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This is another of many accounts that allude to soldiers shooting citizens in relief camps following the 1906 earthquake and fire. There are hundreds of such letters in the archives of the Museum, but few give specific details, and Mr. Collins may have heard this story rather than witnessed the event itself. Return to the earthquake eyewitness accounts. Return to Collins' Eyewitness Account