what happened was we had been really smart in the 1880's because we had a brickyard, we were coming along, and we made our own brick and we made them out of soil along the creeks. it turned out to not a good -- to not be good. the town had burned two or three times in the time it was a shack town. they decreed that downtown buildings would be built from brick. this was the brick they built them of. it did not hold. buildings were made of brick, and they just fell in on themselves. that is where most of the people died. 100 people died them at least, that we know of in this earthquake. the immediate reaction was that people were horrified. there was a group of letters written by a woman named jesse logan. she talks about walking downtown and he the dead bodies in the wreckage and seeing the devastation to the community. health cave in from outside, and one particular man who got his son who was visiting here from andas and drove to a bank wrote a check for $5,000 and gave it to people to clean up and to get the bodies out. the money that was left he divided among the churches to help them.

what happened was we had been 1880's.mart in the we had a brickyard.e were coming along and we made our own brick. we made them alone -- out of soil along the creeks. the mortar turned out to not be good. the town had burned a few times in the 1860's when it was a shack town and the city fathers decreed that downtown buildings would be built of brick. this was the brick that they built them of. it didn't hold. when the earthquake hit, they just fell on themselves. at least 100 people died here that we know of. that is staggering. is thate reaction people were horrified. a young woman living here was writing to her sister in sacramento and talked about walking downtown and seeing the dead bodies in the wreckage. seeing the devastation to the community. of course, help came in from outside. one particular man who was visiting here got his son to drive him from petaluma to a bank and cash the check for $5,000 and gave it to the people to clean up, to get the bodies out, to pay them. the money that was left needed to be divided among the churches. people w

downtown.vastated really smart in the 1880's because we had a brickyard, we were coming along and we made our own brick and we made them out of soil along the creeks and it turned out to not be good. two or town had burned three times when it was kind of a shack town and they decided, the downtown buildings would be and this was the brick they built them of and it didn't hold. buildings, when they were made of brick, fell down on themselves and that is where most of the people died. the immediate reaction was that people were horrified. there is a group of letters called the jesse letters, a young woman who lived here who was writing to her sister in sacramento. she talked about walking downtown and seeing the dead bodies in the wreckage, and the devastation to the community. and came in from outside one particular man who was visiting from kansas, got his son to drive him from petaluma to a bank, cached a check for $5,000, and brought it back and gave it to people to clean up. to get the bodies out. with the money that was left, he divided among the churches. people went back into b