TOLD BY EYE
WITNESSES
INCLUDING GRAPHIC AND RELIABLE
ACCOUNTS OF ALL GREAT EARTH QUAKES AND
VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
IN THE WORLD'S HISTORY, AND SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATIONS
OF THEIR
CAUSES
EDITED BY
CHARLES MORRIS, LL. D.
Member of the Geographical
Society of Philadelphia
end Author of “The Volcano's Deadly
Work,"
"Decisive Events in American History,"
"Historical
Review of Civilization," etc.
WITH NEARLY 100
ILLUSTRATIONS
MADE ESPECIALLY FOR THIS WORK, SHOWING THE HAVOC
CAUSED BY FIRE,
EARTHQUAKE AND VOLCANIC CONVULSIONS.
Copyright
1906
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On April 18, 1906, at 5:12
A.M., San Francisco, California, experienced a devastating
earthquake, and a resulting fire that nearly destroyed the city.
This eBookJoint publication tells the story of the earthquake, and
fire, and is replete with exciting, and dramatic eyewitness
accounts, photographs, and illustrations, in 516 pages, including
100 images/illustrations.
This book makes for great,
and compelling reading. The first-hand descriptions of the disaster
itself, and the descriptions of how things were handled are quaint
by today’s standards, and give a real sense of those near-Victorian
times.
This is a story of human
terror, and suffering, and death and destruction, but it is also a
story of helping your fellow man; of bravery, and boldness, and
caring, and unabashed morality. And it is told in the most dramatic
prose; just scan the chapter titles, below for a taste of that
drama.
The first two paragraphs of
the Preface grab the reader, and makes for compelling
reading:
“EARTHQUAKE and famine,
fire and sudden death-these are, the destroyers that men fear when
they come singly; but, upon the unhappy people of California they
came together, a hideous quartette, to slay human beings, to blot
from existence the wealth that represented prolonged and strenuous
effort, to bring hunger and speechless misery to three hundred
thousand homeless and terror-stricken people.”
“The full measure of the
catastrophe can probably never be taken. The summary cannot be made
amid the panic, the confusion, the removal of ancient landmarks, the
complete subversion of the ordinary machinery of society. When chaos
comes, as it did in San Francisco, and all the channels of familiar
life are closed, and human anguish grows to be intolerable,
compilation of statistics is impossible, even if it were not
repugnant to the feelings. And when order is once more restored,
after the lapse of many weeks, months and perhaps years, the details
of the calamity have merged into one undecipherable mass of misery
which defies the analyst and the historian. It is the purpose of
this book faithfully to record the story of these awful days when
years were lived in a moment and to preserve an accurate chronicle
of them, not only for the' people whose hearts yearn in sympathy
to-day, but for their posterity.”
In addition to the
story of the San Francisco calamity, the book also describes other
geologic disasters in world history, such as the 79 A.D. eruption of
Mount Vesuvius and the destruction of Pompeii. and the eruption of
Krakatoa in 1883. Again, there are stirring first hand accounts of
the death and destruction.
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Table of
Contents
CHAPTER
I.
SAN FRANCISCO AND ITS TERRIFIC EARTHQUAKE
THE
EARLY DAYS OF SAN FRANCISCO
THE CHARACTER OF THE CITY
THE
FOUNDATIONS OF THE CITY
THE BANE OF THE EARTHQUAKE
THE GREAT
DISASTER OF 1906
RESCUERS AND FIRE-FIGHTERS
THE HORROR OF THE
PEOPLE
OFFICIAL RECORD OF THE EARTHQUAKE
FREAKS OF THE
EARTHQUAKE.
SKYSCRAPERS EARTHQUAKE PROOF
CHAPTER
II.
THE DEMON OF FIRE INVADES THE STRICKEN
CITY
THE RESISTLESS MARCH OF THE FLAMES
THE CARE OF THE
WOUNDED
FIRE ATTACKS THE MINT
THE PALACES ON NOB’S HILL
A
VIVID FIRE PICTURE
THE LANDMARKS CONSUMED
THE FIRE UNDER
CONTROL
CHAPTER III.
FIGHTING FLAMES WITH DYNAMITE
FIGHTING THE
FLAMES
THE STRUGGLE AGAINST THE FIRE
A NEW SUPPLY OF
EXPLOSIVES
THE SAVERS OF THE CITY
CHAPTER
IV.
