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The Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Archived February 11, 2017, at the Wayback Machine – United States Geological Survey; The 1906 Earthquake and Fire – National Archives; Before and After the Great Earthquake and Fire: Early Films of San Francisco, 1897–1916 – American Memory at the Library of Congress
Great Conflagration In San Francisco, May 4, 1851. During the height of the California Gold Rush, between December 1849 and June 1851, San Francisco endured a sequence of seven severe fires, of which this was the sixth and by far the most damaging.
1862 – Valparaíso, Chile was almost completely destroyed by a fire. 1863 – San Francisco Fire of 1863 destroyed an entire block in the downtown area of San Francisco. 1864 – Great Fire of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia, burned over four city blocks with over 50 houses and dozens of businesses razed
On 18 April 1906, the morning of the great San Francisco earthquake, Genthe, with his cameras and studio destroyed, borrowed a hand-held camera and photographed the destruction across the city. Of his over 180 surviving, sharp-focus photographs of San Francisco, probably his most famous image is "San Francisco, April 18th, 1906," which shows a ...
In the 1960s, dentist and historian Doc Bulloch began the annual tradition of painting it on the anniversary of the fire, April 18. [5]In 1966, it was dedicated by the Upper Noe Valley Neighborhood Council to "Chief Dennis Sullivan and the men who fought the Great Fire and to the spirit of the people of San Francisco."
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The project received support from the San Francisco Port Commission. The inscription on the plaque reads: "In memory of the selfless and courageous actions of the Russian Imperial Navy sailors while saving the lives of many city residents in suppressing the great fire in San Francisco on October 23, 1863." [5]
A fast-spreading wildfire that erupted this week northwest of Los Angeles roared from nothing to nearly 10,000 acres − in a matter of hours.