The San Francisco Directory, 1874, Part 9

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Publication date: 1874
Publisher: San Francisco : Langley, Henry G.
Number of Pages: 1128


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Oct. 28. A raid is made by the police on a gam- bling establishment at 112 Sutter Street and several persons arrested.


Oct. 30. Benjamin Collins drops dead.


Oct 31. Mary Montgomery is sentenced to two years' imprisonment for killing Henry Sanchez.


November 1. Edward Allen is fatally stabbed by an unknown person ...... James Gunning found on the street fatally injured, states that he was beaten and robbed by some unknown persons.


Nov. 3. Bartlett J. Freel is arrested on suspicion of being the murderer of Edward Allen ..... . Richard Brand is drowned in the bay.


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L. W. KENNEDY, General Insurance Agent, Fire, Marine, and Life, 411 California St.


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EDWARD BOSQUI & CO., Stationers, Printers, and Bookbinders, corner of Clay and Leidesdorff Streets.


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Nov. 4. John Donaldson is shot by Bernard Mc- Aravy ...... George A. Brady is killed by being run over by a truck ...... True Blue and other noted trot- ting horses arrive from the East.


Nov. 5. Harris, the first mate of the ship Sunrise, is arrested in a house on Clarence Place.


Nov. 7. A man named Leonard is killed by falling from a scaffold.


Nov. 8. Michael Clapp jumps overboard from the steamer Amelia and is drowned.


Nov. 10. Seraphino Guidire commits suicide. The British steam frigate Repulse arrives.


Nov. 11. Anna Callaghan is found dead in her room. Nov. 12. Hon. James Pollock, Superintendent of the U. S. Mint at Philadelphia, arrives.


Nov. 13. David Scannell meets with an enthusi- astic reception on his arrival from the East ...... Pat- rick Barr is killed by being struck by a descending coal car on the P. M. S. S. Co.'s wharf.


Nov. 15. Joseph Faraday commits suicide during & fit of mental depression caused by the sudden death of Charles Dodge, an intimate friend ...... The four- mile race between the noted horses Thad Stevens, True Blue, and Joe Daniels, for a purse of $20,000, takes place at the Ocean View Race Course in pres- ence of a vast concourse of spectators, with the fol- lowing results : First heat won by Joe Daniels-time, 7.45 ; second heat won by True Blue-time, 8.08 ; third heat won by Thad Stevens-time, 7.57 ; fourth heat won by Thad Stevens-time. 8.2034.


Nov. 18. Thomas F. Neagle is found drowned near Saucelito.


Nov. 22. A Centennial mass meeting, the first on the Pacific Coast, is held at Corinthian Hall ....... A slight shock of earthquake is felt.


Nov. 24. Horace A. Higley, formerly Surveyor- General of California, dies, aged 45 years. Patrick Burke is killed by the caving of a bank.


Nov. 25. A fire in William J. Heney & Co.'s fur- niture establishment destroys property to the amount of $50,000 ...... Frank Harris, mate of the Ship Sunrise is found guilty on twenty-four counts.


Nov. 21. Francis P. Carroll commits suicide.


Nov. 27. Thanksgiving Day is appropriately ob- served ...... Col. Robert Morrow, Paymaster in the U. S. Army, commits suicide.


Nov. 28. The officers of the ship Sunrise, convict- ed of excessive cruelty to the crew, are sentenced as follows: Captain Robert Clarke, to fourteen months' imprisonment in the County Jail, and $1,000 fine ; Frank Harris, the first mate, four years' imprison- ment in the State Prison, and Dennis Maloney, the second mate, two months' imprisonment in the County Jail ...... Eugene Casserly sends to Gov. Booth his resignation as a United States Senator from Cali- fornia.


Nov. 29. The friends of Theodore G. Cockrill, Chief of Police elect, present him a handsome badge of office.


December 1. The Atlantic Hotel is destroyed by fire. A man named Adams, perishes in the flames. ...... At a meeting of the Board of Supervisors, May- or Alvord makes his farewell address, and Mayor Otis is inaugurated ...... P. Crowley, ex-Chief of Police, is presented with a magnificent gold watch and chain by the members of the Police Department ...... David Seannell is elected Chief Engineer by the new Board of Fire Commissioners.


