. The history of the San Francisco disaster and Mount Vesuvius horror . pride was the ter-racing of the western addition; but the western addi-tion stood untouched. With wonderful pluck, the big newspapers of SanFrancisco refused to suspend publication, thoughburned out of house and home on the first day. Theday after the earthquake the Call, the Examiner andthe Chronicle forces combined to issue a small sheet,much like a handbill, from an Oakland newspaper of-fice. By the next day each had obtained facilities forpublication in Oakland, the forces separated again andthe papers were issued then
. The history of the San Francisco disaster and Mount Vesuvius horror . pride was the ter-racing of the western addition; but the western addi-tion stood untouched. With wonderful pluck, the big newspapers of SanFrancisco refused to suspend publication, thoughburned out of house and home on the first day. Theday after the earthquake the Call, the Examiner andthe Chronicle forces combined to issue a small sheet,much like a handbill, from an Oakland newspaper of-fice. By the next day each had obtained facilities forpublication in Oakland, the forces separated again andthe papers were issued thenceforth without interrup-tion. One evening paper suspended publication for aweek. Prompt steps were taken by the proprietorsof these journals to erect new buildings, install newplants and resume the issuance of their papers in SanFrancisco. The way in which shattered, scorched San Fran-cisco shook off her ashes and debris and set about themighty task of building a new city, greater and granderthan the old, was a most inspiring example of Amer-ican pluck and 13 ^ bJD CO flUj~ COO ^ O T3 H ai^ X oH a DQ
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