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THE SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE
AND FIRE OF APRIL 1906

Public Library

The City Hall and Public Library on April 18, 1906

All of these prospects disappeared with the calamity which befell the city on the morning of the 18th of April.
By the destruction of the City Hall the Main Library was totally destroyed, as were also Branch No. 3, situated in the North Beach quarter, and the Phelan Branch No. 5 at the corner of Fourth and Clara and also two of the deposit stations. 

The loss