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San Francisco Earthquake Chaos and Fire Devastates City
Eyewitness recounts fires raging through Market Street and Nob Hill as civilians flee in panic. Red Cross ambulances ferry the injured while a martial law curfew and army engineers battle flames. shops and homes burn, refugees crowd ferries to Oakland, and personal losses mount amid a citywide scramble for safety.
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Red Cross
The
Daily News
San Francisco
Oakland
Alameda
Examiser
Chronicle
Montgomery Street
Che
Upper Market Street
Hite Cost
Market Street
Upper Broadway
Raton
Louie
Crocker
Hake” Sedier
Berkeley
Vitman
Sadler
van Nese Avenue
246 Place
Stu
Golden Gate Avenue
Eaton's
Sacramento Street
Bay
Chinatown
Sacramento
van Ness
Fairmount
Stanford
Ehea
Tye Jeeaskeres
Auth Abelloee Treee
Lombard Street
Presidio
Golden Gate Park
Kearney
van Ness Avenue
Market
DeLorous Street
Market the Friers
Mr. Eaton
Fort Mason Barracks
Eaton
Palo Alto
Misey
Eatons
Wildnes
Wyonet
Mramer
Bac
Eaton’s
Vaumsex
Napoleon
Moscow
Waterlost
Putin
Wiliam
San Mates
Ihekam
Red Grasse
City
Belmont
Redwood City
Pato Alto
Eston
Wildman
Zimmerman
Hank of
San Jose
Toiliers
Mclaughlin
Auzarals
Zin
Ieroke
Southern Pacific