The San Francisco calamity by earthquake and fire eBook

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CHAPTER I.	1
THE EARLY DAYS OF SAN FRANCISCO.	1
THE CHARACTER OF THE CITY.	2
THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE CITY.	4
THE BANE OF THE EARTHQUAKE.	5
THE GREAT DISASTER OF 1906.	6
RESCUERS AND FIRE-FIGHTERS.	7
THE HORROR OF THE PEOPLE.	8
OFFICIAL RECORD OF THE EARTHQUAKE.	9
FREAKS OF THE EARTHQUAKE.	10
SKYSCRAPERS EARTHQUAKE PROOF.	11
CHAPTER II.	13
THE RESISTLESS MARCH OF THE FLAMES.	14
THE CARE OF THE WOUNDED.	14
FIRE ATTACKS THE MINT.	15
THE PALACES ON NOB’S HILL.	17
A VIVID FIRE PICTURE.	19
THE LANDMARKS CONSUMED.	21
THE FIRE UNDER CONTROL.	21
CHAPTER III.	22
FIGHTING THE FLAMES.	23
THE STRUGGLE AGAINST THE FIRE.	24
A NEW SUPPLY OF EXPLOSIVES.	24
THE SAVERS OF THE CITY.	25
CHAPTER IV.	27
AN EDITOR’S NARRATIVE.	27
WRECK AND RUIN.	29
THE RUIN OF CHINATOWN.	29
LOSS TO ART AND SCIENCE.	30
THE DANGER FROM THIRST.	31
HOW LOOTING WAS HINDERED.	33
STORIES BY SIGHTSEERS.	34
DEATH FOR SLIGHT OFFENSE.	35
CHAPTER V.	36
THE PANIC IN THE SLUMS.	37
THE FLIGHT FOR SAFETY.	37
THE EXODUS FROM THE BURNING CITY.	38
THE WILD RUSH TO THE FERRIES.	39
SCENES OF HUMOR AND PATHOS.	40
THE GOLDEN GATE CAMP.	42
CHAPTER VI.	44
THE FOOD QUESTION URGENT.	45
FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY.	47
WATER FOR THE THIRSTY.	48
THE CAMPS IN THE PARKS.	49
COMEDY AND PATHOS IN THE BREAD LINE.	50
THE EXODUS FROM SAN FRANCISCO.	52
WORSHIP IN THE OPEN AIR.	53
CHAPTER VII.	54
ESTIMATES OF THE DEATH LIST.	55
BURYING THE DEAD.	56
VICTIMS TAKEN FROM THE RUINS.	57
THE FREE USE OF RIFLES.	58
THE LOSS IN WEALTH.	59
LOOTERS IN CHINATOWN.	60
CHAPTER VIII.	60
MISERY DRIVES SOME INSANE.	62
SOCIETY FOLKS COMPELLED TO CAMP.	63
TERRIBLE SCENE AT THE FERRY.	64
GREAT SINGERS ESCAPE.	65
TEDDY’S PICTURE PROVES “OPEN SESAME.”	65
CHAPTER IX.	66
THE DESTRUCTION OF SANTA ROSA.	66
THE STANFORD UNIVERSITY.	67
THE EARTHQUAKE AT OTHER CITIES.	68
AT THE STATE UNIVERSITY.	68
CHAPTER X.	69
RIGHT OF WAY FOR FOOD TRAINS.	69
CARGOES OF SUPPLIES.	70
THE SYMPATHY OF THE PEOPLE AWAKES.	70
FOREIGN OFFERS OF AID.	71
ENTERPRISE IN SAN FRANCISCO.	71
THE PROBLEM OF THE CHINESE.	73
CHAPTER XI.	74
AGRICULTURE BRINGS NEW WEALTH.	75
A PECULIAR YET DELIGHTFUL CLIMATE.	76
A MIXTURE OF RACES.	77
CHAPTER XII.	78
THE ’FRISCO RESTAURANTS.	78
THE FAMOUS POODLE DOG.	78
THE BOHEMIAN CLUB.	79
THE WICKEDEST AND GAYEST.	80
AN ALL-NIGHT TOWN.	81
CHAPTER XIII.	81
CHAPTER XIV.	87
WIDESPREAD EARTH TREMORS.	88
RECORDS OF FOREIGN OBSERVATIONS.	88
CHAPTER XV.	90
THE RIVERS OF LAVA.	91
THE CRISIS OF THE ERUPTION.	92
