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(3.5) | None | Today there is no one left alive who experienced the great San Francisco quake in in 1906. That is why it is important to tell the story. Many recall the terrible quake there in 1989, which caused a rupture in the earth of 25 miles and measured about 7.0 on the Richter scale. The 1906 quake had a rupture of 290 miles and was estimated at 7.8 and, by some, up to 8.3 on the Richter scale. It released 16 times the amount of energy as the 1989 quake (at a minimum). It boggles the mind to imagine what it was like near the epicenter. This is the story of what it was liketold by the survivors, rescuers and eyewitnesses to the immense power, and terror, that was unleashed on that day.… (more) |
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In presenting this history of the San Francisco Earthquake Horror and Conflagration to the public, the publishers can assure the reader that it is the most complete and authentic history of the great disaster published. (Preface)  The San Francisco earthquake horror and conflagration was the most colossal and appalling disaster that has ever befallen an American city. (Introduction) After four days and three nights that have no parallel outside of Dante's Inferno, the city of San Francisco, the American metropolis by the Golden Gate, was a mass of glowing embers fast resolving into heaps and winrows of grey ashes emblematic of devastation and death. | |
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Similar in natural conditions, these two little colonies of the West Indies, one French and one English by affiliation, underwent the shock of nature's assault and sank in grief before a horror-stricken world. (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.) | |
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None ▾Book descriptions Today there is no one left alive who experienced the great San Francisco quake in in 1906. That is why it is important to tell the story. Many recall the terrible quake there in 1989, which caused a rupture in the earth of 25 miles and measured about 7.0 on the Richter scale. The 1906 quake had a rupture of 290 miles and was estimated at 7.8 and, by some, up to 8.3 on the Richter scale. It released 16 times the amount of energy as the 1989 quake (at a minimum). It boggles the mind to imagine what it was like near the epicenter. This is the story of what it was liketold by the survivors, rescuers and eyewitnesses to the immense power, and terror, that was unleashed on that day. ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description
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From Title Page: San Francisco Earthquake Horror
- A Comprehensive and Connected Account of the Terrible Tragedy that Befell the People of our Golden City - The Metropolis of the Golden Gate, and the Death and Ruin Dealt Many Adjacent Cities and Surrounding Country. Destroying Earthquake Comes Without Warning, in the Early Hours of the Morning; Immense Structures Topple and Crumble; Great Leland Stanford University Succumbs; Water Mains Demolished and Fire Completes Devastation; Fighting Fire With Dynamite.
SCENES OF DEATH AND TERROR
Thousands Killed, Maimed, or Unaccounted For; Tens of Thousands Without Food or Shelter; Martial Law Declared; Millions Donated for Relief; Congress Makes an Appropriation; Sympathetic Citizens Throughout the Land Untie Their Purse-Strings to Aid the Suffering and Destitute; Property Loss of Hundreds of Millions; Appalling Stories by Eye Witnesses and Survivors; The Disaster as Viewed by Scientists, etc.
Comprising Also a Vivid Portrayal of the Recent Death-Dealing
ERUPTION OF MT. VESUVIUS
BY RICHARD LINTHICUM of the Editorial Staff of the Chicago Chronicle.
Together with twelve descriptive chapters giving a graphic and detailed account of the most interesting and historic disasters of the past from ancient times to the present day. BY TRUMBULL WHITE Historian, Traveler, and Geographer.
Profusely Illustrated with Photographic Scenes of the Great Disasters and Views of the Devastated Cities and Their People. | |
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The title goes on and on, giving a fairly good preview of the bombastic writing style employed throughout the book. The material on the San Francisco quake concludes with a chapter outlining a wildly inaccurate explanation of seismology, followed by several pages of racist rant against the Chinese population, and a vision of the new city that will rise from the ashes.
By page 266 the authors run out of things to say about the San Francisco quake. Like many disaster books of the era, the material continues for another another 162 pages, with topics including Mount Vesuvius, more bizarre speculation on the causes of volcanoes and earthquakes, the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, destruction of Pompeii (Vesuvius again), Mount Aetna, the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, Japanese earthquakes and volcanoes, Krakatoa, Hawaiian and Alaska volcanoes, earthquakes in South America, the 1903 Galveston hurricane, and volcanic eruption in Martinique. It appears that Trumbull White may have been working on a term paper or thesis for his geology class, and saw a opportunity to cash in on his research.
With all of its flaws, this book provides a interesting look at impressions of the earthquake immediately after the event.