Destruction of the wholesale district. [verso:] By this time the wooden houses south of Market Street were ablaze, as were several of the piers on the water front, and one fire-proof building had caught through its windows, broken by the earthquake, and was a sea of flame inside. Then the horrifying cry was raised that there was no water. -- Leslie's Weekly.

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Title:

Destruction of the wholesale district. [verso:] By this time the wooden houses south of Market Street were ablaze, as were several of the piers on the water front, and one fire-proof building had caught through its windows, broken by the earthquake, and was a sea of flame inside. Then the horrifying cry was raised that there was no water. -- Leslie's Weekly.

Creator/Contributor:

S.F. Ruins Publishing Co.

Date:

1906

Contributing Institution:

California Historical Society