A REIGN OF TERROR.	93
DISASTERS AT SAN GIUSEPPE AND NAPLES.	93
THE ERUPTION RESUMED.	94
SCENES OF HORROR.	95
AN AMERICAN OBSERVER.	96
THE KING AT THE FRONT.	98
THE CANOPY OF DUST.	99
THE HEROES OF THE OBSERVATORY.	100
CHAPTER XVI.	101
THE GREAT LISBON EARTHQUAKE	102
WATER ADDS TO THE DESTRUCTION	102
WIDE-SPREAD DESTRUCTION	104
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LISBON EARTHQUAKE	104
EARTHQUAKES IN CALABRIA	105
MOST CALAMITOUS OF THE LANDSLIPS	105
IMMENSE DESTRUCTION	106
CHAPTER XVII.	107
CHAPTER XVIII.	112
THE WIND IS A DEMON IN CHAINS	112
THE SUBTERRANEAN POWERS	113
ANCIENT AWE OF VOLCANOES	114
RARITY OF ANCIENT ACCOUNTS	115
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF ERUPTIONS	116
GREAT OUTFLOWS OF LAVA	117
OFTEN REST FOR LONG TERMS OF YEARS	117
CHAPTER XIX.	118
ENORMOUS FORCE DISPLAYED	118
VOLCANIC CONES HAVE SIMILAR CURVATURES	119
LAVA VARIES VERY MUCH IN LIQUIDITY	120
THE VOLCANO A SAFETY VALVE	121
ERUPTIONS OF QUIET TYPE	122
MOUNTAINS BLOW THEIR HEADS OFF	123
CAUSE OF EARTHQUAKES	125
THE RADIUS OF DISTURBANCE.	126
TRANSMISSIONS OF VIBRATIONS	127
FLOATING PUMICE	128
CHAPTER XX.	130
NUMBER OF ACTIVE VOLCANOES	130
ASIATIC INLAND VOLCANOES	131
VOLCANOES OF THE PACIFIC	132
THIAN SHAN AND HAWAIIAN VOLCANOES	133
VOLCANOES PARALLEL TO MOUNTAIN CHAINS	134
AREAS OF UPHEAVAL AND SUBSIDENCE	135
CHAPTER XXI.	136
BURIED CITIES EXCAVATED.	137
PLINY’S CELEBRATED DESCRIPTION	137
THE VOYAGE TO STABIAE	139
DEATH OF PLINY THE ELDER	140
PLINY’S SECOND LETTER	141
FEAR VERSUS COMPOSURE	142
DION CASSIUS ON THE ERUPTION	143
LAKE AVERNUS	144
HOW POMPEII IMPRESSES ITS VISITORS	145
STREETS AND HOUSES OF POMPEII	146
VALUE OF THE DISCOVERY OF POMPEII	146
CHAPTER XXII.	147
THE BIRTH OF MONTE NUOVO	147
LAVA FROM VESUVIUS	147
GREAT ERUPTION OF 1767	148
PADRE TORRE’S NARRATIVE	149
BREISLAK ON THE ERUPTION OF 1794	150
STRANGE EFFECTS	152
HARDIHOOD OF THE PEOPLE	152
MOUNT ETNA	153
SIMILARITY IN ETNA’S ERUPTIONS	154
THE ERUPTION OF 1669	154
VILLAGES AND CITIES BURIED	155
THE STONES EJECTED	156
ETNA IN 1819	157
EFFECT OF THE ERUPTION	158
THE LIPARI VOLCANOES	159
HOFFMAN AT STROMBOLI	159
CHAPTER XXIII.	160
VOLCANOES IN ICELAND	160
DREADFUL FLOODS	160
A TORRENT OF LAVA	161
ENORMOUS QUANTITY OF LAVA	161
ERUPTION OF MOUNT HECLA	162
LATER OUTBREAKS	163
ELECTRIC PHENOMENA	164
CHAPTER XXIV.	164
ERUPTION OF GALUNG GUNG	165
THE LUZON VOLCANOES.	166
BULUSAN AND TAAL	167
VOLCANOES IN THE SOUTHERN ISLANDS	167
THE GREAT ERUPTION OF TOMBORO	168
THE VOLCANOES OF JAPAN	169
HOT SPRINGS NEAR HAKONE LAKE	170
BANDAISAN’S WORK OF TERROR	171
MR. NORMAN’S NARRATIVE	172
