. The history of the San Francisco disaster and Mount Vesuvius horror . — o ?a >^ CQ -ao ^ • O «2 «2 < -M +-1 LU £ «i Is. * 5 0) asLU a> o hi — °. THE SAN FRANCISCO DISASTER §3 cotton, and dynamite, or torn down by men armedwith axes and ropes. All night long the struggle con-tinued. Mayor Schmitz and Chief of Police Dinan,although without sleep for forty-eight hours, remainedon the scene all night to assist army and navy officersin directing the fight. By 7 oclock Saturday morning this tremendousbattle had been won. The Ferry Building and thedocks in its immediate vicinity had been s
. The history of the San Francisco disaster and Mount Vesuvius horror . — o ?a >^ CQ -ao ^ • O «2 «2 < -M +-1 LU £ «i Is. * 5 0) asLU a> o hi — °. THE SAN FRANCISCO DISASTER §3 cotton, and dynamite, or torn down by men armedwith axes and ropes. All night long the struggle con-tinued. Mayor Schmitz and Chief of Police Dinan,although without sleep for forty-eight hours, remainedon the scene all night to assist army and navy officersin directing the fight. By 7 oclock Saturday morning this tremendousbattle had been won. The Ferry Building and thedocks in its immediate vicinity had been saved. Onthe North Beach the fire did not reach that part of thewater front lying west of the foot of Powell Street. The burned area was about seven square miles inextent, and twenty-six miles in circumference. With-in this vast waste of smoldering embers were threeoases where buildings were preserved by wonderful ex-ertions and good fortune. One of these was the dis-trict bounded by Montgomery, Battery, Jackson andWashington Streets. Within this district is the ap-praisers building, in which was stored some $500,000worth of valuable wares belonging
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