San Francisco's Horror of Earthquake and Fire: Terrible Devastation and Heart-Rending Scenes, Immense Loss of Life and Hundreds of Millions of Property Destroyed, the Most Appalling Disaster of Modern Times, Containing a Vivid Description of This Overwhe…

xiii, 416 pp. (a note on the final page explains that the full-page photographs and illustrations are not counted in the pagination, and bring the total page count up to nearly 500). An account of the terrible 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, together with a description of volcanic eruptions with examples from throughout history (Etna, Vesuvius). Illustrated with black-and-white photographic plates and engravings. Full title: San Francisco's Horror of Earthquake and Fire: Terrible Devastation and Heart-Rending Scenes, Immense Loss of Life and Hundreds of Millions of Property Destroyed, the Most Appalling Disaster of Modern Times, Containing a Vivid Description of This Overwhelming Calamity - Suddenness of the Blow - Great Number of Victims - Fall of Great Buildings - Thousands Driven from Their Homes; This Unparalleled Catastrophe Leaves San Francisco a Heap of Smouldering Ruins - Fierce Flames Sweep the Doomed City, Beautiful Buildings in Ashes; to which is added Graphic Accounts of the Eruptions of Vesuvius and Many Other Volcanoes, Explaining the Causes of Volcanic Eruptions and Earthquakes - Compiled from Stories Told by Eye Witnesses of These Frightful Scenes, Embellished with a Great Number of Superb Photographic Views taken before and after the Terrible Calamity.