Golden Gate Park
Books
- Three Days of Fire Earthquake, Fire, and the Forging of Modern San Francisco · Liszt Think
At 5:12 a.m. on April 18, 1906, San Francisco shattered. The true catastrophe began moments later when Fire Chief Dennis Sullivan died in the rubble and water mains ruptured, leaving the city defenseless against…
- The Death of Fire Chief…ion, the loss of the Hall of Records, and the partial collapse of City Hall. He did not survive to witness the refugee camps established in Golden Gate Park, the military cordons around burned districts, or the emergence of the Committee of Fifty as the effective government of the ruined city. T…
- The Individual Fires Ignited…gh the roof where he and his wife slept. The city’s board of supervisors, its regular meeting place damaged, was rumored to be convening in Golden Gate Park. No one had declared an emergency. No one had assumed authority to order demolition, evacuation, or the suspension of ordinary civil protec…
- Army Brigadier General Frederick Funston…uniformed troops produced contradictory responses. Emma Houghton’s letter to her sister in Boston, written April 20 from a refugee camp in Golden Gate Park, expressed profound relief at seeing the soldiers, who have restored some measure of security. Henry Clews, a banker who had watched his Mo…