Describing Anchorage Devastation-Rene Cappon, editor of the Anchorage Daily News and a former Associated Press editor, told of his experiences in the quake that devastated Anchorage. In a byline story for the Associated Press, Cappon described the ground as weaving and bucking "like a ship in a stormy sea."

Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Describing Anchorage Devastation-Rene Cappon, editor of the Anchorage Daily News and a former Associated Press editor, told of his experiences in the quake that devastated Anchorage. In a byline story for the Associated Press, Cappon described the ground as weaving and bucking "like a ship in a stormy sea."

Associated Press · [ca. March 1964]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Earthquake Alaska 1964

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