The San Francisco Earthquake
A moment-by-moment account of the 1906 earthquake and the fire that followed it, using new source material and many eyewitness reports
History
316 pages : illustrations, map (on lining papers), portraits ; 25 cm
9780812813609, 081281360X
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Tuesday, April 17, 1906. (Noon to 6 p.m.) Tension backstage
(6 p.m. to midnight)
Personal grounds. Wednesday, April 18, 1906. (Midnight to 5 a.m.) An excited horse
(5 a.m. to 5:12:59)
Time hung poised
(5:13 to 5:30 a.m.)
The big rip
A fatal fall (5:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.)
Polishing coffin handles
A tumult of noise
Appeal for dynamite
A shared drink (12:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.)
Last evidence of life
Explosives in inexperienced hands (6:30 p.m. to midnight)
Hemmed in by flames
Eager hands. Thursday, April 19, 1906. (Midnight to 6 a.m.) Foreign affairs
A row of guns
(6 a.m. to noon)
Harsher tones
Magical powers
(Noon to 6 p.m.)
Exodus on market
A passport portrait
(6 p.m. to midnight)
The last defense breached. Friday, April 20, 1906. (Midnight to 6 a.m.) Rising wind
(6 a.m. to noon) Fulfilling a vow
(Noon to 6 p.m.) The blind gunner
(6 p.m. to midnight) Reunion
Saturday, April 21, 1906. Flickering flames
Aftermath. An inconvenient interruption
Trials and tribulations
Today. Encore