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JACK LONDON'S JOURNALISM THE STORY OF AN EYEWITNESS By Jack London, Collier's special Correspondent (First published in Collier's, May 5, 1906) Upon receipt of the first news of the earthquake, Collier's telegraphed to Mr. Jack London-who lives only forty miles from San Francisco-requesting him to go to the scene of the disaster and write the story of what he saw. Mr. London started at once, and ...

Home Index By Subject By Year Biographies The Gift Shop Who Perished A list of Persons Who Died as a Result of the Great Earthquake and Fire in San Francisco on April 18, 1906 This is a roster of names compiled from newspapers of those persons who died as a direct result of injuries received either at the time of the earthquake and fire, or during the latter half of April 1906. Compiled by ...

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Memories Of An EarthQuake Thomas Franklin and Cleo Barnard Thomas Franklin Huch Barnard was a glass blower from Indiana. In early 1906, he took a job at a glass factory in San Francisco. Three months later, San Francisco was destroyed by an earthquake and the resulting fires. Huch and his wife, Cleo, were among the thousands of people that took advantage of the railroad's free passage back home.