Chinatown in San Francisco Lost Splendor Forever
A nostalgic reflection on San Francisco’s Chinatown fading after disasters and reconstruction. The piece recalls its vibrant art, carved architecture, hanging lanterns, silk garments, dragon processions, and bustling markets, noting the night lights, tourists, and Chinese craftsmanship that defined a cultural era now gone. It laments the potential exclusion of Chinatown in rebuilding plans and mourns the loss of a historic, colorful neighborhood.
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Girl Buried Four Days Survives Santa Rosa Earthquake
A Los Angeles correspondent reports Santa Rosa Calif suffered major damage from a quake and fire. Nine bodies recovered from St Rose ruins. a little girl survived four days hidden by timber. many buildings collapsed with limited rescue possible in first 24 hours.
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Red Wine Fights San Francisco Blaze in Telegraph Hill
A major fire in Telegraph Hill San Francisco used hundreds of gallons of red Italian wine when water ran dry. Italian residents rolled out barrels beat flames with wine soaked sacks and blankets sprinkled wine on shingles until early morning, finally near extinction.
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Telegraph Hill
San Francisco
Chicago Inter Ocean
St Bernard Guarded San Francisco Earthquake Victims
Miss Alice Childs of Brooklyn recounts a St Bernard guarding her as she fled the Palace hotel during the quake. The dog accompanied her downstairs and to the ferry, while a New York traveler displays a brass room key marked No. 80 from the Palace, saying he would not sell it for any price.
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Alice Childs
Brooklyn
Denver
Palace Hotel
St. Bernard
I. L. Weinstein
New York
Earthquake Foreseen Near Havana May 15 18
Vienna professor J F Nowack lecturing on nature phenomena links sun irregularities to a predicted violent quake or tidal wave that could affect Havana and Vedado between May 15 and 18. He cautions a guarantee is not possible. Then a Portland ferry crowd fleeing quake reports two grey haired women with eight monkeys and a nearly naked woman with two bird cages rushing toward the dock amid a startled lunatic.
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J. F. Nowack
Vienna
Cuban Institute of Sciences
Vedado
Nowack
Joseph Babler
Portland
Ore
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Southern Pacific
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Frisco Horror Incidents Aboard Disaster Tales
Readable scenes from the San Francisco disaster describe frightened civilians, theft attempts ended by deadly force, a hotel fall injuring J B Fiske, marriage license surges as homes are destroyed, soldiers forcing a fashionably dressed man into street labor, and operatic performers losing valuables yet continuing amid ruin.
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Cracker Wedding Cake Amid San Francisco Earthquake
A Berkeley wedding follows the San Francisco earthquake as Robert F. Benham and Mary Louise Hale wed hastily after locating each other among refugees. Cracker wedding cake, shelter, and aid mark a poignant ceremony with wartime courage and Western resolve.
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Berkeley
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Robert F. Benham
Portland
Mary Louise Hale
Stanford student recounts earthquake devastation at university
Clarence W. Waugh, Stanford University, writes from New York about the April quake that leveled Encina Hall and damaged the library gym and church. He describes walking over broken glass in bare feet, rescuing classmates, and the campus guard as buildings collapsed, with Mrs. Stanford's residence split in two and a multi‑million dollar loss estimated.
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Clarence W. Waugh
Stanford University
New York
New York Suns
Young Wartgh
Enectna Hall
Night Watchman
Bradford
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Zoological
Mrs. Stanford
Bnaidings
San Francisco Water Supply From Mountains to City
The article outlines San Francisco’s historic water system, noting early ferry delivery of drinking water, major reservoir complexes in the mountains, and the Spring Valley Water Co. built to expand capacity. It cites Pilarcitos, San Andreas, Crystal Springs, and Calaveras reservoirs with multi‑million gallon capacities and six distributing reservoirs raising city supply above flood level. It recounts pre 1860 ferrying from Sausalito, Lake Merced contributions, and the 1860 formation of Spring Valley Water Co. which extended lines to Market Street.
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Pilarqitos
San Andreas
Crystal Springs
Calaveras
Honda
College Hill
University Mound
Clay Street Hill
Francisco Street
Lombard Street
Fillarcitos
San Mateo County
Pilarcitos Valley
Ban Andreas
Francisco
Bay
Sausalito
Marin County
Lake Merced
Spring Valley Water Company
San Mateo Mountains
Market Street
Pilarcitos
Spring Valley
Lake Tlonda
Market
Valencia Streets
Peninsula
Frisco Refugees Send Messages Across Country
Hundreds of letters and worn scraps sent from San Francisco arrive in Chicago for post office distribution. Communiqués range from shirt cuffs to shingles, often only bearing the writer’s signature, the word saved or alive, and the tag A Frisco refugee or A lucky survivor for free transit.
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San Francisco
Chicago
California Girl's Economy at Waldorf Dinner
In New York the California club women crowded the Waldorf headquarters and a breezy Californian summed up their dining plan saying she would not dine there. She would take two hits for coffee and occasional snacks, then spend the rest of her wad at home.
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California Club
New York
Waldorf Hotel
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New York Sun
Poor fellow arrested on criminal charge in court scene
A clipped dialogue scene shows a man sentenced to arrest on a criminal charge and a remark about the law taking its course. The exchange hints at poverty affecting legal process and fate, with implied sympathy and resentment in a period voice.
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