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Article: San Francisco Is Burning: The Untold Story of the 1906 Earthquake and Fires.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
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- November 1, 2006
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SMITH, Dennis. San Francisco is burning; the untold story of the 1906 earthquake and fires. Read by Alan Sklar. 10 cds. 12.5 hrs. Tantor Media. 2005. 1-4001-0179-4. $34.99. Vinyl; content, author, reader notes. SA
In the early morning of April 18, 1906, a ferocious earthquake, 8.0 on the Richter scale, shook San Francisco for 45 seconds. Buildings collapsed and hundreds of people were killed, including, most tragically, Dennis Sullivan, the highly regarded Chief of the San Francisco Fire Department. Sullivan's death led to an enormous leadership vacuum that in the ensuing three days resulted in over 500 city blocks burning to the ground and over 3000 additional ...