lost san francisco

[alocispepraluger102]

a delightful facebook page dedicated to historic san francisco photos and memories.

https://www.facebook.com/LostSanFrancisco

[aparxa]

[mikeweil]

I find it amazing that with all those pedestrians crossing, automobiles overhauling etc., that there was no crash ....

[Dave Garrett]

http://caloesnewsroom.wordpress.com/2013/06/24/the-almost-impossible-images-that-captured-post-earthquake-san-francisco-in-1906/

Click the photo for a huge (7000 x 2748) version of it. Truly amazing.

[jeffcrom]

http://caloesnewsroom.wordpress.com/2013/06/24/the-almost-impossible-images-that-captured-post-earthquake-san-francisco-in-1906/

Click the photo for a huge (7000 x 2748) version of it. Truly amazing.

That is amazing - and sad. I don't think I ever realized that the earthquake destroyed so much of the city.

[BFrank]

While the quake was certainly devastating, the post-quake fires were ultimately more destructive. In addition, there were many properties intentionally torched in order to try to create firebreaks to keep the fires from spreading even further.

[BruceH]

While the quake was certainly devastating, the post-quake fires were ultimately more destructive. In addition, there were many properties intentionally torched in order to try to create firebreaks to keep the fires from spreading even further.

Rows of mansions along Van Ness were actually dynamited to provide a firebreak, or so I've heard.

[BFrank]

While the quake was certainly devastating, the post-quake fires were ultimately more destructive. In addition, there were many properties intentionally torched in order to try to create firebreaks to keep the fires from spreading even further.

Rows of mansions along Van Ness were actually dynamited to provide a firebreak, or so I've heard.

Pretty sure that's true.

Contrary to what I said earlier, dynamite was used to raze buildings, not fire (there was already enough of THAT).