Published in the United States of America by Cherry Lake Publishing Ann Arbor Michigan www cherrylakepublishing com Consultants Lisa A Wald Geophysicist U S Geological Survey Golden Colorado Marla Conn ReadAbility Inc Editorial direction Red Line Editorial Book design Sleeping Bear Press Photo Credits Library of Congress cover 7 9 Underwood Underwood Library of Congress cover Arnold Genthe Library of Congress cover 20 29 Currier Ives Library of Congress 4 AP Images 5 Harris Ewing Inc Library of Congress 12 Bettmann Corbis AP Images 14 Bettmann Corbis 16 25 C L Wasson International Stereoscopic Co Library of Congress 18 H C White Co Library of Congress 22 Ted Streshinsky Corbis 27 Detroit Publishing Company Library of Congress 30 Copyright 2015 by Cherry Lake Publishing All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means without written permission from the publisher Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lüsted Marcia Amidon The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 Marcia Amidon Lusted pages cm Perspectives library Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN 978-1-63137-619-1 hardcover ISBN 978-1-63137-664-1 pbk ISBN 978-1-63137-709-9 pdf ebook ISBN 978-1-63137-754-9 ebook 1 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Calif 1906 Juvenile literature 2 Earthquakes California San Francisco History 20th century Juvenile literature 3 Fires California San Francisco History 20th century Juvenile literature 4 San Francisco Calif History 20th century Juvenile literature I Title F869 S357L87 2014 979 4’61051 dc23 2014004586 Cherry Lake Publishing would like to acknowledge the work of The Partnership for 21st Century Skills Please visit www p21 org for more information Printed in the United States of America Corporate Graphics Inc July 2014
Table of Contents In this book you will read about the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 from three perspectives Each perspective is based on real things that happened to real people who lived in San Francisco at the time of the earthquake You will see that the same event can look different depending on whose point of view you see it from Chapter 1 4 John Morrill Fireman Chapter 2 12 Sophie Charles Russian Hill Resident Chapter 3 20 Chuen Lee Man from Chinatown Look Look Again 30 Glossary 31 Learn More 31 Index 32 About the Author 32
1 4 The first jolt knocked me out of my bed I wasn’t sure what was happening then I realized it was an earthquake I thought the firehouse was going to fall down around me I am a fireman for the San Francisco Fire Department My firehouse is the 30th Engine Company It is located on Waller Street not far from Golden Gate Park I work 21 hours at a time and live at the firehouse when I am on duty John Morrill Fireman
5 It was only shortly after 5 00 a m I yelled to Samuel a fellow fireman Earthquake The building is falling down He quickly scrambled across the floor I am a San Francisco native born and bred I am no stranger to earthquakes But this one was like nothing I had ever felt before I was on the second floor of our building The floor beneath my feet was shaking up and down and side to side It was difficult to stand up I stumbled to the fire pole and grabbed it to slide down to the ground floor The opening for the pole was moving and the pole was bent I was afraid I’d be The shaking ground opened up cracks in the cobblestone streets