Dec. 2. The Fire Commissioners meet and organ- ize as two Boards, one consisting of Messrs. Torrey, Freeman, and Story, and the other, of Messrs. Ford, Edwards, and Sloss, each claiming the right to act.


Dec. 3. David Scannell receives his certificate of election from the new Board of Fire Commissioners. and makes a demand on F. E. R. Whitney for the of- fico of Chief Engineer, which is declined by the lat- ter ...... The first heavy rain storm of the season com- mences.


Dec. 4. F. E. R. Whitney is arrested on a charge of misdemeanor, in refusing to surrender the office of Chief Engineer to David Scannell.


Dec. 9. The Chamber of Commerce memorialize Congress for the removal of the wreck of the Patri- cian and Noonday Rock ...... A valuable span of horses run off Front St. Wharf and are drowned ...... John Ry- an is killed by being run over by a car.


Dec. 10. A steam boiler in a candle factory ex- plodes, killing a Chinaman and seriously injuring the engineer ...... Mayor Otis approves the bond of John ! schools, except six.


P. Shine, as clerk of the Board of Fire Commission- ers ...... Charles Cannon is found dead in a store.


Dec. 13. George Metcalf and Belle Watson make unsuccessful attempts to commit suicide ...... William Martin resigns the office of Clerk of the Board of Fire Commissioners, and turns over the keys and pa- pers in his possession belonging to the Department, to E. N. Torrey.


Dec. 15. Aaron Neely commits suicide.


Dec. 16. William O'Brien commits suicide ...... H. J. J. Dibborn is found dead in his room.


Dec. 17. The Italian frigate Garabaldi, with the Duke of Genoa on board, arrives in the harbor ...... W. S. Havens commits suicide.'


Dec. 19. Members of the Italian Benevolent So- ciety and officers of the Garibaldi Guard make an of- ficial visit to the Duke of Genoa on board the frigate Garibaldi.


Dec. 20. Frank Callow is killed by being run over by a railroad car ...... The ships Concordia and Mer- wanjee Framjee collide, causing the latter serious damage ...... Ellen Delaney arrested for shop-lifting attempts suicide.


Dec. 22. A special meeting of the Academy of Sci- ences is held to take suitable and fitting action upon the death of Prof. Louis Agassiz. Resolutions of sym- pathy and condolence with the family of the deceased are adopted ...... Dennis Moloney, second mate of the ship Sunrise, dies in the County Hospital.


Dec. 23. William E. Binoe is found dead in his room.


Dec. 24. P. J. Noonan is found dead in his room


At a special meeting of the new Board of Fire Commissioners the safe in the office of the Board is forced open and the records and papors of the De- partment handed over to John P. Shine, the newly elected Clerk of the Board.


Dec. 25. Christmas Day is observed by an almost entire suspension of business and religious services in the different churches ...... The race at Ocean House Driving Park between Joe Daniels and Nell Flaher- ty, for a purse of $2,000, is won by the former ...... Fran- cis Conroy is killed by being impaled on a fence picket


Franklin L. Jones, President of the Exempt Fire Company, an active member of the old Volunteer Fire Department, and an esteemed citizen, dies, aged fifty-six years.


Dec. 27. William F. Williamson, a pioneer Cali- fornian and highly respected citizen, dies, aged fifty- eight years.


Dec. 28. The Sacred Heart College, on the corner of Eddy and Larkin streets. is dedicated.


Dec. 29. J. Vick is found dead in his room.


Dec. 30. Herman C. Hagedorn is found dead in his room ...... Mrs. Mary Haley is found dead in her room.


Dec. 31. Felix Merle commits suicide ...... During the month of December eleven cases of small-pox prove fatal.


January 1, 1874. The advent of the new year is cel- ebrated by the usual festivities ...... Charles Muller commits suicide ....... During an affray Charles Smith is severely cut and Charles Gillen shot by Charles Streib.


Jan. 2. David Stern, a highly respected pioneer merchant, dies, aged fifty-one years ...... Colonel P. C. Lander, a well-known and esteemed pioneer Califor- nian, dies, aged sixty-eight years ...... The body of John Bedford is washed ashore near the Ocean Side House.


