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Title of Book: The San Francisco Calamity by Earthquake and Fire ***A Complete & Accurate Account of the Fearful Disaster which Visited the Great City & the Pacific Coast, the Reign of Panic & Lawlessness, the Plight of 300,000 Homeless People & the World-wide Rush to the Rescue TOLD BY EYE WITNESSES - Including Graphic & Reliable Accounts of All Great Earthquakes & Volcanic Eruptions in the World’s History, & Scientific Explanations of Their Causes
*** LAVISHLY ILLUSTRATED w/ 64 pages of nearly 100 Half-Tone Photographs & Illustrations - Made Especially for This Work, Showing the Havoc Caused by Fire, Earthquake and Volcanic Convulsions!
Edited by: Charles Morris
Illustrator: W.E. Scull
Publisher: World Bible House
Year of Publication: 1906
Edition/Printing: 1st/First Edition, 1st/First Printing
Ex-Library Volume: NO
Total of Numbered/Paginated Pages: 510
Size: 6 7/8"W x 9 1/4"H
Format/Binding: Teal pictorial cloth hardcover; orange & black cover & spine graphic imagery depicting falling/burning buildings; gold cover/spine lettering; decorated green & ivory color floral endpapers
Dust Jacket: None As Issued
Condition: Good, evincing no writing or markings; binding remains tight, but there is the beginning of separation of exterior spine hinges from interior binding between FEP (less so at REP); normal modest paper toning; normal cover/edge wear; handful of margin smudges; partial cover age fading (but graphic imagery remains VIVID)
CONTENTS:
*San Francisco and Its Terrific Earthquake
*The Demon of Fire Invades the Stricken City
*Fighting Flames with Dynamite
*The Panic Flight of a Homeless Host
*Facing Famine and Praying for Relief
*The Frightful Loss of Life and Wealth
*Wonderful Record of Thrilling Escapes
*Disaster Spreads Over the Golden State
*All America and Canada to the Rescue
*The San Francisco of the Past
*Life in the Metropolis of the Pacific
*Plans to Rebuild San Francisco
*The Earthquake Wave Felt Around the World
*Vesuvius Devastates the Region of Naples
*The Great Lisbon and Calabrian Earthquakes
*The Charleston and Other Earthquakes of the United States
*The Volcano and the Earthquake, Earth’s Demons of Destruction
*The Theories of Volcanic and Earthquake Action
*The Active Volcanoes of the Earth
*The Famous Vesuvius and the Destruction of Pompeii
*Eruptions of Vesuvius, Etna and Stromboli
*Skapter Jokull and Hecla, the Great Icelandic Volcanoes
*Volcanoes of the Philippines and Other Pacific Islands
*The Wonderful Hawaiian Craters and Kilauka’s Lake of Fire
*Popocatepetl and Other Volcanoes of Mexico and Central America
*The Terrible Eruption of Krakatoa
*Mont Pelee and Its Harvest of Death in 1902
*St. Vincent Island and Mont Soufriere in 1812
*Submarine Volcanoes and Their Work of Island-Building
*Mud Volcanoes, Geysers and Hot Springs
ILLUSTRATIONS:
*The Magnificent City Hall Shattered by Earthquake
*Pall of Death Over the Doomed City
*Carrying Bodies Out of the Ruins
*Thousands Fighting Their Way to the Ferry
*Looters and Robbers Shot by the Military
*Conspicuous Figures in the Relief Work: Claus Spreckels; General Funston; Secretary of
Commerce and Labor Metcalf
*Celebrated Buildings of San Francisco: The Dolores Mission; The United States Mint
*Fire Ravaging Market Street
*Escaping the Havoc in Trains
*Photographed from a House-Top in San Francisco
*Fleeing from the Flames in San Francisco
*The Devastated Area of San Francisco
*The Burning City of San Francisco
*A Terrible But Magnificent Spectacle Photographed in the Centre of San Francisco
*In the Fire-Swept Tenement District of San Francisco
*A Burning Street in San Francisco
*A California Villa at Montecito
*Eugene E. Schmitz, Mayor of San Francisco
*Chasms in a Street of San Francisco
*The Ruined Palace Hotel
*A Panorama of Devastation
*Refugees Camping Under Shelter of the Mint
*View of the Ruins Looking Toward Van Ness Avenue
*Averting Famine in San Francisco
*Looking Up California Street
*Gardens of a Beautiful Place Near Santa Barbara
On the Beach South of the Cliff House
*One of the Ruined Palaces on Nob Hill
*San Francisco’s City Hall
*The Burning of Nob Hill
*Ruins of the Valencia Hotel, San Francisco
*Camping on the Outskirts of San Francisco
*The Blazing Business District of San Francisco
*Standing in Line for Rations
*Great Earthquake at Lisbon, November 1, 1753
*Ruinous Effect of the Charleston Earthquake
*Refugees Leaving the Ferry House
*Millionaires Escaping in Automobiles
*The Burning Heart of San Francisco
*Dynamiting a Mile of Palaces at Van Ness Avenue
*This Diagram Shows How Volcanic Action is Caused
*Earthquake at Messina, 1783
*The Mission of San Juan Capistrano
*San Francisco Before the Fire
*The Evacuation of Chinatown
*Camping in the Golden Gate Park
*Mount Erebus
*Mount Vesuvius Before Eruption of A.D. 79
*A Later View of Mount Vesuvius
*Automobiles and Carriages Overtaken by Fire
*The Havoc of the Earthquake
*A Bank in Oakland Wrecked by Earthquake
*Huge Sky-scrapers (Skycrapers) Threatened by the Swiftly Advancing Flames
*The Desolated Heart of San Francisco
*View from a Country Place in Santa Clara County, California
*Kilauea, the Great Volcano of Hawaii
*The Volcanic Outbreak of Mt. Pelee May 8, 1902
*Pink and White Terraces of Lake Roto Mahana, New Zealand
*Crater of Kilauea, Hawaii
*Jorullo, the Great Mexican Volcano
*A Street in Chinatown
*Two of the Ruined Residences: The Magnificent Home of Charles Crocker; The Stanford House
*Two Panoramas of San Francisco: Taken from a Western Hill Showing the Hebrew Synagogue in the Foreground; A Bird’s-Eye View of the Business Portion of the City
*Leland Stanford, Jr. University
*Sectional View of Earth’s Crust in the West Indies
*Seal Rocks and the Cliff House
*Places of Refuge for the Homeless: One of the Beautiful Homes in the Western Part of San Francisco; A Scene in Golden Gate Park Where Thousands of Fugitives Slept in Tents and Rude Shelters
*The Golden Gate from the Cliff House
*The Precipitous Rocks Where the Cliff House Stands
*Interior of a Home in St. Pierre
*Chart of the Windward Islands
*Graham’s Island
*The Bay of Naples and Mt. Vesuvius in Distance
*A Body Turned to Stone
*Fleeing from the Destruction of Pompeii
*Escavated Ruins of Pompeii
*A Street in Pompeii
*Fleeing the Wrath of Vesuvius
*A Geyser in Eruption, Yellowstone National Park
*A Famous Volcano, Orizaba, Mexico
*Crater of La Soufriere, St. Vincent
*The Ill-Fated St. Pierre Overwhelmed with Destruction
*Death in the Fire
*The Famous Terraces of Yellowstone National Park
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