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The San Francisco Calamity

By Earthquake and Fire

2018-10-24 19:27:13

The San Francisco calamity by earthquake and fire by Charles Morris On the splendid Bay of San Francisco, one of the noblest harbors on the whole vast range of the Pacific Ocean, long has stood, like a Queen of the West on its seven hills, the beauti ... Read more
The San Francisco calamity by earthquake and fire by Charles Morris On the splendid Bay of San Francisco, one of the noblest harbors on the whole vast range of the Pacific Ocean, long has stood, like a Queen of the West on its seven hills, the beautiful city of San Francisco, the youngest and in its own way one of the most beautiful and attractive of the large cities of the United States. Born less than sixty years ago, it has grown with the healthy rapidity of a young giant, outvieing many cities of much earlier origin, until it has won rank as the eighth city of the United States, and as the unquestioned metropolis of our far Western States. It is on this great and rich city that the dark demon of destruction has now descended, as it fell on the next younger of our cities, Chicago, in 1872. Less

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File size303.181 KB
Print pages330
PublisherPublic Domain Book
LanguageEnglish
ISBN1725178923

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