Author: Lawrence Joseph Kennedy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Earthquakes
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
The Progress of the Fire in San Francisco April 18th-21st, 1906
Author: Lawrence Joseph Kennedy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Earthquakes
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Earthquakes
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
A History of the Earthquake and Fire in San Francisco
Author: Frank W. AITKEN (and HILTON (Edward))
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : San Francisco (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : San Francisco (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Scenes of the San Francisco Fire and Earthquake, April 18, 1906
Author: Phoenix Photo Co
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Earthquakes
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
One of four booklets of scenes of San Francisco and environs after the earthquake and fire, with captions.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Earthquakes
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
One of four booklets of scenes of San Francisco and environs after the earthquake and fire, with captions.
The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of April 18, 1906
Author: Grove Karl Gilbert
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Building materials
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Building materials
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
San Francisco - April 18,1906
Author: Laura Zieman
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1420882899
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
The scene is set, a beautiful spring morning in San Francisco, just a few days after the Easter holiday. Spring flowers bloom, erasing the tedium of winter. The air is crisp and clean, a soft bay breeze escorts the gulls soaring above. A new day is dawning, and the city is awakening. Paperboys prepare to deliver the morning news, vendors hitch their horses to their produce carts, streets are washed down, and the smell of coffee from the roastery permeates the air. April 18, 1906, one hundred years ago. What started as a beautiful spring day soon turned into a nightmare for the citizens of San Francisco. The devastating quake struck with such a force as to throw people from their beds, split open streets, crumble monumental buildings, and render the city helpless, all within a few seconds. With a damaged infrastructure, the fire that erupted consumed all in its path, turning this once glorious city into a pile of ashes. The story of this cataclysmic quake and subsequent fire is told through the eyes of a young girl named Bina who lived through this tumultuous time. She became fascinated with the images of the postcards depicting the sights and events she experienced, and with the help of family and friends put together the scrapbook presented within these pages.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1420882899
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
The scene is set, a beautiful spring morning in San Francisco, just a few days after the Easter holiday. Spring flowers bloom, erasing the tedium of winter. The air is crisp and clean, a soft bay breeze escorts the gulls soaring above. A new day is dawning, and the city is awakening. Paperboys prepare to deliver the morning news, vendors hitch their horses to their produce carts, streets are washed down, and the smell of coffee from the roastery permeates the air. April 18, 1906, one hundred years ago. What started as a beautiful spring day soon turned into a nightmare for the citizens of San Francisco. The devastating quake struck with such a force as to throw people from their beds, split open streets, crumble monumental buildings, and render the city helpless, all within a few seconds. With a damaged infrastructure, the fire that erupted consumed all in its path, turning this once glorious city into a pile of ashes. The story of this cataclysmic quake and subsequent fire is told through the eyes of a young girl named Bina who lived through this tumultuous time. She became fascinated with the images of the postcards depicting the sights and events she experienced, and with the help of family and friends put together the scrapbook presented within these pages.
The Story of the Great Disaster
Author: Wilbur Gleason Zeigler
Publisher: The Paragon Agency
ISBN: 1891030639
Category : Earthquakes
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Publisher: The Paragon Agency
ISBN: 1891030639
Category : Earthquakes
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
San Francisco and Vicinity Before and After the Big Fire, April 18th, 19th, and 20th, 1906
The Great Earthquake and Firestorms of 1906
Author: Philip L. Fradkin
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520230606
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
"In this well-researched book, Fradkin contends that it was the people of San Francisco, not the forces of nature, who were responsible for the extent of the destruction and death."--"Booklist."
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520230606
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
"In this well-researched book, Fradkin contends that it was the people of San Francisco, not the forces of nature, who were responsible for the extent of the destruction and death."--"Booklist."
