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Earthquake Toll and Rebuilding Rush Across California
San Francisco faced a major quake and fires with corpses counted in the low thousands and property losses estimated around $300 million. Recovery work spreads through Oakland and Berkeley as engineers, contractors, and federal troops coordinate debris removal and rebuilding plans for skyscrapers, wharves, and new parks.
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Oakland
Berkeley
William Walsh
General Greely
San Francisco
Board of Health
Loas
California
General Committee
Cc. C. Lindgren
San Francisco- Fresno
Lindgren- Hicks Co
Herbert Law
Fairmont
Lindgren
Lindgren-Hicks Co
Pardee
Schmit
James Flood
Union Tust
New Chronicle
The
Call
Mutual Savings
Crocker-Woolworth
St. Francis Hotel
Water Front
Twin Peaks
A. W. Greely
Frederick Funston
Fort Mason
Presidio Reservation
San Francisco Bay
United States Mint
Washington
New York World
Mint
Mission and Wirth Streets
British Columbia
Treasury
New York
Naples
Cal
San Jose
Agnew’s
Asylum
Stanford University
Memorial Church
Hann
Puacific Milling Company
Santa Clara
Gilroy
Salinas
Spreckels
Delmonte
Hollister
Watsonville
Monterey
Pacific Grove
Santa Cruz
Wrights
Delmonte Hotel
Benson
Ariz
Rouser
Santa Clara County
Company B
Fifth National Guard
Worsick
Moreland Academy
Vendaqme Hotel
Los Angeles
Vacaville
Dixon
Winters