Custer County Republican., April 26, 1906, Image 6

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SAN FRANCISCO MADE Cfry Of UEn fH
AND RUIN BY EARTHOUAKE AND FIRE
Great Western Metropolis Prnctically Wiped
OutThousnnds Probably Killed by Horror
-Flames E'inish Destruction Begun by
Seismic DisturbancG - Stricten ] City
Without W ntcr to Fight Blaze.
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FACTS CONCERNING THE DEVASTATION AT GOLDEN :
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Estimated property loss. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $200,000,000 .
Loss of life so far as known. . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,000
I Estimated number of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ! . . . , .
, i Number of miles devastated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 .
. Number of square city blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , .
Number of bulldlnDs In ruins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30,000 +
made homeless. . . . ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150,000
Number of
Number of persons hotelo destroyed..8 :
I Newspaper offices In rulns..3
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TeleDraph and telephone offices wiped out..3 :
City placed under martial law. .
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8an Francisco , April 18.-1'ho henrt
or San l'rnnclsco Ie In ruins nnd only
a mlraclo can save the city from almost -
most total destruction.
A IItupen ous earthqunlto shattere
the city. Flro ! ollowed naturo's upheaval -
heaval and Increased the damage a
1lousanctCold.
All day and Into the night men have
fought a losing battle with the lIames ,
end It loolts as It the limIt or human
rc.llf.ltanco ! hM been reached.
II will 1:0 a we ole before the roll at
the dead Is Imown. The earlier reports
or 1,000 slaIn , whIch were thought
10 bo exaggerated , are sadly admitted
to be undereallJllated , It anything.
'l'he seriously Injured will reach ! \
total or 3.000 , whllo 50.000 Ilorsonll : are
borneless.
'l'ho prollorty loss at eIght o'cloclc
Wednesday night was estimated at
:200OUOU O. It hall : grown sInce then
nnd Is IncreasIng every hour.
Death Comes with Dnwn.
' 1'ho IIrst shoclt , whIch lasted almost
five mInutes , and which started the
wrecltlng of the clt ) . , came jUllt : at
Ila'brean , and through a day or terror -
ror the ptollle have fought , aIded by
oldlers , t { , checlt the followIng lIames
\hal have burned ever ten square
lnd death covers the coast for miles ,
and the sccnell : In San FrancIsco are
beIng duplicated on a smaller scale In
111\ ) [ a dozen of the nearer cities.
Nolhlnl ; remaIns to tell where the
CIIIT houst ! stood , amI enl ) ' the coast.
11nlng or rugged roclts remains. The
Ileath roll hero Is probably large.
Gen. 1'unston gave orders that looters -
ers were to be shot Ilt sIght. Four
lI1en etected In robbery were sum-
loarlly exocuted.
'rho Southern Paclllc traclts are In
fuch condition that only a crippled
train service has been posslblo.
1rallln walls pInned many victims
fasl , alH1 they were compelled to suffer -
for untold agonies while lIames cropt.
lowanl them.
Blocle and hlocle or banltlng houses
are masse ! > or red-hot ruIn , and It will
ho months before the money that was
! lOlIred In theIr valuable vaults can be
reached.
Sewers and water pIpes were burst ,
Jnd It Is leared that there will bo an
I.pldemlc of dIsease. ProvisIons wer\
Bolu at tancy prices and even water '
"enlled by the glass.
For the first time In the history of
AmorlcaIl disasters the newspapers
' ea ed all elTorts to gather news , be-
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-Shnded Portions of Map Show Arens of Two Dig Fires in Skyscraper
a.nd Wholesale Districts.
miles of the heart of the city , tle-
straying more than 130 city blocles.
lJesldos tbo sman fires that rage In
illToront parts of the town. Al mlll-
night the tlro stili Is burning lIercoly
in every dlroctlon , choeltotl on two
oldel ! ! : ! by the water or the bay , llntl held
tacit from the ether two and rrom thlJ
maIn resldonce tllstrlcts by the halt
gale that has 'fannod Its fury all dar.
No Wnter to Fight Flames.
The firemen and the 4,000 soldlort !
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-.vho are t1ghtlng the lIames anti rescuIng -
Ing the dead and Injured. have labored
all day without water , tor the earth
Qualeo snapped the water mains nn\ !
lolt the city helpless.
Dynamite and powder were the only
ngeneles left wUh whIch to battle.
: Many or the Onest buildings In the
city were leveled to the grountl by ter-
"IOe charges or explosIves In the hope-
1es3 effort to slay the horror of fire.
