Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror
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COMPLETE STORY OF THE San Francisco Horror
PREFACE
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
INTRODUCTION
A Divine Providence.
Man the Conqueror.
Wickedness not the Cause of Destruction.
The Unity of Humanity.
Recovery from Earthquakes.
San Francisco will be Rebuilt.
CHAPTER I.
THE DOOMED CITY.
CHAPTER II.
SAN FRANCISCO A ROARING FURNACE.
CHAPTER III.
THIRD DAY ADDS TO HORROR.
CHAPTER IV.
TWENTY SQUARE MILES OF WRECK AND RUIN.
CHAPTER V.
THE CITY OF A HUNDRED HILLS.
CHAPTER VI.
SCENES OF TERROR, DEATH AND HEROISM.
CHAPTER VII.
THRILLING PERSONAL EXPERIENCES.
CHAPTER VIII.
THRILLING PERSONAL EXPERIENCES—CONTINUED.
CHAPTER IX.
THROUGH LANES OF MISERY.
CHAPTER X.
WHOLE NATION RESPONDS WITH AID.
CHAPTER XI.
ALL CO-OPERATE IN RELIEF WORK.
CHAPTER XII.
OUR BOYS IN BLUE PROVE HEROISM.
CHAPTER XIII.
IN THE REFUGE CAMPS.
CHAPTER XIV.
RUINS AND HAVOC IN COAST CITIES.
CHAPTER XV.
DESTRUCTION OF GREAT STANFORD UNIVERSITY.
CHAPTER XVI.
FIGHTING FIRE WITH DYNAMITE.
CHAPTER XVII.
MISCELLANEOUS FACTS AND INCIDENTS.
CHAPTER XVIII.
DISASTER AS VIEWED BY SCIENTISTS.
CHAPTER XIX.
CHINATOWN, A PLAGUE SPOT BLOTTED OUT.
CHAPTER XX.
THE NEW SAN FRANCISCO.
CHAPTER XXI.
VESUVIUS THREATENS NAPLES.
CHAPTER XXII.
SCENES IN FRIGHTENED NAPLES.
CHAPTER XXIII.
VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES EXPLAINED.
CHAPTER XXIV.
TERRIBLE VOLCANIC DISASTERS OF THE PAST.
CHAPTER XXV.
VESUVIUS AND THE DESTRUCTION OF POMPEII.
CHAPTER XXVI.
MOUNT ÆTNA AND THE SICILIAN HORRORS.
CHAPTER XXVII.
LISBON EARTHQUAKE SCOURGED.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
JAPAN AND ITS DISASTROUS EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANOES.
CHAPTER XXIX.
KRAKATOA, THE GREATEST OF VOLCANIC EXPLOSIONS.
CHAPTER XXX.
OUR GREAT HAWAIIAN AND ALASKAN VOLCANOES.
CHAPTER XXXI.
SOUTH AMERICAN CITIES DESTROYED.
CHAPTER XXXII.
EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANOES IN CENTRAL AMERICA AND MEXICO.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
CHARLESTON, GALVESTON, JOHNSTOWN—OUR AMERICAN DISASTERS.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
ST. PIERRE, MARTINIQUE, ANNIHILATED BY A VOLCANO.
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