Identifier: afterearthquakef00mini (find matches)
Title: After earthquake and fire
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Mining and scientific press, San Francisco. (from old catalog)
Subjects: San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906
Publisher: San Francisco, Mining and scientific press
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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sensibilities of mankind, is the stimu-lation of sympathy and the emphasis placed upon the essen-tial kinship of the race. We do not doubt as to who is themost enriched, the sufferer who receives aid in time of troubleor the man whose whole nature is uplifted by a noble impulse. The conflagration was so complete that many former build-ings are indicated by a mere remnant of rubble. Whole blocks300 by 500 feet were swept by the flames in three-quarters ofan hour. The conflagration was of such a magnitude that the EDITORIAL. 77 intensity of heat was terrific. Girders two feet wide can beseen tortured into strange curves. A few houses survive onthe top of Russian hill and Telegraph hill; the Fairmontstands like a great acropolis overlooking the ruins of anancient city. The few surviving sky scrapers look gaunt andragged. Distance is killed by absence of landmarks and theerasure of high walls; the City appears to have shriveled, itseems no distance between points formerly too far to walk.
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Russian Hill.A Small Portion That Survived the Conflagration. Squares we thought commodious air spaces have dwindled toinsignificant enclosures. At a distance the streets meet thesky-line with a slight indent, the roadways make gray bandsamong rectangles of dark wreckage; a few chimneys standtottering drearily above the ashes of vanished homes. AFTER THE DISASTER. San Francisco is known to mining men the world over asa delightful rendezvous; from the Nevada deserts, from theArizona border, from the Mexican ports, from the hills ofCalifornia, from Australia and the Orient, the seekers aftermineral wealth come to the City by the Golden Gate, andthere enjoy the rest, the pleasure and the associations thatcompensate for the weariness of travel and the stress of pro-fessional labor. To them it will be a matter of interest tolearn how the City looks after having passed through earth-quake and fire. As you cross the Bay from Oakland or Berkeley, the Citylooks scarcely different; such promine

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