THE REIGN OF DESTRUCTION AND DEVASTATION
AN
EDITOR’S NARRATIVE
WRECK AND RUIN
THE RUIN OF
CHINATOWN
LOSS TO ART AND SCIENCE
THE DANGER FROM
THIRST
HOW LOOTING WAS HINDERED
STORIES BY SIGHTSEERS
DEATH
FOR SLIGHT OFFENSE
CHAPTER
V
THE PANIC FLIGHT OF A HOMELESS HOST
THE PANIC
IN THE SLUMS
THE FLIGHT FOR SAFETY
THE EXODUS FROM THE BURNING
CITY
THE WILD RUSH TO THE FERRIES
SCENES OF HUMOR AND
PATHOS
THE GOLDEN GATE CAMP
CHAPTER
VI.
FACING FAMINE AND PRAYING FOR RELIEF
THE FOOD
QUESTION URGENT
FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY
WATER FOR THE
THIRSTY
THE CAMPS IN THE PARKS
COMEDY AND PATHOS IN THE BREAD
LINE
THE EXODUS FROM SAN FRANCISCO.
WORSHIP IN THE OPEN
AIR
CHAPTER
VII.
THE FRIGHTFUL LOSS OF LIFE AND
WEALTH
ESTIMATES OF THE DEATH LIST
BURYING THE DEAD
VICTIMS
TAKEN FROM THE RUINS
THE FREE USE OF RIFLES
THE LOSS IN
WEALTH
LOOTERS IN CHINATOWN
MISERY DRIVES SOME
INSANE
CHAPTER
VIII.
WONDERFUL RECORD OF THRILLING
ESCAPES
WONDERFUL RECORD OF THRILLING ESCAPES
MISERY DRIVES
SOME INSANE
SOCIETY FOLKS COMPELLED TO CAMP
TERRIBLE SCENE AT
THE FERRY
GREAT SINGERS ESCAPE
TEDDY’S PICTURE PROVES “OPEN
SESAME.”
CHAPTER
IX.
DISASTER SPREADS OVER THE GOLDEN STATES
THE
DESTRUCTION OF SANTA ROSA
THE STANFORD UNIVERSITY
THE
EARTHQUAKE AT OTHER CITIES
AT THE STATE UNIVERSITY
CHAPTER
X.
ALL AMERICA AND CANADA TO THE RESCUE
RIGHT OF
WAY FOR FOOD TRAINS
CARGOES OF SUPPLIES.
THE SYMPATHY OF THE
PEOPLE AWAKES.
FOREIGN OFFERS OF AID.
ENTERPRISE IN SAN
FRANCISCO
THE PROBLEM OF THE CHINESE.
CHAPTER
XI.
THE SAN FRANCISCO OF THE PAST
A PECULIAR YET
DELIGHTFUL CLIMATE.
AGRICULTURE BRINGS NEW WEALTH.
A MIXTURE
OF RACES.
CHAPTER
XII.
LIFE IN THE METROPOLIS OF THE PACIFIC
THE
‘FRISCO RESTAURANTS.
THE FAMOUS POODLE DOG.
THE BOHEMIAN
CLUB.
THE WICKEDEST AND GAYEST
AN ALL-NIGHT TOWN.
CHAPTER
XIII.
PLANS TO REBUILD SAN FRANCISCO
CHAPTER
XIV.
THE EARTHQUAKE WAVE FELT AROUND THE
WORLD.
WIDESPREAD EARTH TREMORS
RECORDS OF FOREIGN
OBSERVATIONS.
CHAPTER
XV.
VESUVIUS DEVASTATES THE REGION OF NAPLES
THE
RIVERS OF LAVA.
THE CRISIS OF THE ERUPTION.
A REIGN OF
TERROR.
DISASTERS AT SAN GIUSEPPE AND NAPLES
THE ERUPTION
RESUMED.
SCENES OF HORROR
AN AMERICAN OBSERVER
THE KING AT
THE FRONT.
THE CANOPY OF DUST.
CHAPTER
XVI.
THE GREAT LISBON AND CALABRIAN
EARTHQUAKES
THE GREAT LISBON EARTHQUAKE
WATER ADDS TO THE
DESTRUCTION
WIDE-SPREAD DESTRUCTION
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE
LISBON EARTHQUAKE
EARTHQUAKES IN CALABRIA
MOST CALAMITOUS OF
THE LANDSLIPS
IMMENSE DESTRUCTION
CHAPTER
XVII
THE CHARLESTON AND OTHER EARTHQUAKES OF
THE
UNITED STATES
CHAPTER
XVIII.