San Francisco During the Eventful Days of April 1906
Author: James B. Stetson
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3387033915
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3387033915
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
San Francisco is Burning
Author: Dennis Smith
Publisher: Viking Adult
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
"At 5:12 A.M. on the morning of April 18, 1906, San Francisco was struck by one of the worst earthquakes ever recorded, a disaster that instantly killed hundreds and leveled large sections of the city. The quake has become a watershed event in American history, yet with the passage of time its drama has overshadowed the even greater calamity to which it gave rise: the fires that broke out as the result of toppling chimneys, broken flues, and severed gas lines. These blazes burned for days and were ultimately responsible for the deaths of as many as three thousand people, the destruction of more than five hundred blocks and twenty-eight thousand buildings, and the dislocation of some two hundred thousand residents." "In San Francisco Is Burning, Dennis Smith recounts the three terrible days of the tragedy with an almost cinematic immediacy, tracing the drama through the experiences of a number of people who lived it: a valiant naval officer who helped save the city's piers and wharves, the corrupt mayor, a firefighter who witnessed firsthand the staggering intensity of the fires, a woman who ran a shelter in Chinatown, and the army general who took command of the city and inadvertently placed the city and its people at even greater risk." "Above all, San Francisco Is Burning is a compelling and timely account of how a city copes with catastrophe - how it prepares for such contingencies and how effectively it deals with them when they occur. Smith reveals how San Francisco's corrupt municipal government had paid little heed to the warnings of its fire chief about the inadequacies of the public water system, a failing that would leave the city particularly vulnerable to spreading blazes. Once the fires began, a number of decisions made by the emergency leadership not only proved ineffective hut actually exacerbated the situation. Dynamiting to create firebreaks became, in the hands of amateurs, a dangerous incendiary, while the enforced evacuation of many of the city's neighborhoods deprived them of a volunteer fire brigade, desperate to save their own homes. But the most drastic measure - the declaration of martial law and posting of militia with shoot-to-kill orders against looters - turned out to be the most damaging of all as it led to senseless deaths and the demoralizing of an already overwhelmed populace."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher: Viking Adult
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
"At 5:12 A.M. on the morning of April 18, 1906, San Francisco was struck by one of the worst earthquakes ever recorded, a disaster that instantly killed hundreds and leveled large sections of the city. The quake has become a watershed event in American history, yet with the passage of time its drama has overshadowed the even greater calamity to which it gave rise: the fires that broke out as the result of toppling chimneys, broken flues, and severed gas lines. These blazes burned for days and were ultimately responsible for the deaths of as many as three thousand people, the destruction of more than five hundred blocks and twenty-eight thousand buildings, and the dislocation of some two hundred thousand residents." "In San Francisco Is Burning, Dennis Smith recounts the three terrible days of the tragedy with an almost cinematic immediacy, tracing the drama through the experiences of a number of people who lived it: a valiant naval officer who helped save the city's piers and wharves, the corrupt mayor, a firefighter who witnessed firsthand the staggering intensity of the fires, a woman who ran a shelter in Chinatown, and the army general who took command of the city and inadvertently placed the city and its people at even greater risk." "Above all, San Francisco Is Burning is a compelling and timely account of how a city copes with catastrophe - how it prepares for such contingencies and how effectively it deals with them when they occur. Smith reveals how San Francisco's corrupt municipal government had paid little heed to the warnings of its fire chief about the inadequacies of the public water system, a failing that would leave the city particularly vulnerable to spreading blazes. Once the fires began, a number of decisions made by the emergency leadership not only proved ineffective hut actually exacerbated the situation. Dynamiting to create firebreaks became, in the hands of amateurs, a dangerous incendiary, while the enforced evacuation of many of the city's neighborhoods deprived them of a volunteer fire brigade, desperate to save their own homes. But the most drastic measure - the declaration of martial law and posting of militia with shoot-to-kill orders against looters - turned out to be the most damaging of all as it led to senseless deaths and the demoralizing of an already overwhelmed populace."--BOOK JACKET.