The history of the San Francisco disaster and Mount Vesuvius horror . formerly cut across the coast forms the Golden Gate, and in the broader moun-tain valley behind the sea has spread out to form thebay. If the center of greatest disturbance was in ornear San Francisco, the site of that city is in dangerof future upheavals. In Europe, as well as in America, the San Fran-cisco earthquake was the topic of study and discus-sion by scientists for many weeks. Seismographistspropounded various theories as to its cause, opinionbeing divided as to its connection with Vesuvius. InGreat Bri
The history of the San Francisco disaster and Mount Vesuvius horror . formerly cut across the coast forms the Golden Gate, and in the broader moun-tain valley behind the sea has spread out to form thebay. If the center of greatest disturbance was in ornear San Francisco, the site of that city is in dangerof future upheavals. In Europe, as well as in America, the San Fran-cisco earthquake was the topic of study and discus-sion by scientists for many weeks. Seismographistspropounded various theories as to its cause, opinionbeing divided as to its connection with Vesuvius. InGreat Britain it was suggested that Edinburg is in thedanger zone just as San Francisco is. Certainly theScottish capital is built upon an extinct volcano. Hereare a few of the theories put forward by eminent Brit-ish seismographists to account for the disaster: Contraction of the earths surface, the release of over-heated steam in the interior of the earth, the failureof the earth to swing true on its axis owing to the ac-tion of sunspots, a landslip of geological •..
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