. A history of the earthquake and fire in San Francisco; an account of the disaster of April 18, 1906 and its immediate results. f three blocks, was a thrivingthoroughfare. The city had stretched out to thebase of Telegraph Hill on the north, and back to thefoot of Nob Hill on the west. It expanded south-ward ; soon Market street was extended a block intothe bay and graded with sand from the Montgomerystreet hills. The bay end of the street was thenfour blocks from its present location. On the westit ended at the line of sand hills parallel with Mont-gomery street. A little further west, where
. A history of the earthquake and fire in San Francisco; an account of the disaster of April 18, 1906 and its immediate results. f three blocks, was a thrivingthoroughfare. The city had stretched out to thebase of Telegraph Hill on the north, and back to thefoot of Nob Hill on the west. It expanded south-ward ; soon Market street was extended a block intothe bay and graded with sand from the Montgomerystreet hills. The bay end of the street was thenfour blocks from its present location. On the westit ended at the line of sand hills parallel with Mont-gomery street. A little further west, where a creekmeandered through a cemetery, (the present site ofthe City Hall), there was a favorite hunting ground,far out in the country. Ten years later the city had 90,000 people. TheLatin quarter had sprung up at the base and on thesides of Telegraph Hill. Chinatown had becomequite a village on the slopes of Nob Hill, to the American city had expanded out over the tideflats. Gradually high-water mark receded furtherand further eastward, and buildings appeared on thefilled ground. Many were supported on piles in the. Hecht Collect ion Yerba Buena Cove in 1849 6 THE OLD SAN FRANCISCO water, some only on a loose filling of whatever cameto hand. A stranded ship on the beach was rightedand converted into a building. Finally, when all thefilling-in was done, this ship, buried under the foun-dations of a tall building, was a full quarter-milefrom the new water-front. The people were of thepleasure-loving type in 63 as in 49. They workedby day and spent their nights in Bohemian fun. In 1868 the building of the Palace Hotel wascommenced. After completion this hotel was recog-nized for years as the finest in the world. About thistime the Central Pacific Railroad was communication by rail with the east borequick results. One by one various activities—com-mercial, manufacturing, financial—centered them-selves around the citys harbor. San Francisco be-came the
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