Show CONFINED EO TO SMALL SMA AREA Greater Part of California Did Not Feel Earthquake Fire Ru Ruined Ruined ined med San Francisco Sacramento April 21 In response to many inquiries coming from all parts of the th country to the Sacramento Val Valley Valley Valley ley Development association as to the extent of the injury from the recent earthquake the officers of that association association association tion requests the Associated Press to tomake tomake tomake make the following statement Two important facts should be at once known to the world First the earthquake was accompanied by seri serious serious serious ous results in no part of the state ex except except except on the peninsula on which San Francisco is situated and south to San Jose and at a few rew points point near the bay Berkeley for example and many points around the bay entirely escaped injury r and so also did the great val ley Icy regions of the Sacramento and San Joaquin and other parts of northern California and all southern California Of the square miles In the state the injury to person or property oc occurred occurred occurred in less than the small area of square miles Second the appalling loss of property in San Francisco was caused by fire and not by the earthquake |