1906 Earthquake Research Paper

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According to the writers of Encyclopedia Britannica, the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and fire caused 28,000 buildings to be destroyed, causing $350,000,000 in damage. This earthquake was one of the most devastating earthquakes ever. There are many views on this earthquake, and even some footage of it. The earthquake caused the fire, which was even more devastating than the earthquake itself, but they both still did a substantial amount of damage. Over 3000 people were killed, 250,000 left homeless, and the survivors camped in Golden Gate Park or Dunes West, and some fled to neighboring towns. (Encyclopedia Britannica). The eyewitness accounts “Comprehending the Calamity” by Emma Burke and “The Horrific Wreck of the City” by Fred Hewitt are both about the 1906 San …show more content…

On page 1 of “Horrific Wreck of the City”, it says “That second upheaval was gut wrenching. It made me think of the loved ones across the country. It turned my stomach, gave me a heartache that I will never forget and caused me to sink upon my knees and pray to the Almighty God that me and mine should escape the awful fate I knew was coming to so many thousands.” Similarly in “Comprehending the Calamity,” “The all-prevailing cheerfulness and helpfulness were encouraging signs of our progress in practicing the golden rule, and humanity’s struggle upward toward the example of our Savior.” (page 4) This evidence means that the two writers were religious because they were both talking about God and their Savior. This evidence supports my compare topic point because use if they weren’t religious, they would think that is was the earth’s plates colliding, rather than God being angry at mankind and causing an earthquake. On page 1 of “Horrific Wreck of the City,” “...that me and mine should

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