Hellraisers Journal: Thousands Feared Dead as Earthquake and Fire Destroy San Francisco

Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living.
-Mother Jones
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Sunday April 22, 1906
San Francisco, California - Citizens Flee as City Burns

San Francisco Earthquake & Fire, Apr 18, 1906.png

The massive earthquake which struck early on the morning of Wednesday, April 18th, set off a fire which swept through the city and left behind smoldering ruins. "Newspaper row" was consumed in the fire and yet the city's dailies were able to join together and publish a combined one-day edition on the day after the disaster:

San Francisco Earthquake, Call=Chronicle=Examiner, Apr 19, 1906.png

Two days later, the San Francisco Call was able to publish from a temporary location:

San Francisco Earthquake, SF Call, Apr 21, 1906.png
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SOURCES & IMAGES

San Francisco Earthquake & Fire, Apr 18, 1906
http://www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/geologic_hazards/earthquakes/pages/sa...

San Francisco Earthquake, Call=Chronicle=Examiner, Apr 19, 1906
https://www.newspapers.com/image/49604294/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/49604306/

San Francisco Earthquake, SF Call, Apr 21, 1906
https://www.newspapers.com/image/80939438/

See also:
1906 San Francisco earthquake
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_San_Francisco_earthquake

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This is very interesting.

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TheOtherMaven's picture

Sunday April 22, 1916

Isn't it 1906?

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JayRaye's picture

Read through the whole thing twice and some how missed it!

Corrected now.

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