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Rumors about the devastation at Stanford were initially greatly exaggerated. Reports of total destruction fed the fears of parents and friends anxious to learn the fate of students and others. A faculty member and student drove hastily composed telegrams to Sacramento where they finally located a working telegraph office.

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