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Thursday, December 5, 2013

TAKING THE WAYBACK MACHINE TO 1906 -- SAD TIMES


Just before dawn on April 18, 1906, an estimated 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit San Francisco and parts of Northern California -- one of the worst natural disasters in our country's history.  Over 3000 people died, most of them in the city.  The quake, aftershocks, and resulting fires destroyed 80% of San Francisco.

Sometimes it is hard to imagine such devastation. especially for an event that occurred over a century ago.

Here are some newsreels from that time.

https://archive.org/details/2349A_Edison_Newsreels_San_Francisco_Earthquake_aftermath

2 comments:

  1. Sad, indeed. But at least Jeanette MacDonald was still singing when she walked up that hill where Clark Gable was waiting.

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