THE NEW ZEALAND VOLCANOES	173
THE PINK AND WHITE TERRACES	174
TARAWERA IN ERUPTION	174
THE ANTARCTIC VOLCANOES	175
CHAPTER XXV.	175
THE ISLAND OF HAWAII	175
A VOLCANIC ISLAND GROUP	176
CRATER OF HALEAKALA	177
MISS BIRD IN THE CRATER OF KILAUEA	177
MR. ELLIS VISITS THE LAKE OF LAVA	179
MAUNA LOA IN ERUPTION	180
THE ERUPTIONS OF 1859 AND 1865	181
THE LAVA FLOW OF 1880	182
KILAUEA IN 1840	183
THE SINKING OF KILAUEA’S FIRE-LAKE	184
THE GODDESS PELE	184
CHAPTER XXVI.	185
SULPHUR FROM THE CRATER	186
THE VOLCANO JORULLO	187
EFFECT ON THE RIVERS	188
ERUPTIONS IN NICARAGUA	189
CHAPTER XXVII.	189
AWFUL PREMONITIONS	190
FAR-REACHING DESTRUCTION	191
A GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF THE ERUPTION	192
DETONATIONS HEARD FOR MANY MILES AWAY	193
SERIES OF ATMOSPHERIC WAVES	194
SIR ROBERT S. BALL’S DESCRIPTION	194
AN EXTRAORDINARY NOISE	196
A CONSTANT WIND	196
A VAST CLOUD Of DUST	197
EXTRAORDINARY RED SUNSETS	198
THE RED SUNSETS DESCRIBED	199
CHAPTER XXVIII.	199
A PEACEFUL SCENE	200
A GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION BY A SUFFERER.	201
THE FATEFUL EIGHTH OF MAY	202
A TALE OF SUDDEN RUIN	202
HEAT CAUSED EXPLOSIONS	203
THE COOPER’S STORY.	204
CONSUL AYME’S STATEMENT	205
A WOMAN’S EXPERIENCE ON THE “RORAIMA”	206
CAPTAIN FREEMAN’S THRILLING ACCOUNT	206
AWFUL RESULTS	207
THE “ETONA” PASSES ST. PIERRE	208
CHIEF ENGINEER FARRISH’S STORY	210
CAPTAIN CANTELL VISITS THE “RODDAM”	210
THE VIVID ACCOUNT OF M. ALBERT	211
WHAT HAPPENED ON THE “HORACE”	212
GREAT FLASHES OF LIGHT	212
ASHES RAINED ON THE SHIP	213
THE ENGINE BECAME CHOKED	213
MATE SCOTT’S GRAPHIC STORY	214
PREPARED TO TRUST TO LUCK	216
THE STRANGE EXPERIENCE OF THE “NORDBY”	217
FIERY STREAM CONTAINED POISONOUS GASES	218
CHAPTER XXIX.	219
DESCENDANTS OF ORIGINAL INDIAN POPULATION	220
THE APPEARANCE OF THE SOUFRIERE	221
THE ERUPTION OF 1812	221
THE TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKE AT CARACAS	222
THE MOUNTAIN STONES A HERD-BOY	222
BARBADOS COVERED WITH ASHES	223
KINGSLEY’S VISIT TO SAINT VINCENT	223
BLACK SUNDAY AT BARBADOS	224
INCIDENTS AT BARBADOS	225
CHAPTER XXX.	225
AN ERUPTION DESCRIBED	226
BUILDING UP OF AN ISLAND BY SUBMARINE VOLCANOES	226
HOW AN ISLAND GREW	227
IN THE ICELANDIC SEAS	228
OFF THE COAST OF ALASKA	229
CHAPTER XXXI.	231
THE GREAT MUD VOLCANO OF SICILY	232
THE MUD VOLCANO OF JAVA	232
THE GEYSER IS A WATER VOLCANO	233
ERUPTION CAN BE INDUCED BY ARTIFICIAL MEANS	234
GEYSERS OF THE UNITED STATES	235
THE YELLOWSTONE GEYSERS	236
A DESCRIPTION OF THE GEYSER AT WORK	238
THE MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS	239