Jan. 3. The U. S. flag ship Saranac, Rear-Admiral Pennock commanding, arrives from Honolulu ...... Po- lice Officer Frank Croon is shot by a desperado. Scarlet fever prevails, several cases proving fatal.


Jan. 4. James Le Maire commits suicide ...... Jacob Borren, a child, dies from the effects of a dose of poi- son administered by mistake for medicine ...... John R. Sharpstein is appointed Judge of the Twelfth District Court ...... William Codington, a pioneer Californian, drops dead on the street, aged sixty-three years.


Jan. 5. Alexander Lund is killed by the fall of a wall ...... James Barton is killed by falling from a win- dow ...... An order is passed by the Board of Supervis- ors increasing the Police Force to one hundred and fifty ...... The new iron steamer Colima for the Pacific Mail Steamship Co. arrives.


Jan. 6. The Merchants' Mutual Marine Insurance Co. resolve to disincorporate ...... The Board of Edu- cation pass resolutions prohibiting the teaching of the French and German languages in all the public


Insurance effected, Losses adjusted, and promptly paid by FARNSWORTH & CLARK.


C. P. VAN SCHAACK & CO., 708, 712, 714, and 716 Kearny Street, Glassware and Toys.


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Jan. 7. The conductors and drivers on the Bay | from Wokahama, having made one of the quickest View and Potrero Railroad strike on account of being trips on record. overworked.


Jan. 8. Colonel-John Middleton, a prominent and esteemed pioneer Californian, dies, aged sixty-two years ...... A meeting of property holders is held to con- sider the proposition to tunnel Russian Hill under Broadway Street, from Mason to Hyde ...... The Calico Ball of the Ladies' United Aid Society at Union Hall is largely attended, the receipts amounting to about $3,000 ...... The trial of Johnny Tuers for killing James Dowling results in a disagreement of the jury. ... George Rex is drowned in the bay.


Jan. 10. The Duke of Genoa visits the Mint, Art Association, and other public places ..... . Annie Jones is crushed to death by a truck ...... Charles Lawson is found dead in his room.


Jan. 11. James Hassin commits suicide.


Jan. 12. Walter Van Dyke succeeds Lorenzo D. Latimer as United States District Attorney ...... Mary Shackelford is found dead in her room.


Jan. 13. Mayor Otis gives a reception to the Duke of Genoa and the officers of the frigate Garibaldi. Lawrence Burns drops dead.


Jan. 14. Mrs. Lulu Torrence commits suicide. ... The North Beach Brewery is seized by the U. S. au- thorities for alleged fraud.


Jan. 15. A severe rain and wind storm prevails.


Jan. 19. Randolph Mitchell cuts his wife's throat and then commits suicide ...... During a fracas between John F. Ford and Patrick Linehan the latter is killed by a blow on the neck ...... Edward P. Marsellus suc- ceeds William Gouveneur Morris as U. S. Marshal.


Jan. 20. The inquest over the body of Mrs. Lulu Torrence results in a verdict of suicide, but the Coro- ner dissents and arrests George Hogan and Gorham Beales, the former on a charge of murder and the lat- ter as accessory before the fact.


Jan. 21. George Hogan and Gorham Beales are discharged by the Police Judge.


Jan. 22. A large meeting of property owners, op- posed to the opening of the so-called Potrero Avenue. is held ...... Prof. James. Allen, the aeronaut, arrives with his balloons, one of 65,000 feet capacity. .... A tel- egram is received announcing the loss of the ship Pan- ther of this port in Georgia Bay.


Jan. 23. Mrs. Milligan is burned to death by a fire caused by the upsetting of a kerosene lamp.


Jan. 24. Charles A. Leyner commits suicide. George Hogan commences suit against Coronor Rice for false imprisonment ...... Charles Grapel is found drowned in the bay ...... Peter Bordeaux is found dead in his room.


Jan. 25. The steamer Macgregor, the pioneer ves- sel of the Australasian and American line, arrives from Sydney.