In this worlt heroIc soldIers , pollco-
men anel firemen were maimed or
ldlled outright.
an l"ranclsco Is wIthout street car
liorvlco. There Is no light , except the
laro or the lIames-tor the gas plants
bave blown up or shut off ror pUflOses
of aarot ) . , anti the earthqualtes de-
troyed the machinery In the olectrlc
light works.
Nearly n quarter ot the population
ot the cIty either has fletl to the hills
and other supposed points of greater
larety , or uro homoless.
Martlill law has been proclaImed ,
Dearly 4,000 oldlers are patrolling the
atreots with orders to shoot all van-
/tals.
tals.While
While the center of the earthqualte
waS In San Francisco , the destruction
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caune by the tlmo It could bo gatllerel
there woultl bo 110 wa ) ' leCt or publish.
Ing It , M\'ery newslaer plant In thl
city waK destroyed.
'rhe $7.000,000 cIty Imll was torn bl
the carthquulte , the steel-rlbbod dome
lI'lpled ) of Its coverIng , and the on ,
tlro building wreclted.
Gen. . Funston , In command of thl
11111tod ' 3tatell : troops at the Presidio
tleclared the cUr under martial law
nd the troops and pollco are worltlnl
together to save lifo , llrotoct propert :
and recover the dead.
Hundreds Dead at Santa Rosa.
Santa Rosa Is n total wreclt ani
there nre 10.000 homeless In the clt ) '
The loss or 1Iro lrobably will reac ]
Into the hundreds. The whole busl
nesll : portion of the city Is tumble ,
Into ruIns. MaIn street Is ) I lie cI 0 :
either sldo many feet deep wltl
fallen buildings. Not ono buslnes
building Is 16ft Intact. The four-star ,
courthouse Is a plio or broleot1 me
sonry. What was 110t destroyed b
earthqualto was swept by fire. Th
citizens have fied to the fields an
hills to watch the destruction of tl1
city. The water s'stem was dl
stroyetl by the earthqualto.
Leland Stanford unIversity , give
to the people by Mrs. Stanford I
memory of her son , was destroyed b
the seismic shock. One report frol
Palo Alto says that only one of tli
magnificent buildIngs romalns stanl
Inc. while another report sa's the
conditions are not qulto as bad.
At Agnews an Insane nsylum , CO ]
talnlng nearly 700 ) latlents. colIaps
at tha first shoclt. At nine o'cloc
126 tleatl had been romovctl from 11
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Map Showing Towns and Country Affected by the Enrthqualte.
ruins , lenvlng 160 still burled. Two
hundred lunatics are roaming the
country.
At San Jose the Ventlome hotel and
Its annex were badly wreclcetl. Ten
or fifteen persons were Itllled In the
wrecle. Flrty others were killed In
the general wreclmge of the town ,
which Inclutl08 all the public build.
'Ings.
Deaili nnd Devastation Everywhere.
The same story of death and tlev.
astatlon comes.from Santa Cruz. 1\Ion-
tery , Gilroy and Hollister. The
death list at Santa Cruz Is reported
to bo large.
At Salinas , down the coast near
Monterey , the town practically was
destroyed , and the damage to prop.
erty Is estlmatetl at upwartl of $1 , .
000,000. wIth ten reported deatl. Sac.
ramento. Stockton , Watsonvllle and
other towns report huge damage. Redwood -
wood City , 1\1enlo Parle and Bur. '
lIngame also sufCered.
Across the bay from San FrancIsco
the destruction was great , but the
conditions there are much better than
In San FrancIsco. At Derlteley , the
seat of the University of CaHtornla ,
many buildings were thrown down ,
Ilnd the university buildings themselves -
selves were craclted , damaged anti
shalten to their foundations.
The dead In Oaltland , Alameda and
Berlreley are numerous. but no detailed -
tailed Ilccounts or records have been
recel'ed here.
Dounds of Dovaswted District.
But the great tllsaster. the fun
weight or the earthqualre. fell upon
San FrancIsco.
The area. . burned over Is boundetl
by Vallojo , Howard , East and San.
some streets-whIch embraces prac.
tlcally the entlro wholesale tlistrict
of the city. the fine retail district and
office buildIng dIstrict along Sansome
anti CalifornIa streets-and the great
commercial and banltlng district along
Ca1lrornla street , where most of the
banltlng ( md bl'olternge houses of the
city are located. Dloclr after blocker
or banltlng houses are 'now masses
or red hot ruIn , anti It will bo months
be fore the money that was housetl
In theIr vnluablo vaults can be
reachetl.
The second dIstrict that was swept !
clean by the fire Is that bounded by
Second , l\Iarltct , EIghth and Fulton
I streets-that 11:1 : , from the Unlun sta.
tlon on the water front at the foot
) of Marltet street baclt to EIghth.
