San Francisco Quake Survivors Describe Terrifying Night
A four person party led by Dr. Ernest W. Fleming arrived in Los Angeles after enduring hours on the hills around Golden Gate Park during the quake. They report blistered flesh from flames, swollen feet from miles of broken streets, and scenes of colorfully dressed survivors in pajamas. Fleming recalls the shaking, voices, and the building seeming to breathe as fires started and people searched for safety.
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Market Street
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Expressmen
Earthquake Shocks Rattle Siena and California Towns
Thirteen tremors shook the Siena province in Tuscany with damage to buildings including Poggibonsi City Hall. Reports describe panic, fires, falling debris, and soldiers patrolling streets as residents flee toward the coast and reach Los Angeles.
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Officer shoots man pinned in wreckage with feet on fire
E Carl Brown, a mining engineer from San Francisco visiting Los Angeles, reports witnessing a gruesome scene after a catastrophe. A fireman and responders failed to rescue a man trapped in burning wreckage as flames reached his feet. an officer then shot him to end his suffering.
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Los Angeles
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San Francisco
Argyll Hotel
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San Francisco Relief Efforts Ordered After Fire Chaos
Military and civilian authorities organize shelter, food, water, and medical care for thousands in burned San Francisco districts. Three districts planned under Federal, State, and municipal control to distribute supplies from Oakland Mole. free transport offered to evacuees. Banks discuss reopening within thirty days. mint remains intact. Medical volunteers mobilized as city patrols tighten.
Man Killed Over Whisky Refusal by Guard
In San Francisco on April 22, L. P. Riordan’s younger son was shot and killed near his home after he refused a guard’s order to discard a whisky bottle. An unnamed tannery worker trying to reach his dying wife was fired upon but escaped.
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