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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