The San Francisco Earthquake / By G. Thomas; M. M. Wiffs.

Includes index

With hard- and supercover

Bibliogr.: p.299-309

Tuesday, April 17, 1906. (Noon to 6 p.m.) Tension backstage -- (6 p.m. to midnight) -- Personal grounds. Wednesday, April 18, 1906. (Midnight to 5 a.m.) An excited horse -- (5 a.m. to 5:12:59) -- Time hung poised -- (5:13 to 5:30 a.m.) -- The big rip -- A fatal fall (5:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.) -- Polishing coffin handles -- A tumult of noise -- Appeal for dynamite -- A shared drink (12:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.) -- Last evidence of life -- Explosives in inexperienced hands (6:30 p.m. to midnight) -- Hemmed in by flames -- Eager hands. Thursday, April 19, 1906. (Midnight to 6 a.m.) Foreign affairs -- A row of guns -- (6 a.m. to noon) -- Harsher tones -- Magical powers -- (Noon to 6 p.m.) -- Exodus on market -- A passport portrait -- (6 p.m. to midnight) -- The last defense breached. Friday, April 20, 1906. (Midnight to 6 a.m.) Rising wind -- (6 a.m. to noon) Fulfilling a vow -- (Noon to 6 p.m.) The blind gunner -- (6 p.m. to midnight) Reunion -- Saturday, April 21, 1906. Flickering flames -- Aftermath. An inconvenient interruption -- Trials and tribulations -- Today. Encore