With broken gas lines feeding
the fires, and broken water mains

leaving little to no water available
to fight the fires,

an estimated 490 city blocks,
over 25,000 of the city's buildings,
will be destroyed,

250,000 people left homeless.

 

 

Spring 1906

Eastman Kodak

Early Photography

Arnold Genth

News of the Quake

225,00 Injured

Area of Damage

City on Fire

Path of Destruction

Valencia Hotel

 

 

 

 

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