The San Francisco Calamity by Earthquake and Fire




CONTENTS

CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER I.
SAN FRANCISCO AND ITS TERRIFIC EARTHQUAKE

CHAPTER II.

CHAPTER II.
THE DEMON OF FIRE INVADES THE STRICKEN CITY

CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER III.
FIGHTING FLAMES WITH DYNAMITE

CHAPTER IV.

CHAPTER IV.
THE REIGN OF DESTRUCTION AND DEVASTATION

CHAPTER V.

CHAPTER V.
THE PANIC FLIGHT OF A HOMELESS HOST

CHAPTER VI.

CHAPTER VI.
FACING FAMINE AND PRAYING FOR RELIEF

CHAPTER VII.

CHAPTER VII.
THE FRIGHTFUL LOSS OF LIFE AND WEALTH

CHAPTER VIII.

CHAPTER VIII.
WONDERFUL RECORD OF THRILLING ESCAPES

CHAPTER IX.

CHAPTER IX.
DISASTER SPREADS OVER THE GOLDEN STATE

CHAPTER X.

CHAPTER X.
ALL AMERICA AND CANADA TO THE RESCUE

CHAPTER XI.

CHAPTER XI.
THE SAN FRANCISCO OF THE PAST

CHAPTER XII.

CHAPTER XII.
LIFE IN THE METROPOLIS OF THE PACIFIC

CHAPTER XIII.

CHAPTER XIII.
PLANS TO REBUILD SAN FRANCISCO

CHAPTER XIV.

CHAPTER XIV.
THE EARTHQUAKE WAVE FELT AROUND THE WORLD

CHAPTER XV.

CHAPTER XV.
VESUVIUS DEVASTATES THE REGION OF NAPLES

CHAPTER XVI.

CHAPTER XVI.
THE GREAT LISBON AND CALABRIAN EARTHQUAKES

CHAPTER XVII.

CHAPTER XVII.
THE CHARLESTON AND OTHER EARTHQUAKES OF THE UNITED STATES

CHAPTER XVIII.

CHAPTER XVIII.
THE VOLCANO AND THE EARTHQUAKE, EARTH’S DEMONS OF DESTRUCTION

CHAPTER XIX.

CHAPTER XIX.
THE THEORIES OF VOLCANIC AND EARTHQUAKE ACTION

CHAPTER XX.

CHAPTER XX.
THE ACTIVE VOLCANOES OF THE EARTH

CHAPTER XXI.

CHAPTER XXI.
THE FAMOUS VESUVIUS AND THE DESTRUCTION OF POMPEII

CHAPTER XXII.

CHAPTER XXII.
ERUPTIONS OF VESUVIUS, ETNA AND STROMBOLI

CHAPTER XXIII.

CHAPTER XXIII.
SKAPTER JOKULL AND HECLA, THE GREAT ICELANDIC VOLCANOES

CHAPTER XXIV.

CHAPTER XXIV.
VOLCANOES OF THE PHILIPPINES AND OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDS

CHAPTER XXV.

CHAPTER XXV.
THE WONDERFUL HAWAIIAN CRATERS AND KILAUEA’S LAKE OF FIRE

CHAPTER XXVI.

CHAPTER XXVI.
POPOCATEPETL AND OTHER VOLCANOES OF MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA

CHAPTER XXVII.

CHAPTER XXVII.
THE TERRIBLE ERUPTION OF KRAKATOA

CHAPTER XXVIII.

CHAPTER XXVIII.
MONT PELEE AND ITS HARVEST OF DEATH IN 1902

CHAPTER XXIX.

CHAPTER XXIX.
ST. VINCENT ISLAND AND MONT SOUFRIERE IN 1812

CHAPTER XXX.

CHAPTER XXX.
SUBMARINE VOLCANOES AND THEIR WORK OF ISLAND-BUILDING

CHAPTER XXXI.




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