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Dinanter Story Recounts San Francisco Quake Despatches
Despatches recount a morning quake that toppled many buildings in San Francisco from Montgomery Street to the bay, with fire breaking out in the south Market district and spreading toward North Beach. Chinatown and the Latin Quarter perished in flames as crews battled a second conflagration, while ships and shipping avoided major damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery Street
Bay
Market Street
Front and Battery
Sansome
Kearney Street
Market
Sutter
Post
Geary
Market Streets
Jones and
O'Farrell Streets
O'Farrell Street
Jones
California Street
North Beach
San Francisco
van Ness Avenue
Pine Street
Kearney
Grant Avenue
Powell
Stockton
Mason
Taylor
Leavenworth
Hyde
Larkin
Polk
St. Francis Hotel
Powell and
Geary Streets
Pleasanton
Waldeck
Post Street
Fairmont
Nob Hill
California Hotel
Bush Street
Post and Sutter and Kearney
White House
Newman & Levinson
O'Conner
Moffet & Co
Roos Bros
Lace House
Chinatown
Latin Quarter
City
Old Meiggn’ Wharf
Powell Street
Honolulu
U.S. Marine Hospital
Rincon Point
Customs House
Battery
Washington Street
U.S. Branch Mint
Commercial Street
City Hall
Montgomery
Davis Streets
Washington
Clay
California
Pine Streets
Front Streets