THE VOLCANO AND THE EARTHQUAKE, EARTH’S
DEMONS
OF DESTRUCTION
THE WIND IS A DEMON IN CHAINS
THE
SUBTERRANEAN POWERS
ANCIENT AWE OF VOLCANOES
RARITY OF ANCIENT
ACCOUNTS
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF ERUPTIONS
GREAT OUTFLOWS OF
LAVA
OFTEN REST FOR LONG TERMS OF YEARS
CHAPTER
XIX.
THE THEORIES OF VOLCANIC AND EARTHQUAKE
ACTION.
ENORMOUS FORCE DISPLAYED
VOLCANIC CONES HAVE SIMILAR
CURVATURES
LAVA VARIES VERY MUCH IN LIQUIDITY
THE VOLCANOE A
SAFETY VALVE
ERUPTIONS OF QUIET TYPE
MOUNTAINS BLOW THEIR
HEADS OFF
CAUSE OF EARTHQUAKES
THE RADIUS OF
DISTURBANCE
TRANSMISSIONS OF VIBRATIONS
FLOATING
PUMICE
CHAPTER
XX.
THE ACTIVE VOLCANOES OF THE EARTH
NUMBER OF
ACTIVE VOLCANOES
ASIATIC INLAND VOLCANOES
VOLCANOES OF THE
PACIFIC
THIAN SHAN AND HAWAIIAN VOLCANOES
VOLCANOES PARALLEL
TO MOUNTAIN CHAINS
AREAS OF UPHEAVAL AND SUBSIDENCE
CHAPTER
XXI.
THE FAMOUS VESUVIUS AND THE DESTRUCTION
OF
POMPEII
BURIED CITIES EXCAVATED
PLINY’S CELEBRATED
DESCRIPTION
THE VOYAGE TO STABIAE
PLINY’S SECOND
LETTER
FEAR VERSUS COMPOSURE
DION CASSIUS ON THE
ERUPTION
LAKE AVERNUS
HOW POMPEII IMPRESSES ITS
VISITORS
STREETS AND HOUSES OF POMPEII
VALUE OF THE DISCOVERY
OF POMPEII
CHAPTER
XXII.
ERUPTIONS OF VESUVIUS, ETNA AND
STROMBOLI
THE BIRTH OF MONTE NUOVO
LAVA FROM VESUVIUS
GREAT
ERUPTION OF 1767
PADRE TORRE’S NARRATIVE
BREISLAK ON THE
ERUPTION OF 1794
STRANGE EFFECTS
HARDIHOOD OF THE
PEOPLE
MOUNT ETNA
SIMILARITY IN ETNA’S ERUPTIONS
THE
ERUPTION OF 1669
VILLAGES AND CITIES BURIED
THE STONES
EJECTED
ETNA IN 1819
EFFECT OF THE ERUPTION
THE LIPARI
VOLCANOES
HOFFMAN AT STROMBOLI
CHAPTER
XXIII.
SKAPTER JOKULL AND HECLA, THE GREAT
ICELANDIC
VOLCANOES
VOLCANOES IN ICELAND
DREADFUL
FLOODS
A TORRENT OF LAVA
ENORMOUS QUANTITY OF LAVA
ERUPTION
OF MOUNT HECLA
LATER OUTBREAKS
ELECTRIC PHENOMENA
CHAPTER
XXIV.
VOLCANOES OF THE PHILIPPINES AND OTHER
PACIFIC
ISLANDS
ERUPTION OF GALUNG GUNG
BULUSAN AND TAAL
THE LUZON VOLCANOES
THE GREAT ERUPTION OF TOMBORO
VOLCANOES IN THE SOUTHERN ISLANDS
THE VOLCANOES OF
JAPAN
HOT SPRINGS NEAR HAKONE LAKE
BANDAISAN’S WORK OF
TERROR
MR. NORMAN’S NARRATIVE
THE NEW ZEALAND VOLCANOES
THE
PINK AND WHITE TERRACES
TARAWERA IN ERUPTION
THE ANTARCTIC
VOLCANOES
CHAPTER
XXV.