'rhls district contaIns the finest office
buildings. hotels , retail stores , theaters -
) tors anti shops or the city.
The landmarlts or the cIty-its show
placos-the Sprecltels building , the
) Call buildIng , the great Phelan block ,
, and the Immense Palace hotel , said
to bo ono or the largest In the world.
practically are In ruIns. The : \Iajes.
tic , the Grand. the ColumbIa and the
Orpheum theaters are plies or smole.
Ing ruins.
Chinatown Wiped Out.
Chinatown Is no\v a. remlnlscenco ,
The ChInese theaters and joss houses
are In ruins a'nll rooltory after roole.
ery hns collallsetl , covering alive hun.
dreds of the colestlals. Panic reIgns
among the countle R U\ouf1al\lls of the
Chlneso , and they fill the streets ,
tlrngglng whatever the ) ' could save
from the wreclts.
The Japanese quarter hn.q been
burned out and from the IHlrt not de.
stroyell the IleOIlo ) have fiell In terror.
The fiame-swept area covers over ten
square miles.
As nIght descended upon the city
of doatll and destruction the fact that
there are no lights brought on fresl1
terror. which was accentuatotl by th
third sharp shock , whIch came just
before darlt.
As the fiames spread Into the resl ,
tlenco distrIcts lleople loft their home
and led to tlle Il\rlcs and squares.
The city resembles ono vasl sllam
bIos with the red glare of the lire
throwing weird shadows across thl
worn antI panlc.strll.'ken' facHs or thl
homeless , who arc wandering the
streets or sleellng on plle3 of mat.
tresses and clothing In the parks anti
on the sldewallts In those tllstricts
not yet reachetl by the fire.
Hundreds Are Roasted.
Hundreds were Idlled by falling
buildings at the moment of the earth-
qualo. :
Hundreds of Injuretl Imprisoned In
wrecltod bulltllngs were roasted to
dea th.
Every concelvablo conveyance , from
automobiles to hantlcars , were pressed
Into service to convey Injured and dyIng -
Ing to improvised hospitals.
At ten o'clock Unted states troops
arrived on the scene and San Francisco -
cisco was placed under martial law.
Solders ! were scattered through the
business district to prevent vantlallsm
anti hold crow s In checlt.
Buildings Are Dynnmited.
In spUe or heroIc work by the fire
tlepartment the fire galne heatlway ,
leaping across streets to adjacent
buildings. ' 1'ons or dY1amlte were used
to blow down buildings in hopes of
checkmg the fiames. Three-quarters
of the busIness section is In. ruins anti
the tire IS stili gaining.
District Is a 'Vnste.
The district entirely wiped out south
of Iarltet street Is bounded by Mar-
Iret , Harrison , the water front and
'l'enth street , about. two square miles.
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North of Marltot , Ule district burned Is
bounded by 1\lal'ltot , Broadway , the
water Cr.-Jnt and Sansomo.
Thirty Thousand Houses Wrecked.
'l'hlrty ' thousand houses were either
parllally or wholly destrnyed by the
I earthqualte , and the sUbseuont tin
11as swept the city from one end to thF
other. Hundreds of buildings arl
burning , without any effort beIng
made to c1lCcl ( the lIames.
It Is estimated that there will b
1iOOOO ! Homeless people. 'rhe numbel
oC dead cannot be roat\ll \ ) ' es1ln1l\to.1. .
One hundred bodies have been recov.
ered ; man ) ' perished mIserably In th (
brolten own wooden houses along tlll
water Cront In the 1\lIsslon and , alon
Marltet strcet , Failing walls plnnet
many vIctims fast I1nd they were com
) lellell to Huffer untold ngonles whit.
lIerr lIames crept toward thom.
I I Estimate Dea at 5,000.
I Some bolleve that the number 0
: deaths will reach the I1ppalllng Ilgure
, of 5VUO. but the tlgur's may bo 0"
, cesslve. The entlro city presents I
I Fcene of Indescrlbablo confusIon. Th' '
, 111'0 zone Is so largo that It tl1ltos tw
. and one-half hours to go around 11
J ! \tnr\'elous deeds of heroism are re
) ported on 1\11 sides. 'rhero were man
I thr1lllng rescues. 'rho deeds of vale
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would 1111 a volume.
NIght added to the horror. The sIt ) '
was tIIumlnated In 1111 directions. As
the flamcs spread Into the resltlence
elllltrlctR : peolJlo leCt their homes and
lIell to the IJ\rl < s aUII squares.
