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Identifier: sanfranciscoshor00wils (find matches)
Title: San Francisco's horror of earthquake and fire ... to which is added graphic accounts of the eruptions of Vesuvius and many other volcanoes, explaining the causes of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, comp. from stories told by eye witnesses of these frightful scenes
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Wilson, James Russel. (from old catalog)
Subjects: San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906 Volcanoes. (from old catalog)
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa., National publishing co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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San Franciscos Horror OF EARTHQUAKE AND FIRE TERRIBLE DEVASTATION ANDHEART-RENDING SCENES IMMENSE LOSS OF LIFE AND HUNDREDS OF MILLIONSOF PROPERTY DESTROYED THE MOST APPALLING DISASTEROF MODERN TIMES CONTAINING A VIVID DESCRIPTION OF THIS OVERWHELMING CALAMITY-SUDDENNESS OF THE BLOW—GREAT NUMBER OFVICTIMS—FALL OF GREAT BUILDINGS—THOU-SANDS DRIVEN FROM THEIR HOMES THIS UNPARALLELED CATASTROPHE LEAVES SAN FRANCISCO A HEAP OF SMOULDERING RUINS-FIERCE FLAMES SWEEP THE DOOMED CITYBEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS IN ASHES TO WHICH IS ADDED GRAPHIC ACCOUNTS OF THE ERUPTIONS OF VESUVIUS AND MANY OTHER VOLCANOES, EXPLAINING THE CAUSES OF VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS AND EARTHQUAKES COMPILED FROM STORIES TOLD BY EYE WITNESSES OF THESE FRIGHTFUL SCENES By JAMES RUSSEL WILSON, the Well-known Author Embellished with a Great Number of Superb Photographic Views takenbefore and after the Terrible Calamity. NATIONAL PUBLISHING CO. 235 TO 243 SOUTH AMERICAN STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA. •. \^/ % LIBRARY of CONGRESSTwoCoDl

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SUTRO HEIGHTS. Located on the bluffs above the Cliff House. From here a grand view of the ocean and bay can be had.

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