An Eyewitness Recounts the Quake of 1906 - Revision history

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	originally published in ''The Argonaut'', Vol. 1, No. 1		originally published in ''The Argonaut'', Vol. 1, No. 1

	<iframe src="~~http~~://archive.org/embed/SanFranc1906_3" width="640" height="480" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" allowfullscreen></iframe>		<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/SanFranc1906_3" width="640" height="480" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" allowfullscreen></iframe>

	'''Chilling post-earthquake footage, shot in the Western Addition and on Market Street in San Francisco. The first sequence (Western Addition) shows a great deal of evocative neighborhood detail from one hundred years ago.'''		'''Chilling post-earthquake footage, shot in the Western Addition and on Market Street in San Francisco. The first sequence (Western Addition) shows a great deal of evocative neighborhood detail from one hundred years ago.'''

	''Video: [~~http~~://archive.org/details/prelinger Prelinger Archive]''		''Video: [https://archive.org/details/prelinger Prelinger Archive]''

	Tuesday night, April 17, 1906, I retired to my room at 807 Geary Street, San Francisco, at the late hour of midnight. I had just written and stamped a letter to a friend in Boston and then tumbled into bed, thinking of my still unfamiliar duties at the store of Shreve & Company.		Tuesday night, April 17, 1906, I retired to my room at 807 Geary Street, San Francisco, at the late hour of midnight. I had just written and stamped a letter to a friend in Boston and then tumbled into bed, thinking of my still unfamiliar duties at the store of Shreve & Company.

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	'''1906 quake damage in the Mission District; this is probably an eastward view on 18th near Shotwell.'''		'''1906 quake damage in the Mission District; this is probably an eastward view on 18th near Shotwell.'''

	''Photo: ~~Greg Gaar~~ Collection, San Francisco, CA''		''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''

	As I worked in my room I could look in the large glass on my bureau and see the leaping red and yellow flames mounting a hundred feet in the air. Looking over the housetops to the flames gave the impression of nearness to such an extent that it seemed as though they would be upon you in a few minutes. After filling my''' '''suitcase I made a large, square bundle of clothes in two thicknesses of newspaper, having no stronger paper at hand. I had not been in the city long enough to collect any quantity of things in my room so had nothing to carry but clothing. I left nothing but my razor strop, and I overlooked that as it hung behind the door. Each of the lodgers rolled up the blankets on his bed. We knew we would have to sleep out of doors if we slept at all. Having gotten everything ready for a hurried departure, Mr. Thompson and I went out to report the progress of the flames.		As I worked in my room I could look in the large glass on my bureau and see the leaping red and yellow flames mounting a hundred feet in the air. Looking over the housetops to the flames gave the impression of nearness to such an extent that it seemed as though they would be upon you in a few minutes. After filling my''' '''suitcase I made a large, square bundle of clothes in two thicknesses of newspaper, having no stronger paper at hand. I had not been in the city long enough to collect any quantity of things in my room so had nothing to carry but clothing. I left nothing but my razor strop, and I overlooked that as it hung behind the door. Each of the lodgers rolled up the blankets on his bed. We knew we would have to sleep out of doors if we slept at all. Having gotten everything ready for a hurried departure, Mr. Thompson and I went out to report the progress of the flames.

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	originally published in ''The Argonaut'', Vol. 1, No. 1		originally published in ''The Argonaut'', Vol. 1, No. 1

	~~[[Image~~:~~mission$1906-quake-damaged-street~~.~~jpg]]~~		<iframe src="http://archive.org/embed/SanFranc1906_3" width="640" height="480" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" allowfullscreen></iframe>

	'''~~1906 quake damage~~ in the ~~Mission District; this is probably an eastward view~~ on ~~18th near Shotwell~~.'''		'''Chilling post-earthquake footage, shot in the Western Addition and on Market Street in San Francisco. The first sequence (Western Addition) shows a great deal of evocative neighborhood detail from one hundred years ago.'''