The lIorles : of rather severe shocks
at seven o'clock Curther Increased the
terror and many left home9 that were
not In dnn cr.
Reaches Residence District.
At seven p. m. the fire had swept
from the south sldo of the town across
\lal'l < et street Into the district called
the Western alhlltlon , and was hurn.
Ing houscs at Golden Oato avenue and
Octavia. ThIs result was reached attor
almosttheontlre sou thorn dIstrict rrom
NInth street to the eastern water front
hnd been converted Into n blneltened
wC\ste. Tn thIs secllon were hundreds
oC factrlell : , wholesale houses and many
busIness firms. In addition to thou.
sand:1 : of homes.
On the North side the fire was not
malting such rapid headway In the
Western ndtlltlon , where there was a
IImltetl water sUPllly avallahle , anti
the firemen made desperate elTorts to
prevent the encroachments of the
devastation.
Loss Mny Never De Known.
I It will bo many days beCoro the com.
plete stor ) ' of the ruin wrought by the
double calamIty of onrthqualee and
fire that visited San Francisco will be
written , and then there wtll sttll re.
main untold countless tales of pltl.
ful trngody. The exact loss of 1Ire
will never be Imown , as hundreds of
unfortunates have been Incinerated In
the fiames which made the rescue or
those burled under toppling steeples
and railing walls Impossible.
Supreme Court Is Homeless.
The Parrott buildIng. In whIch were
located the chambers of the state su.
premo court , the lower floors beIng de.
voted to an Immense department store ,
was ruined , though Its massive walls
were not all destro'etl. A little rur.
ther down Marltet street the Aca emy
of Sciences nnd the Jennie Flootl
building and the History" buildIng
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tower sttll stands , but w111 ha\'o to ) . I .
bo torn down. -
Root Slldes Into Yard.
A portion of the now city hall , whIch
cost moro than $7,000,000 , collapsetl ,
the roof sliding Into the court'ard
and the smaller towers tumbling
down wIth the great tlome being
moved but not ! alllng.
The Valencia hotel. a ! our.tory
wooden buildIng , sanl ( Into the bnse.
ment , a pllo or splintered timbers , un. "I"
der which were plnne many dead and _
dying occupants or the houses. The , "
basement was full of wnter anti some ) . , '
of the helpless victims were drowned. I
Dusiness Section Ablaze. \
The south sIde or Market street
Crom Ninth street to the bay was
soon ablaze , the fire covering a belt ,
two blocks'wide. . On thIs , the. maIn .
thoroughfare of the city , are located . .
many of the finest edifices In the city , ' / !
Including the Grant , Parrott , Flood ,
"Call , " "Examiner" and Monadnocc }
buildings , the Falace and Grand h .
tels and numerous wholellale : houlles. :
Wholesale DIstrict Swept Clean.
The latest reportR at pollco head.
quarters show that the entire tllstrlct ,
bounded by Vallejo , Howard , East and ' . .
Sansome streets. embracing practlcal1y j '
the entire wholesale portion of the ,
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city , has been swept clean by the fire.
Also the 'district bounded by Second ,
Marltet , Eighth and Folsom streets -
has been devastatod. In the latter dls.
trlct are Inclutled most of the clty's
finest and most substantial buildings.
The area covered by the flames up to
the present time Is about eight square
miles , or several hundred city bloclts.
Very little. if any , water Is ayallablo ' ,
and the blowing up of buildings by .
dynamite Is the only means of checle- J
Ing the progress or the tlames. Most
of the buildings untouchetl by the
fiames have been greatly damagetl by
the earthquake shocks. The pecuniary -
ary loss Is conservatively estimated at ,
$100,000,000. ,
Troops on Guard. . '
At nine o'clocle Wednestlay morning , :
a thousand men from the Presltllo ar. . ,
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klntlled anti burnetl IIko so much tin.
der. Sparks carried across the witlo
street , Ignltetl the Phelan building and
the army headquarters or the tlepart.
ment of California. Gen. Funston
commandIng. were burnetl.
Still nearing the bay , the waters or
whIch dId the firemen good service.
along the doclts. the fire toolt the Rialto -
alto buildIng. n handsome sltyscraper ,
and converted scores or solid business
blocks Into smoldering piles of brlcc.
Danls and commercIal houses. sup.
posed to be fire proof. though not or
modern build , burned quIckly , imtl the
roar of the flames could be heartl even
on the hlllll : which were out of the
danger zone. Here many thousands
or people congregated anti witnessed
the awful scene. Great scenes of
lIame rose hIgh In the heavens or
rushetl down some narrow street. join.