Jan. 26. William Stanton is found drowned in the bay ...... The Board of Supervisors elect Edward P. Batchelor, Prosecuting Attorney of the Police Court.


Jan. 27. John Foley, Manager of the San Francis- co office of the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Co.,dies, aged twenty-seven years.


Jan. 28. A. L. Wangenheim, a pioneer merchant and member of the Board of Supervisors, dies, aged fifty-five years.


Jan. 29. A meeting of the officers of the National Guard is held to protest against the passage of Sena- tor Laine's Military Bill.


Jan. 31. The publication of severe articles in the Chronicle and Sun, reflecting on the characters of the proprietors of the respective papers, culminates in an affray betwen Gustavus De Young and F. R. Fitzger- ald and the arrest of several parties connected with the Sun on a charge of libel ...... The trial of Robert Manning for killing a Chinaman results in a verdict of murder in the second degree.


February 2. Charles and M. H. De Young are ar- rested on complaint of the editor of the Sun on charges of libel ...... Gustavus De Young shoots at B. F. Napthaly while the latter is in custody.


Feb. 3. Daniel M. Folsom dies from the effects of injuries received by a boiler explosion.


Feb. 4. John O'Malley makes an attempt to kill J. B. E. Cavallier ...... The British sloop of war Fawn arrives in the harbor.


Feb. 5. Henry Jennings is killed by a ship's tackle block falling on his head.


Feb. 6. James Howden, a well-known chemist, dies aged thirty-eight years.


Feb. 8. The new steamer Vasco de Gama arrives | sizing of a boat.


Feb. 9. John Prichard, while in a state of som- nambulism, is killed by a fall from a window ...... A large meeting of citizens is held to protest against the action of the Board of Education in abolishing the study of French and German in the public schools ...... The School of Design, under the auspices of the S. F. Art Association, opens with forty-six pupils.


Feb. 10. Forty police officers lately appointed are mustered into service.


Feb. 14. The wrestling match between James Mc- Laughlin, of Detriot, Michigan, and Michael Whelan, of California, for $4,000 and the championship of America, results in the success of the former.


Feb. 16. The Chinese New Year commences ... ... A carnival, in imitation of the great Carnival of Ven- ice, is held at Platt's Hall under the auspices of the Italian Benevolent Society.


Feb. 17. Henry Slupsky is shot by the accidental discharge of a pistol in the hands of Edward Baker .. Felix Heller is found drowned in the bay.


Feb. 19. A meeting is held for the purpose of tak- ing measures to secure the Presidio Reservation for a public park ...... Margaret Bray is found dead in her room.


Feb. 21. Prof. Allen and several citizens make as- censions in a balloon from Woodward's Gardens.


Feb. 22. A large meeting of ladies is held for the purpose of inaugurating a movement to prevent the indiscriminate sale of intoxicating liquors.


Feb. 23. The one hundred and forty-second anni- versary of the birth of Washington is generally ob- served as a holiday.


Feb. 24. Judge Stanly charges the jury to the effect that the City Treasurer and Mayor should be indicted for felony for depositing money belonging to the City in a bank, contrary to law. A communication in regard to the matter is also laid before the Board of Super- visors, who refuse to read it, and pass a resolution expressing confidence in the integrity of the Mayor and Treasurer ...... A resolution is passed by the Board of Supervisors requesting the Board of Education to re-establish the study of the languages in the public schools.


Feb. 26. A blast of four hundred pounds of giant powder blows off about one thousand eight hundred cubic yards of Rincon Rock ...... Thomas A. Springer, State Printer and a well-known journalist, dies, aged fifty-three years.


Feb. 27. At a meeting of merchants held in the Chamber of Commerce, resolutions of confidence in the Mayor and Treasurer and denunciatory of the County Judge are adopted.


Feb. 28. The charges against the Mayor and Treas- urer are investigated by the Grand Jury, who report that there is nothing in the conduct of the parties im- plicated to entitle them to censure ...... The twenty- fifth anniversary of the arrival of the steamship Cal- ifornia is celebrated by the surviving passengers by a trip around the bay and a banquet on board ...... Captain William A. Thomson, a pioneer Californian, dies, aged eighty-four years.