	''~~Photo~~: ~~Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA~~''		''Video: [http://archive.org/details/prelinger Prelinger Archive]''

	Tuesday night, April 17, 1906, I retired to my room at 807 Geary Street, San Francisco, at the late hour of midnight. I had just written and stamped a letter to a friend in Boston and then tumbled into bed, thinking of my still unfamiliar duties at the store of Shreve & Company.		Tuesday night, April 17, 1906, I retired to my room at 807 Geary Street, San Francisco, at the late hour of midnight. I had just written and stamped a letter to a friend in Boston and then tumbled into bed, thinking of my still unfamiliar duties at the store of Shreve & Company.
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	To see the huge Palace Hotel with its thousand rooms, the twenty-story Call Building, the Emporium---a store the size of Siegels- -- and the great Hale's Department Store, all burning at once, as well as smaller buildings in between, was certainly a wondrous sight. The streets were packed with people, and every sort of vehicle had been brought into use to carry away articles of value. After watching things for awhile we went back to the house. It was then one o'clock and I began to pack up my effects for I realized that Frisco was doomed.		To see the huge Palace Hotel with its thousand rooms, the twenty-story Call Building, the Emporium---a store the size of Siegels- -- and the great Hale's Department Store, all burning at once, as well as smaller buildings in between, was certainly a wondrous sight. The streets were packed with people, and every sort of vehicle had been brought into use to carry away articles of value. After watching things for awhile we went back to the house. It was then one o'clock and I began to pack up my effects for I realized that Frisco was doomed.

			[[Image:mission$1906-quake-damaged-street.jpg]]

			'''1906 quake damage in the Mission District; this is probably an eastward view on 18th near Shotwell.'''

			''Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA''

	As I worked in my room I could look in the large glass on my bureau and see the leaping red and yellow flames mounting a hundred feet in the air. Looking over the housetops to the flames gave the impression of nearness to such an extent that it seemed as though they would be upon you in a few minutes. After filling my''' '''suitcase I made a large, square bundle of clothes in two thicknesses of newspaper, having no stronger paper at hand. I had not been in the city long enough to collect any quantity of things in my room so had nothing to carry but clothing. I left nothing but my razor strop, and I overlooked that as it hung behind the door. Each of the lodgers rolled up the blankets on his bed. We knew we would have to sleep out of doors if we slept at all. Having gotten everything ready for a hurried departure, Mr. Thompson and I went out to report the progress of the flames.		As I worked in my room I could look in the large glass on my bureau and see the leaping red and yellow flames mounting a hundred feet in the air. Looking over the housetops to the flames gave the impression of nearness to such an extent that it seemed as though they would be upon you in a few minutes. After filling my''' '''suitcase I made a large, square bundle of clothes in two thicknesses of newspaper, having no stronger paper at hand. I had not been in the city long enough to collect any quantity of things in my room so had nothing to carry but clothing. I left nothing but my razor strop, and I overlooked that as it hung behind the door. Each of the lodgers rolled up the blankets on his bed. We knew we would have to sleep out of doors if we slept at all. Having gotten everything ready for a hurried departure, Mr. Thompson and I went out to report the progress of the flames.
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	[[The Great San Francisco Fire of 1906\|Part Two]]		[[The Great San Francisco Fire of 1906\|Part Two]]

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			''A lengthy account recorded in 1959 of the experience of the 1906 earthquake and fire, as told by Katherine Ivancovich Sullivan. Go to [http://www.sd-dd.com/ivancovich/ this link] and click on the button "Audiovisual--Kate Earthquake"''

