Hellraisers Journal: Thousands Feared Dead as Earthquake and Fire Destroy San Francisco
-Mother Jones
Sunday April 22, 1906
San Francisco, California - Citizens Flee as City Burns
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:
Two days later, the San Francisco Call was able to publish from a temporary location:
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
Comments
Thanks for the links.
This is very interesting.
Correction needed?
Isn't it 1906?
There is no justice. There can be no peace.
Thank you Maven!
Read through the whole thing twice and some how missed it!
Corrected now.
Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth.-Lucy Parsons