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　　From Stanford we turned our attention north and slightly west to San Francisco．We left at a quarter past eleven in the morning and before long a car traveling the 35 miles between the two places brought us the terrible news of a city in ruins, with fires beginning at various points, and the water supply interrupted．I was fortunate enough to board the only train that got up to the city; fortunate enough also to escape in the evening by the only train that left it．This gave me and my brave female companion four hours of observation．

　　By midday, when we reached the city, the smoke was heavier and the explosion had begun, but the troops, the police, and the firemen seemed to have set up order, dangerous neighborhoods were roped off everywhere and stationed with policemen, bars were closed, trucks or cars were forced into service, and everyone was at work who could work．

　　It was indeed a strange sight to see an entire population in the streets busy as ants in an uncovered ant hill hurrying to save their eggs．The sidewalks were covered with well–dressed men and women, carrying precious things, or dragging big boxes to spots of greater temporary(暂时)safety, soon to be dragged farther, as the fire kept spreading!

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