Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of "The Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
San Francisco, California, earthquake, fire
It is important to use a specific date range if looking for articles for a particular event in order to narrow your results. To narrow your results for this topic, search between April 18 - April 22, 1906.

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"Thousands Dead at San Francisco; Millions Gone In Fires Still Raging"
The Washington Times (Washington, DC), April 18, 1906, Last Edition, Image 1, col. 1-7.
"Terrible Visitation at Frisco"
The Paducah Sun (Paducah, KY), April 18, 1906, Image 1, col. 1-7.
"Earthquake's Dead May Number 3,000; Fire is Now Raging"
The Evening World (New York, NY), April 18, 1906, Final Results Edition, Image 1, col. 1-2.
"Earthquake, Panic, Death, Flood, Fire"
Deseret Evening News (Salt Lake City, UT), April 18, 1906, Fourth Edition, Extra!, Image 1, col. 1-7.
"Earthquake And Fire: San Francisco In Ruins"
The Call-Chronicle-Examiner (San Francisco, CA), April 19, 1906, Image 1, col. 1-5.
"Views of San Francisco, Stricken by Earthquake and Fire"
New-York Tribune (New York, NY), April 19, 1906, Image 1, col. 1-6.
"Terrible Earthquake in San Francisco"
Gainesville Daily Sun (Gainesville, FL), April 19, 1906, Image 1, col. 1-5
"San Francisco Is Devastated"
Los Angeles Herald (Los Angeles, CA), April 20, 1906, Image 1, col. 1-7.
"The California Earthquake"
Alexandria Gazette and Virginia Advertiser (Alexandria, VA), April 20, 1906, Image 2, col. 4-6.
"Water Front Burns Almost to the Ferry"
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA), April 21, 1906, Image 1, col. 1-3.
"Conditions Much Better"
Palestine Daily Herald (Palestine, TX), April 21, 1906, Image 1, col. 2-3.
"Swirl of Fire Ends and Hope Runs High"
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA), April 22, 1906, Image 1, col. 1-7.

Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America