
History of the Earthquake and Fire in San Francisco - Kostenloses Hörbuch
Autor(en): Frank AitkenEdward Hilton
Sprache: English
Genre(s): GeschichteModern (20. Jh.)Sachbücher
1 / 13The Old San Francisco
- 1. The Old San Francisco
- 2. The Earthquake
- 3. The Fault Line
- 4. The First Day of the Fire
- 5. The Fateful Day
- 6. The Conquest
- 7. The Work of the Fire
- 8. The Relief
- 9. The Resumption
- 10. The Damage by the Earthquake
- 11. A Study of the Fire
- 12. The New San Francisco
- 13. Appendix
Über
Early in the morning of Wednesday, April 18, 1906, the San Francisco area was shaken by a massive earthquake. Over the course of the next four days, fires spread through large swaths of the city, started by broken gas lines, fallen electrical wiring, and damaged chimneys. Broken water mains prevented the fire department from effectively battling the blazes. By the time the fires were finally extinguished on the afternoon of Saturday, April 21, nearly 3000 people were dead and 500 city blocks destroyed. Before the year was over, the Edward Hilton Company of San Francisco had collected and sifted through the available information to publish this concise and lucid analysis of what had happened. (Summary by Maria Kasper)
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