San Francisco Calamity by Earthquake and Fire: A Complete and Accurate Account of the Fearful Disaster Which Visited the Great City and the Pacific Coast, the Reign of Panic and Lawlessness, the Plight of 300,000 Homeless People and the World-wide Rush...

xvi, 17-446 pp. One of quite a few disaster histories published in the early twentieth century, illustrated with photographs and engravings. San Francisco and Its Terrific Earthquake; The Demon of Fire Invades the Stricken City; Fighting Flames with Dynamite; The Reign of Destruction and Devastation; 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 int he Metropolis of the Pacific; Plans to Rebuild San Francisco; The Earthquake Wave Felt Around the World; Vesuvius Devastates the Region of Naples; The Great Lisbona nd 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 Kilauea'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.