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	As I worked in my room I could look in the large glass on my bureau and see the leaping red and yellow flames mounting a hundred feet in the air. Looking over the housetops to the flames gave the impression of nearness to such an extent that it seemed as though they would be upon you in a few minutes. After filling my''' '''suitcase I made a large, square bundle of clothes in two thicknesses of newspaper, having no stronger paper at hand. I had not been in the city long enough to collect any quantity of things in my room so had nothing to carry but clothing. I left nothing but my razor strop, and I overlooked that as it hung behind the door. Each of the lodgers rolled up the blankets on his bed. We knew we would have to sleep out of doors if we slept at all. Having gotten everything ready for a hurried departure, Mr. Thompson and I went out to report the progress of the flames.		As I worked in my room I could look in the large glass on my bureau and see the leaping red and yellow flames mounting a hundred feet in the air. Looking over the housetops to the flames gave the impression of nearness to such an extent that it seemed as though they would be upon you in a few minutes. After filling my''' '''suitcase I made a large, square bundle of clothes in two thicknesses of newspaper, having no stronger paper at hand. I had not been in the city long enough to collect any quantity of things in my room so had nothing to carry but clothing. I left nothing but my razor strop, and I overlooked that as it hung behind the door. Each of the lodgers rolled up the blankets on his bed. We knew we would have to sleep out of doors if we slept at all. Having gotten everything ready for a hurried departure, Mr. Thompson and I went out to report the progress of the flames.

			''This account by Arthur C. Poore first appeared in the Spring, 1990 issue of '''The Argonaut,''' a journal of the San Francisco Historical Society. According to research conducted by Dr. Robert J. Chandler, history officer at Wells Fargo Bank, Arthur C. Poore appears to have been a recent arrival to San Francisco at the time of the 1906 disaster.''

	[[The Great San Francisco Fire of 1906\|Part Two]]		[[The Great San Francisco Fire of 1906\|Part Two]]

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	''by Arthur C. Poore''		''by Arthur C. Poore''

			originally published in ''The Argonaut'', Vol. 1, No. 1

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	As I worked in my room I could look in the large glass on my bureau and see the leaping red and yellow flames mounting a hundred feet in the air. Looking over the housetops to the flames gave the impression of nearness to such an extent that it seemed as though they would be upon you in a few minutes. After filling my''' '''suitcase I made a large, square bundle of clothes in two thicknesses of newspaper, having no stronger paper at hand. I had not been in the city long enough to collect any quantity of things in my room so had nothing to carry but clothing. I left nothing but my razor strop, and I overlooked that as it hung behind the door. Each of the lodgers rolled up the blankets on his bed. We knew we would have to sleep out of doors if we slept at all. Having gotten everything ready for a hurried departure, Mr. Thompson and I went out to report the progress of the flames.		As I worked in my room I could look in the large glass on my bureau and see the leaping red and yellow flames mounting a hundred feet in the air. Looking over the housetops to the flames gave the impression of nearness to such an extent that it seemed as though they would be upon you in a few minutes. After filling my''' '''suitcase I made a large, square bundle of clothes in two thicknesses of newspaper, having no stronger paper at hand. I had not been in the city long enough to collect any quantity of things in my room so had nothing to carry but clothing. I left nothing but my razor strop, and I overlooked that as it hung behind the door. Each of the lodgers rolled up the blankets on his bed. We knew we would have to sleep out of doors if we slept at all. Having gotten everything ready for a hurried departure, Mr. Thompson and I went out to report the progress of the flames.

	~~''-- Arthur C. Poore'' originally published in ''The Argonaut.''~~

			[[The Great San Francisco Fire of 1906\|Part Two]]

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			'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>"I was there..."</font></font> </font>'''

			''by Arthur C. Poore''

	[[Image:mission$1906-quake-damaged-street.jpg]]		[[Image:mission$1906-quake-damaged-street.jpg]]

	'''1906 quake damage in the Mission District; this is probably an eastward view on 18th near Shotwell.''' ''Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA''		'''1906 quake damage in the Mission District; this is probably an eastward view on 18th near Shotwell.'''

			''Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA''

	Tuesday night, April 17, 1906, I retired to my room at 807 Geary Street, San Francisco, at the late hour of midnight. I had just written and stamped a letter to a friend in Boston and then tumbled into bed, thinking of my still unfamiliar duties at the store of Shreve & Company.		Tuesday night, April 17, 1906, I retired to my room at 807 Geary Street, San Francisco, at the late hour of midnight. I had just written and stamped a letter to a friend in Boston and then tumbled into bed, thinking of my still unfamiliar duties at the store of Shreve & Company.

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