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1906 (aged 53–54) San Francisco. Nationality. American. Known for. Killed by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. 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 ...
The Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Archived February 11, 2017, at the Wayback Machine – United States Geological Survey; 1906 San Francisco earthquake at Curlie; 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 ...
Volunteer Department: 1849-1866. The first great fire in San Francisco originated on Christmas Eve, 1849. By the time it burned itself out; fifty buildings were gone at a loss of $1,500,000. On Christmas night several citizens who had been firemen in the East met and formed fire companies.
The Golden Fire Hydrant, also called "the Little Giant," is a fire hydrant on the corner of Dolores Park in the Mission District of San Francisco. The hydrant is celebrated for being one of the few functioning hydrants after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. [1] [3] The earthquake broke many of the cisterns and water mains, and most of the ...
Committee of Fifty (1906) This Committee of Fifty, sometimes referred to as Committee of Safety, Citizens' Committee of Fifty or Relief and Restoration Committee of Law and Order, was called into existence by Mayor Eugene Schmitz during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The Mayor invited civic leaders, entrepreneurs, newspaper men and ...
Photographer Arnold Genthe took the most famous photo of the destruction of San Francisco by earthquake and fire on April 18, 1906. Looking Down Sacramento Street, San Francisco, April 18, 1906 is a black and white photograph taken by Arnold Genthe in San Francisco, California on the morning of April 18, 1906 in the wake of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
As a major port a number of fireboats of San Francisco have been operated by the city of San Francisco since 1878. [ 1] The Governor Irwin was owned by the State of California, she could only pump a modest 1000 gallons per minute. [ 2] Participated in 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. Sister ship to the Governor Irwin.
A refugee camp at the Presidio after the San Francisco earthquake. 1906: The San Francisco earthquake of April 1906 led to an immediate Army response directed by General Frederick Funston, who had earned the Medal of Honor for his bravery in the Philippines. Army units provided security and fought fires at the direction of the city government.