Night of Desolation After City Earthquake
San Francisco endures a massive earthquake with fires and collapses. Destruction spans the Palace Hotel district, Stanford University, Berkeley, Santa Rosa, Monterey, and nearby towns. Martial law and panic persist as relief trains struggle to reach blocked rails and damaged lines.
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Stanford University
Palo Alto
Tnit Berkeley
Santa Rosa
Delmonte Hotel
Monterey
Tereol
Los Angeles Weather Bureau
San Diego
Browley
Imperial Valley
San Francisco
San Joaquin Valley
San Louis Obispo
Visalia
Quakes in California versus Seattle Regions
A historical note explains Seattle and Puget Sound face low earthquake risk due to thick rigid crust. It contrasts California where quakes recur from crust weakness and global cooling, describing a global weak belt and crust contraction that causes seismic activity.
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Seattle
Puget Bound
California
Judge Receives Divorce Suit Over Name Change Request
J. H. Voss files for divorce from Forumander Pool and seeks restoration of Harris as her maiden name. The filing requests a court order to revert to the surname Harris after divorce.
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J. H. Voss
Forumander Pool
Harris
San Francisco After Infernal Earthquake and Fire
Reports from San Francisco describe a city in smoldering ruins after a violent earthquake and subsequent fire. The disaster left a vast death toll and widespread destruction with the number of casualties still uncertain and growing daily.
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San Francisco
Oakland
San Francisco Fire Devastation Reaches Unthinkable Scale
The narrative describes the 1906 disaster beginning at 5 20 am with tremors and fires that spread across Twenty second Street, consuming millions in property. As darkness fell hope faded and the city faced only embers and charred ruins of once famed buildings.
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Twenty-second Street
San Francisco
Despair and Riot In San Francisco After Mega Disaster
Panic spread as shocks rocked the city with martial law and looting while fires lit the night skies. Thousands hid from destruction, bodies and missing persons mounted, trains halted, ferries stopped, and class lines vanished in the chaos.
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San Francisco
Santa Rosa Wrecked As City Burns In Devastating Fire
Oakland dispatch reports Santa Rosa in ruins with ten thousand homeless and the death toll rising to hundreds. Fire rips through business blocks and soon consumes many residences as messengers relay further devastation from nearby towns.
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Oakland
Santa Rosa
Northern Pacific Round Trip Ticket Offer To Los Angeles
On May 2 3 4 and 5 the Northern Pacific offers first class round trip tickets to Los Angeles for 45.59 with a return limit of July 10. Contact the city ticket office at First Ave corner.
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Northern Pacific
Los Angeles
Mystic Shrine
First Ave
Dance Tonight at Leach Park Hosts Second Thursday Event
The second Thursday night dance fills Leach Park with music and dancing. See latest spring millinery at Mrs Fraser’s store, 120 Pike Street, for a stylish outing before or after the event.
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Leach Park
Mrs. Fraser's
Pike St
San Jose City Ruins After Devastating Disaster
One hundred fifty persons are reported killed in San Jose California as the business district lies in ruins. The destruction covers blocks bordered by St James Street Market Street Third Street and San Fernando Street. The city is under...
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San Jose
Cal
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Kestner
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Ket
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Standard
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Post Office
Rea Building
Dougherty Block
St. Patrick's Church
Safe Deposit, National and
Bank of San Jose
Uneeda Biscuit
National Biscuit Company
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