Table of Contents Setting the Stage 4 The Earthquake 6 Running for Safety 8 Fire 12 Destruction 14 Tent Camp 18 Returning Home 20 Discover More 26 Glossary 30 Websites 29 Index 31 3
Setting the Stage The San Francisco News Tuesday City Suffered Enormous Loss Issue 7 Volume 11 from Quake and Fires April 24 1906 While last Wednesday's earthquake earthquake caused buildings to collapse and people to flee across open cracks in damage came from the fires that followed the followed The quake lasted only two ground minutes but fires raged for three greater days Flames reached a mile high into the sky Thousands of people have escaped and have been housed in a tent city built for those who have been left stranded and homeless homeless Others scrambled onto ferryboats ferryboats that took them to safety It is estimated that 3 000 acres of the city have been flattened and that at least 500 people have died Today those who have survived and remain here are in shock over the 4 devastation devastation
Surviving The San Francisco Earthquake
Read this graphic illustrated book and live through the fear and destruction of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake.
About This Book
By: Joann Cleland
Illustrated by: Pete McDonnell
Published by: Rourke Educational Media (Unlimited)
