Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-07-13
BOOK Loss BY QUAKE.
THOUSANDS OF VOLUMES ARI
BURNED IN ENSUING FIRE
State Librarian Of California Issues
Report Of Damage Caused by Re- {
cent Disaster-Principal Col
lections Saved.

0oC1 dueutO, Cal.-Ihe state II,
brarlan has issued a report showing
the damage done to libraries through
out the state by the fire or earth.
quake in April. From points outside
OF San Francisco come the following
statements of loss: Santa Rosa. S25..
600; Carnegie library building badly
damaged, but can be strengthened
and restored; San Mateo, building
badly damaged and condemned; Hay
ward, $3.50 damage to library build
ing; Martinez, $1,4O0 damage to
$1,000 building; Oakland, $4,000 dam
age to $4,000 building; Redwood
City, building ruined, loss $4,000;
Berkeley, 5000 loss to building.
The University of California suf-
fered the loss of 1000 volumes, which
were at a bindery in San Francisco,
and about $50 volumes which were
In the hands of officers and students.
The loss of library books and build-
ings in San Francisco is summarized
as follows: The San Francisco pub
lie library lost three-fourths of the
100000 volumes contained in the main
building and its branches. The books
were insured for $4,000. All build
ings gone except two branch library
buildings valued at $4,000. The de-
stroyed buildings were valled at $751;.
900 and carried $4,000 insurance.
The Astronomical Society of the Pa
cifc lost over 1,4O0 volumes; B'nai
Birth library, destroyed, over 10000
volumes; the Bohemian club library.
destroyed, about 5000 volumes; Cali
fornia Academy of Sciences, library.
destroyed, over 10000 volumes: cham
Der of commerce library, destroyed,
over 1900 volumes; Mechanics-Mer.
camille library, destroyed, 100000 vol
umes, insurance on books $4,000, in-
surance on buildings $4,000; St. Ig-
natius college library, destroyed, over
$4,000 volumes; San Francisco County
Medical society library, destroyed.
over 1000 volumes, insurance $1,000:
San Francisco reading room and H.
brary for the blind, destroyed, 400
volumes, insurance $500; San Fran
cisco Verein library, destroyed, over
4,4VV volumes, StdJe uOTudl SCuOO1
library, destroyed, $500 volumes.
Supreme court library, destroyed,
over 1900 volumes; theosophical IL
brary, destroyed, about 1000 VOL
umes; University club library, de-
stroyed over $500 volumes; Wells
Fargo library, destroyed, about 5000
volumes, no insurance; Young Mems
Christian association. destroyed, over
$500 volumes; San Francisco law IL
brary, destroyed, about $4,000 vol
umes; library of the Society of Cali
fornia Pioneers, destroyed; library IN
Croker mansion, destroyed: Mills law
library, destroyed, about $1,000 vol
umes; Sutro library, consisting Of
100000 volumes, $4,000 volumes
saved, rest destroyed; French library,
destroyed, over $4,000 volumes.
The principal libraries saved are
the Bancroft library Of 10000 volumes
belonging to the State university,
which has been moved to Berkeley;
the Microscopical society's library Of
$500 volumes, moved to State univer-
sity; Cooper Medical college library
of 400 volumes, and California state
mining bureau library of 5000 VOL
umes.