. A history of the earthquake and fire in San Francisco; an account of the disaster of April 18, 1906 and its immediate results. s who made the neighborhood resound withthe popping of stoppers, a nickel the pop. At about the same time came those dispensingsouvenirs of the fire for a consideration. It was re-markable how people who had been burned out andhad scarcely any money at all went down town andspent a dime for a broken cup or twisted vase orother trifle from the ruins. Then came the canvas restaurants and cafes onwheels and the fly-trap chop houses, that bore out-landishly spelled menus
. A history of the earthquake and fire in San Francisco; an account of the disaster of April 18, 1906 and its immediate results. s who made the neighborhood resound withthe popping of stoppers, a nickel the pop. At about the same time came those dispensingsouvenirs of the fire for a consideration. It was re-markable how people who had been burned out andhad scarcely any money at all went down town andspent a dime for a broken cup or twisted vase orother trifle from the ruins. Then came the canvas restaurants and cafes onwheels and the fly-trap chop houses, that bore out-landishly spelled menus, and served the worst, thesloppiest, the most ill-savored coffee the alacrity with which it was downed, espe-cially by the man who had earned some money andwas at last proudly independent of relief rations(though the latter tasted better) was equally be-yond conception. These were among the transitory measures ofan extraordinary nature—some of the things peopledid to re-establish themselves without extraneousaid. On the other hand, in that crowding whirl ofmomentous events, certain official measures stand.
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