Fire sweeps San Francisco waterfront amid high winds
Amid a NW gale the San Francisco fire raged for hours across fifty acres of the waterfront near Bay Street to Meiggs and Fisherman’s Wharf. Water access was scarce and the blaze threatened to cut off Oakland and Berkeley, with Market Street and Nob Hill homes decimated before winds subsided. Refugees sought relief as bakeries reopened and swift food aid spread.
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San Francisco
Bay Street
Meiggs and
Fisherman's Wharf
Oakland
Berkeley
Custer
Octavia Street
Nob Hill
Market Street
Fort Mason
McCalla
Mare Island Navy Yard
Union Ironworks
Washington
Committee of Safety
van Ness Avenue
Mission
Russian Hill
Hving
Swift & Co
Golden Gate
Fire Department
Destruction and Refugees Amid San Francisco Fire
A San Francisco map of destruction shows the city burning with 100000 homeless in Golden Gate Park and 200000 more elsewhere. Docks served as hospitals. bodies buried by troops. Chinatown and underground passages described as burned out. Oakland and Los Angeles mobilize relief and rebuild plans as banks pledge safety of funds.
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San Francisco
Ingleside
North Beach
Golden Gate Park
The
Panhandle
Portsmouth Square
Columbia Square
Presidio
Folsom Street
Oakland
Cal
Bay
San Mateo County
Pacific Coast
Chinatown
W. W. Overton
Los Angeles
Mr. Overtown
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Francisco
Union
Postal Telegraph Company
Howard
East
Stewart Streets
San Pablo Hotel
First
Howard Streets
Telegraph Hill
Chronicle Building
Harbor Hospital
Goat Island
Howard Street
Main Street
Bryant
Eighth Streets
Market Street Bank
Seventh
Market Streets
Grand Building
Clearing House
Pacific Mail
Second
Brannan
Orient
Ocean Beach
Sixth
Folsom
Jane
Alameda
Gov. Pardee
Mott
Relief Committee
Thirteenth
Franklin Streets
Empire City of the Pacific
Cakland
Claus Spreckels
San Francisco Call
Examiner
Palace Hotel
Baldwin Hotel
Napa
San Pablo