Ing mIdway between the sldewas ) )
anti malting a horIzontal chlmnoy or
the former passageways.
Buildings Collapse.
The tnll steel frame structures
stootl the strain better thnn brlc.k
buildings , rew of thom beIng hatlly
damaged. ' 1')10 ) bIg U-story Monad-
nock oflico buildIng. in course of construction -
struction , adjoIning the Palace hotel.
was an exception , however , Its rear
wall collapsIng anti many " crackll : be.
Ing made across Its front. Some of
the doclts anti freight sheds along the
water fron slid Into the bay. Deep
fissures opened in the 111letl.ln
grountl near the shore. anti the UnIon
rived tlown town to patrol the city
streets. The Thlrteentlr infantry. 1 , .
000 strong , arrived from Angel Island
u little later anti went on patrol duty
at once. The soldiers have been ordered -
dered to shoot down thieves caught In
the act of robbing the dead and to . . "
guard with their lives the millions of \
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doUars' w rth of property , whIch has '
been placetl In the streets , that It may
escape the ravages of the fiames. The
First CalifornIa artillery. 200 strong ,
two companies , have been detalletl to
patrol tluty on Ellis street. Two more
companIes are patrolling DI'oadway In
the Italian section. The Ellis street
contingent of guartlsmen Is under the
commantl or Capt. G. A. Grattan. Capt.
WillIam A. Miller Is commanding the
rorces on Droadway.
University Duildings Destroyed.
Reports rrom districts outsltle of San
FrancIsco IndIcate wlde.sprentl dam.
age. San Jose , 50 miles south. lost
many bulhllngs and from 15 to 20
people were Itllled. 'rhe annex or the
Vendome hotel collapsed and fires
brolee out. Stanford university and I
Palo Alto sufCered. At Stanrortl many
or the handsome bulltllngs were demolIshed - .
Ished and two people were ItllIetl. One I
of them was JunIus Robert Hanna , at
Dradfortl , Pa. , anti the other was Otto
Gurta , a fireman.
'l'ho experlenco has been a testimonIal -
nIal to the modern steel building. A
Icore or these structures were In
course of erection and not one of these
HufIel'e .
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: GREAT EARTHQUAKES OF HISTORY. :
LIves Lost.
. Lisbon , Portugal , Nov. 1 , 1755. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,000 t
+ Lima , Peru , December. 1862. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70,000 .
. Lisbon , Portugal , Feb. 26 , 1531. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,000 J .
. Mlno Owarl , Japan , Oct. 28 , 1891. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,000 i ,
Lima , Peru , March , 1837. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,000
. : , Castellunare , Italy , April 19 , 1856. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,000
' Llnz , Auttrla , March 29 , 1634. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,000 i
, 0 Colombo , Island of Ceylon , March , 1894. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,000
\ Slim : ! ! ' , q , Java , July , 1879. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100,000 .
, ) Casan. . " , Ia , Italy , July 23,1883. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,000'
I T'ne R . . . ; ra , Italy , Feb. 23 and 24 , 1887. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000.
. . Naplct. Dec. 16 , 1857. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000
' " , India , June 12 , 1897. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,000 t
. , . Ch'rleston , S. C. , Aug. 31 , 1886. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
. I . C.llabrla , Italy , November , 1905 ; forty villages destroyed. . . . . . . . . 16,000. ,
Querentanaro , Honduras , September , 1905. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500.
! Gautemala. April 18 , 1902 ; six towns destroyed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 900 .
\ 9 Mlsuciltlan , Oaxaca , Mexico , April 12 , 1901. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 . -
. Guayaqull , Ecuador , Jan. 18 , 1901. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 . I
1 . Hakonc , Japan , Jan. 12 , 1901. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ . . . 300 ' , -
. Foggla , Italy , June 16 , 1900. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Isle of Chi os , Aegean sea , 1195. . . . . . . . . . . . Entire populatlol1 obliterated !
t Kagl , Formosa , April 3 , 1906 , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Four towns destroyed
PREVIOUS EARTHQUAKES IN FRISCO. .
. Lives Lost. Damage. !
, . ; ) ec. 2 , 1849 , two . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 18,000
June 22 , 1851 , five shocks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " , ' " .11 125,000
t , " 'ay 4 , 1863 , two shocks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 200,000
) Ian. 21 , 1871 , three shocks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 115,000
l' . June 19 , 1886 , one shock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 45,000
GREAT FIRES OF SAN FRANCISCO. '
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. 'une 29 , 1851 , business section destroyed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $575,000
\prll 24 , 1877 , residence section swept. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230,000 c.
. 'ay ' 5 , 1850 , town practically wiped 'out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unknown
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