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Frisco Earthquake Reflections From Oakland May 5 1906
Oakland correspondent Gail Shipman recounts in letters from May 5 1906 a personal view of the San Francisco earthquake and fire. She describes martial law, refugee camps, rescue efforts, confiscations, and the immense destruction across San Francisco from Russian Hill to Market Street, noting the loss of landmarks and the resilience of residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tam
Bay
Times
Oakland
Relief Committee
Adams Point
Wm. R. Hearst
Piedmont
Lkven
San Francisco
Bernhardt
Thaatre
Idorn Park
Berkeley
Poon
Red Cross
Victor Metcalf
Roosevelt
San Jose
Redwood City
New
Carnegie Library
Ranch
Tsteph
Russian Hill
Kohl
Merchants Exchange
Chinatown
Old St. Marys
Guadalupe
Tettrazzini
Shreve
Sanguinetti
Andrew
Diamond Palace
Examiner
Call
Chronicle
Lottas Fountain
Zinkkend
Delmonicos
Marchands
St. Germain
Pup
White House
Newman Levinson
Paris
Union Square
Old Palace Hotel
St Francis
Taits
Club Tify
Bohemian Club
Mechanic's Institute
Emporium
Hale's
Golden Gate
Fort
Sausalito
Tiburon
Alcatraz
van Ness Avenue
Mission District
Twentieth
Fino
Tyo
Stafford
Morse Patrol
Presidio
Monterey
Jay
Smiddie
Russton Hill
the Christ
Joseph
Golden Park
China
St. Brigid's
Claus Spreckels
First Presbyterian Church
Marie Antonette
St. Dunstans
Sportment Houses Dental and Medical Office
St Mary's Cathedral
Omaha
Panhandle
McKinley
Army of Metals
Central Park
New York City
Panhandle Boulevard
Museum
Stow Lake
Strawberry Hill
Ocean
Bill
Santa Ana
St. Dominic
St. Ignatius
America
Delmonico
Palace Hotel
McAllister
Sodom
Gomorrah
Market Street
Parrott