File:San Francisco 1906 fire 02 DA-SN-03-00958.JPEG
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| Description | The burning of San Francisco. Reproduced from the only photograph that shows the entire scope and extent of this awful conflagration the worst in the history of the world. Fire line over three miles long, property loss three hundred million dollars. On April 18, 1906 at 5:15 AM a quake of 8.25 on the Richter scale hit San Francisco. Greater destruction came from the fires afterwards. The city burned for three days. The combination destroyed 490 city blocks and 25,000 buildings, leaving 250,000 homeless and killing between 450 and 700. Estimated damages, over $350 million. DA-SN-03-00958 |
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| Source | High resolution download from http://www.dodmedia.osd.mil/DVIC_View/Still_Details.cfm?SDAN=DASN0300958&JPGPath=/Assets/Still/2003/Army/DA-SN-03-00958.JPG. |
| Author | Harry Sterling Hooper ( Email Us: [email protected] ) https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/resource/065_mili.html |
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