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Title: Charles E. Leithead account of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire
Creator: Leithead, Charles E
Contributor: Leithead, Charles E
Date Created and/or Issued: 1906 May 2
1906-05-02
Publication Information: CaliforniaHistoricalSociety, North Baker Research Library, 678 Mission Street,San Francisco, CA 94105-4014; http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org/collections/northbaker_research.html
Contributing Institution: California Historical Society
Collection: 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Digital Collection: Selections from the California Historical Society
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: Firsthand account attributed to Leithead as experienced in San Francisco, from the day of the earthquake (Wed., Apr. 18) until the following Saturday.
Describes damage to buildings, particularly to Leithead's place of employment in the Rialto building, the dynamiting of buildings to halt the spread of fire, and conditions under martial law.
Describes living conditions for refugees, the poor state of communications, and Leithead's avoidance of being impressed for work.
Type: text
Form/Genre: Autobiographies
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb6b69p1t6
MS 3487
chs00000246_42a.xml
Subject: Disaster relief--California--San Francisco
Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--Personal narratives
Fires--California--San Francisco--Personal narratives
Martial law--California--San Francisco
San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1906--Personal narratives

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