. A history of the earthquake and fire in San Francisco; an account of the disaster of April 18, 1906 and its immediate results. diery, to make sure that by no chance the fireshould cross the avenue and endanger the WesternAddition again. But out of the dynamited building(a chemical warehouse) burst another great firewhich started back toward North Beach. This wasat noon Friday. All afternoon it burned, sending upgreat clouds of smoke (and causing consternationeverywhere as rumors spread that the Western Ad-dition was ablaze), and all night, sweeping over andaround Russian Hill and down to the
. A history of the earthquake and fire in San Francisco; an account of the disaster of April 18, 1906 and its immediate results. diery, to make sure that by no chance the fireshould cross the avenue and endanger the WesternAddition again. But out of the dynamited building(a chemical warehouse) burst another great firewhich started back toward North Beach. This wasat noon Friday. All afternoon it burned, sending upgreat clouds of smoke (and causing consternationeverywhere as rumors spread that the Western Ad-dition was ablaze), and all night, sweeping over andaround Russian Hill and down to the district at itsfoot, finding much of its fuel in the very houses thathad been saved overnight. Through Saturday morn-ing it burned among the iron foundries and greatlumber yards that covered many acres. The havocwas complete, as everywhere, but was worked at avery slow, an almost methodical pace. One mightalmost think it was premeditated. Lumber in pilesdoes not make the best food for flames. ,i Russian HillDistrict lmjRSDAYNl6HT&FRiOAV HavesValiev North B£A^^ ^-;;sATOROAY ENDOFflRE^AlUi^ VvtHoLESftLED»STRICT Borneo. ^XARKETBurned Map Showing Course of Fires IJ4 THE CONQUEST Gradually the fire bore down upon the immenseoil tanks near the point of the peninsula where seasor crude and refined oils were stored. During allthe days of the conflagration there was no morespectacular and impressive sight than the burningof those tanks, with the blood-red flames leapinghigh into the dense black smoke. By mid-afternoon on Saturday the fire had fairlyrounded the peninsula. A long grain shed settingout over the water, piled high with wheat from theSacramento and San Joaquin valleys, was more the water-front was menaced, more se-riously now than at any time during the conflagra-tion. Before, the fire had never come nearer thanthe far side of East street, two hundred feet it was among the wharves themselves. Two miles of water-front seemed fated, at last,to go; two mi
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