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Aftermath of Bay Area Quake Shocks Nation
The disaster toll reached 273 with 150 to 250 vehicles buried under freeway rubble as rescuers, aided by dogs and listening devices, retrieved bodies. President Bush to visit for three hours. San Francisco and Oakland heavy damage, aftershocks felt in Watsonville and Santa Cruz. Over 2,500 injured, $1 billion in damage, widespread outages, Marina District gas fires.
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Bush
Oval Office
Skinner
Dan Quayle
Oakland
Oakland Fire Department
Jim Hahn
Marty Boyer
Alameda County
Office of Emergency Services
Children’s Hospital
ABC
Bay Bridge
Watsonville
National
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz County
San Francisco
San Jose
Los Angeles
Reno
Nev
Santa Cruz Mountains
San Andreas
Russ Needham
U.S. Geological Survey
Golden
Colo
California
Art Agnos
Marina District