Divided Back
City: New York City
State: New York (NY)
County: New York
Publisher: The Rotograph Co.
Postmark: 1906 Jun-8
PM City: Enterprise
PM State: NY
Stamp: 1c
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

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By this time the wooden houses south of Market Street were also ablaze, as were several of the piers on the waterfront, and one fireproof building had caught through its windows, broken by the earthquake, and was a sea of flame inside. Then the horrifying cry was raised that there was no water.

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