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Jack London's reports on the San Francisco fire probably rank with Samuel Pepys' account of the great London fire of the 1660s and Pliny's account of the destruction of Pompeii when Vesuvius erupted. Thanks for the interesting essay.

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Thanks for the London writing. One gets a glimpse why he was a great journalist. He loved the city as it turned to ashes. A break for us that colliers asked for the report.

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