THE WONDERFUL HAWAIIAN CRATERS AND
KILAUEA’S
LAKE OF FIRE
THE ISLAND OF HAWAII
A VOLCANIC
ISLAND GROUP
CRATER OF HALEAKALA
MISS BIRD IN THE CRATER OF
KILAUEA
MR. ELLIS VISITS THE LAKE OF LAVA
MAUNA LOA IN
ERUPTION
THE ERUPTIONS OF 1859 AND 1865
THE LAVA FLOW OF
1880
KILAUEA IN 1840
THE SINKING OF KILAUEA’S FIRE-LAKE
THE
GODDESS PELE
CHAPTER
XXVI.
POPOCATEPETL AND OTHER VOLCANOES OF MEXICO
AND CENTRAL AMERICA
VOLCANIC WORK IN MEXICO
SULPHUR FROM
THE CRATER
THE VOLCANO JORULLO
EFFECT ON THE
RIVERS
ERUPTIONS IN NICARAGUA
CHAPTER
XXVII.
THE TERRIBLE ERUPTION OF KRAKATOA
AWFUL
PREMONITIONS
A FAR-REACHING DESTRUCTION
A GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION
OF THE ERUPTION
DETONATIONS HEARD FOR MANY MILES AWAY
SERIES
OF ATMOSPHERIC WAVES
SIR ROBERT S. BALL’S DESCRIPTION
TERRIBLE
ERUPTION OF KRAKATOA
AN EXTRAORDINARY NOISE
A CONSTANT
WIND
A VAST CLOUD OF DUST
EXTRAORDINARY RED SUNSETS
THE RED
SUNSETS DESCRIBED
CHAPTER
XXVIII.
MONT PELEE AND ITS HARVEST OF DEATH IN
1902
A PEACEFUL SCENE
A GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION BY A
SUFFERER
INTERIOR OF A HOME IN ST. PIERRE
THE FATEFUL EIGHTH
OF MAY
A TALE OF SUDDEN RUIN
HEAT CAUSED EXPLOSIONS
THE
COOPER’S STORY
CONSUL AYME’S STATEMENT
A WOMAN’S EXPERIENCE ON
THE “RORAIMA”
CAPTAIN FREEMAN’S THRILLING ACCOUNT
AWFUL
RESULTS
THE “ETONA” PASSES ST. PIERRE
CHIEF ENGINEER FARRISH’S
STORY
CAPTAIN CANTELL VISITS THE “RODDAM”
THE VIVID ACCOUNT OF
M. ALBERT
WHAT HAPPENED ON THE “HORACE”
GREAT FLASHES OF
LIGHT
ASHES RAINED ON THE SHIP
THE ENGINE BECAME
CHOKED
MATE SCOTT’S GRAPHIC STORY
PREPARED TO TRUST TO
LUCK
THE STRANGE EXPERIENCE OF THE “NORDBY”
FIERY STREAM
CONTAINED POISONOUS GASES
CHAPTER
XXIX.
ST. VINCENT ISLAND AND MONT SOUFRIERE IN
1812
DESCENDANTS OF ORIGIMAL INDIAN POPULATION
THE APPEARAMCF
OF THE SOUFRIERE
THE ERUPTION OF 1812
THE TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKE
AT CARACAS
THE MOUNTAIN STONES A HERD-BOY
BARBADOS COVERED
WITH ASHES
KINGSLEY’S VISIT TO SAINT VINCENT
BLACK SUNDAY AT
BARBADOS
INCIDENTS AT BARBADOS
CHAPTER
XXX.
SUBMARINE VOLCANOES AND THEIR WORK OF
ISLAND
BUILDING
AN ERUPTION DESCRIBED
BUILDING UP OF AN
ISLAND BY SUBMARINE VOLCANOES
HOW AN ISLAND GREW
IN THE
ICELANDIC SEAS
OFF THE COAST OF ALASKA
CHAPTER
XXXI.
MUD VOLCANOES, GEYSERS AND HOT SPRINGS
THE
GREAT MUD VOLCANO OF SICILY
THE GREAT MUD VOLCANO OF JAVA
THE
GEYSER IS A WATER VOLCANO
ERUPTION CAN BE INDUCED BY ARTIFICIAL
MEANS
GEYSERS OF THE UNITED STATES
THE YELLOWSTONE
GEYSERS
A DESCRIPTION OF THE GEYSER AT WORK
THE MAMMOTH HOT
SPRINGS
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