Chapter I: Introduction: By Rt. Rev. Samuel Fallows, D. D., LL. D

A Comprehensive and Connected Account of the Terrible
Tragedy that Befell the People of Our Golden City--The
Metropolis of the Golden Gate, and the Death and Ruin
Dealt Many Adjacent Cities and Surrounding Country.
Destroying Earthquake Comes Without Warning, in the Early
Hours of the Morning; Immense Structures Topple and
Crumble; Great Leland Stanford University Succumbs; Water
Mains Demolished and Fire Completes Devastation; Fighting
Fire With Dynamite.

SCENES OF DEATH AND TERROR

Thousands Killed, Maimed, or Unaccounted For; Tens of
Thousands Without Food or Shelter; Martial Law Declared;
Millions Donated for Relief; Congress Makes an
Appropriation; Sympathetic Citizens Throughout the Land
Untie Their Purse-Strings to Aid the Suffering and
Destitute; Property Loss Hundreds of Millions; Appalling
Stories by Eye Witnesses and Survivors; The Disaster as
Viewed by Scientists, etc.

Comprising Also a Vivid Portrayal of the Recent
Death-Dealing

ERUPTION OF MT. VESUVIUS

BY RICHARD LINTHICUM of the Editorial Staff of the Chicago
Chronicle.

Together with twelve descriptive chapters giving a graphic
and detailed account of the most interesting and historic
disasters of the past from ancient times to the present
day.

BY TRUMBULL WHITE Historian, Traveler and Geographer.

Profusely Illustrated with Photographic Scenes of the
Great Disasters and Views of the Devastated Cities and
Their People.

Lives, homes and property lost in a few seconds.]

Photographed from Nob Hill--City Hall at the left.]

View from Nob Hill.]

COPYRIGHT 1906

BY

HUBERT D. RUSSELL