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From The Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco comes a first hand account of the Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire:

Jack London and the Great Earthquake and Fire.

THE STORY OF AN EYEWITNESS
By Jack London,
Collier’s special Correspondent

Collier’s, the National Weekly
May 5, 1906

Upon receipt of the first news of the earthquake, Colliers telegraphed to Mr. Jack London–who lives only forty miles from San Francisco–requesting him to go to the scene of the disaster and write the story of what he saw. Mr. London started at once, and he sent the following dramatic description of the tragic events he witnessed in the burning city

Way cool!