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People whose notability arises at least in part from being known as a survivor of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, or whose presence in the area during the earthquake is widely reported as noteworthy.
It includes 1906 deaths that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "Victims of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
I Survived the San Francisco Earthquake, 1906: March 1, 2012: Historical fiction: I Survived the Attacks of September 11, 2001: July 1, 2012: Historical fiction: I Survived the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863: February 1, 2013: Historical fiction: I Survived the Japanese Tsunami, 2011: August 27, 2013: Historical fiction: I Survived the Nazi ...
Remotely triggered events included an earthquake swarm in the Imperial Valley area, which culminated in an earthquake of about 6.1 M I at 16:30 PST on April 18, 1906. Another event of this type occurred at 12:31 PST on April 19, 1906, with an estimated magnitude of about 5.0 M I , and an epicenter beneath Santa Monica Bay .
While the house originally had only one story, its second story was part of its original plan and constructed by the 1890s. The house is one of the few buildings on Telegraph Hill which survived the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and its aftermath. [2] The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 31, 1979. [1]
Old St. Mary's survived the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, only to be gutted a day later by the fires started by the earthquake. The fires were so hot that they melted the church bells and marble altar. [7] All that were left were the exterior brick walls and the bell tower.
Dennis T. Sullivan (1852 - 1906) was the Chief of the San Francisco Fire Department in 1906. [1] He was mortally wounded during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, when a neighboring building collapsed onto the fire station that housed the Chief's official apartment. Sullivan was a Blacksmith when he joined the Fire Department at 25 years old. [2]
In 1963, Hansen began to research the identities of those killed in 1906 earthquake. [4] In 1989, Hansen co-authored the book Denial of Disaster, claiming that the number of casualties from the earthquake was dramatically and deliberately understated. [2] [4] The official death toll stated in 1907 was 478, but she estimated that over 3,000 were ...