April 18: ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
Briefly

BOSTON - The fourth annual Marathon race will be run under the auspices of the Boston Athletic Association over the usual course between Boston and Ashland tomorrow...B.F. Sullivan of the Highland Athletic Club, who finished in third place last year, will again try, as will several others of the old runners. The Canadian runners ought also to figure well at the finish.
SAN FRANCISCO - At 5:10 o'clock this morning San Francisco was visited by the severest earthquake it has ever known. The shock lasted three minutes, damaging thousands of buildings and totally wrecking many of them. The loss of life is reported to be very heavy, especially in the tenement districts along the waterfront.
Read at Brooklyn Eagle
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