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San Francisco is burning San Francisco is burning Dennis Smith At 5:12 a.m. on the morning of April 18, 1906, San Francisco was struck by one of the worst earthquakes in history, instantly killing hundreds. The ensuing fires that ravaged the city for days were r… OL15816376W
The Big Truck That Went By The Big Truck That Went By Jonathan M. Katz Published to glowing reviews, The Big Truck That Went By is a crucial look at a signal failure of international aid. Jonathan M. Katz was the only full-time American news correspondent in Haiti o… OL16813109W
California earthquakes California earthquakes Carl-Henry Geschwind "In 1906, after an earthquake wiped out much of San Francisco, leading California officials and scientists described the disaster as a one-time occurrence and assured the public that it had nothing t… OL7795581W