March 1. The body of Dr. George Campbell is found in the bay.


March 4. An oil painting of Samson and Delilah is sold at auction for the sum of $10,250.


March 5. George Mason commits suicide.


March 6. Robert Manning, convicted of murder- ing a Chinaman, is sentenced to State Prison for life .. A large meeting is held at Platt's Hall and reso- lutions adopted indorsing Judge Stanly in his views in regard to the disposition of the public funds ..... Robert Currie drops dead while at work in the Pio- neer Woolon Mills.


March 8. Two burglars are detected in an attempt to rob the poor box in St. Mary's Cathedral.


March 9. News is received of the death of ex- President Millard Fillmore.


March 10. Miss Neilson makes her debut before the public of San Francisco in the character of Juliet John Anderson is found drowned in the bay.


March 11. News is received of the death of Sen- ator Sumner.


March 13. A meeting of colored people is held and resolutions of regret passed at the decease of Senator Sumner ...... Robert B. Fordham, a well-known mer- chant, dies, aged forty-seven years.


March 14. George Barber is drowned by the cap-


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ETNA INS. CO. of Hartford, has been established 54 years, and has paid over $40,000,000 Losses.


SAN FRANCISCO INSURANCE CO. (Fire and Marine), office 411 California."


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SAN FRANCISCO DIRECTORY.


EDWARD BOSQUI & CO., Paper Rulers, Leidesdorff Street, corner of Clay.


March 15. William Hanlon makes a murderous assault on Mrs. Mary O'Connor and her son, inflict- ing several dangerous wounds.


March 16. Judge Dwinelle decides that David Scannell is entitled to the office of Chief Engineer of the Fire Department, and fines F. E. R. Whitney $301 and costs, for usurping and unlawfully holding said of- fice ...... Col. Oliver P. Robie, a veteran of the War of the Rebellion, commits suicide ...... The fourth trial of the Black Will case commences in the Probate Court.


March 17. St. Patrick's Day is celebrated by a large civic and military procession and literary exercises at the California Theater ...... A boat race between the Pi- oneer and South End Rowing Clubs for $550 results in the success of the former.


March 18. The first and Second Regiments of the National Guard are inspected by the Military Com- mittee of the Assembly.


March 19. At a meeting of the Board of Fire Com- missioners Edward Flaherty is admitted to his seat in the Board and several officers and members of the Department removed ...... A large mass meeting in fa- vor of the Temperance Crusade is held at Union Hall.


March 20. Captain Barbiere, the aeronaut, arrives with the French mail balloon, Le Secours .... .The Pa- cific Submarine and Earthquake Proof Wall Compa- ny obtain judgment against the City Hall Commis- sioners for $10,000 damages for infringement of patent.


March 21. James Brown is drowned in the bay.


March 22. Arthur Mason drops dead on the street Mrs. Mary O'Connell commits suicide.


March 23. The new and magnificent building of the London and San Francisco Bank, Limited, is dedicat- ed to business ..... Louis Romero is found on the side- walk fatally stabbed ; subsequently Antonio Gonza- lez is arrested on a charge of having committed the deed.


March 25. Dora Osborne and her infant child are found dead, the latter having been strangled soon after birth by its mother.


March 26. John B. Beutler, a well-known musi- cian, commits suicide ....... Martin Lyon drops dead.


March 28. Captain Barbier makes his first ascen- sion from Woodward's Gardens in the French mail balloon Le Secours ...... Thomas Dickinson is danger- ously stabbed by Charles Jones ...... William Freder- ichson, an artist, commits suicide on the beach, near the Cliff House.


March 29. James Barrett, ex-Supervisor of the Tenth Ward, dies, aged thirty-six years.


March 30. Five notorious criminals escape from the County Jail.


March 31. William Brady is drowned in a pond.


April 1. A destructive fire on Sacramento Street, destroying property to the amount of $50,000. Thomas Bird is found dead in bed with his throat cut.


April 2. The fourth trial of the long-contested Black Will case, results in a verdict that the testator was not of sound mind.


April 3. The wife of Charles A. Sumner dies sud- denly at her residence.


April 5. Bob Durkin, a notorious convict, an es- cape from the County Jail, is captured ...... Edward B. Condon mortally shoots Charles K. Kochenrath, and then kills himself.


April 6. Thomas Breeze, a pioneer merchant and esteemed citizen, dies, aged 53 years ...... Rainfall of season to date 22.63 inches ...... One hundred and fifty ladies meet in convention to establish a reform in female dress.


April 7. Michael Fahey is mortally shot by E. M. Hopkins.


April 8. M. P. Tennant attempts suicide by swal- lowing strychnine ...... Elmer Caldwell is found dead in bed from the effects of a pistol shot in the head, and his roommate, Charles G. Maxey, is found on the floor dangerously wounded, the latter stating that he was shot by Caldwell, who then committed suicide. .. Several buildings on Pacific Street, near Stock- ton, are partially destroyed by fire ...... John A. Cam- eron is drowned by falling overboard from a sail- boat.


April 11. Thomas Enwright commits suicide by taking morphine.


April 12. James Flemming is mortally stabbed by John Corbett.


April 13. Gerald Massey lectures at Platt's Hall. ...... Abram Block succeeds A. L. Wangenheim, do- ceased, as Supervisor of the Eighth Ward ...... James


L. King is elected Fire Commissioner, vice Torrey, resigned.


April 15. The California State Medical Society hold their annual Convention ...._ Dr. A. A. Farns- worth commits suicide ...... Frederick Lind dies sud- denly.


April 16. G. O'Hara Taaffe, Consul for Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, an esteemed citizen, dies, aged 49 years ...... A Dickens Ball, in aid of the S. F. Female Hospital, is held at Union Hall.


April 17. John Williams is drowned by falling from Oakland Wharf.


April 18. The British Benevolent Society hold their eighth annual picnic ........ Thomas .. Dixon sustains severe injuries by being thrown from a wagon.


April 19. The barracks on Alcatraz Island are de- stroyed by fire ...... The balloon America ascends from Woodward's Gardens with several passengers who, in descending from an altitude of three thousand feet, narrowly escape with their lives.


April 21. Sixteen seamen on the ship David Crockett are arrested for mutiny ...... W. S. Marks and friend are stopped by highwaymen on the Cliff House Road and relieved of their purses ...... A Con- vention of State Grangers convene at Corinthian Hall, three hundred delegates in attendance.


April 23. Walter C. Benn makes an unsuccessful attempt to commit suicide ...... The ship James Ches- ton runs ashore on South Beach.


April 24. A runaway near Butchertown results in a serious injury to Mrs. Jayne ...... The $500,000 prize in the Havana lottery is drawn by residents of this city ...... John Pardo and Braggio Stetta are arrested for opening a letter ...... Bartley Freel is convicted of murder in the second degree for killing Edward Allen.


April 25. The Odd Fellows celebrate their Fifty- first Anniversary by a picnic at Alameda ...... Steam- ers Antelope and New World collide in the bay with trifling damage ...... The Grangers Bank of California is organized.


April 26. The ship James Cheston, stranded at South Beach, is rescued and towed to Hunter's Point .... .A gas balloon from Woodward's Gardens, after reaching an altitude of two thousand feet, descends near the Small-Pox Hospital, the occupant narrowly escaping with his life ...... Eugene Callahan is severely stabbed by a man named Feline ...... The Provincial Council of the Roman Catholic Diocese of California is held at St. Mary's Cathedral.


April 27. The wholesale liquor dealers organize to oppose the Local Option Law ...... The French iron- clad Atalante, one of the most effective vessels in the French Navy, arrives from Peru.


April 28. A fire at 507 Clay Street, destroying prop- erty to the amount of $8,000 ...... The legal profession pass resolutions of condolence and respect for Jabish Clement, a well-known member of the Bar, who died while on a visit to Oregon ...... Frank L. Green, who was stabbed by Charles Johnson. dies.


April 29. The Fifth Annual Session of the Califor- nia Woman's Suffrage Convention is held ...... The col- ored population celebrate the anniversary of the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment, at Horti- cultural Hall ...... The City Hall Commissioners trans- fer the books, property, etc., of the new City Hall to the Board of Supervisors.




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