COMPLETE STORY OF THE SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE - The Eruption of Mount Vesuvius and Other Volcanic Outbursts and Earthquakes by Everett, Marshall - 1906

Chicago: The Bible House, 1906. 304 pp. followed by a series of black and white photographs and drawings. Red cloth decorated with gilt on the front panel; decorated in brown on the spine; profusely illustrated with black and white photographs and drawings. Light wear at the corners with some fading and rubbing on the spine; no interior markings; hinges tight; gutters intact. Much of this is about California over 110 years ago; Hell on earth then, too. The full, and somewhat lengthy, title is: COMPLETE STORY OF THE SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE - The Eruption of Mount Vesuvius and Other Volcanic Outbursts and Earthquakes Including All the Great Disasters of History - The Marvellous Phenomena of Nature and the Strange Inventions of Mankind - Embracing a Full Account in Pictures and Story of the Awful Disaster that Befell the City of San Francisco and all the other Towns and Cities Shocked by the Fatal Earthquake - April 19, 1906 - with a Full Account of the Generous Aid Supplied to the Sufferers by the People of the United States - Illustrated with a Vast Gallery of Startling Pictures Including Views of the City Before and After the Earthquake. The Chapters are: Earthquake and Fire Descend Upon San Francisco and the Surrounding Cities of California; San Francisco the Beautiful; Personal Experiences of Survivors; Famous Structures Swept Away; Maniacs Killed by Hundreds - Scenes of Horror at Agnew's State Insane Asylum; Stanford University - Most Richly Endowed Educational Institution in the World - Laid Low; Horrors of Seismic Disturbance Outside San Francisco; Exciting Escapes; Government Donates $2,000,000 for Relief of Stricken City; Human Vampires Shot Down; Chicago - Remembering Days of '71 - Leads in Offering Succor; Men and Women Weep Curse and Pray; Shock Felt Around World; Bullet Brings Merciful Death; General Plan of Relief; Scientists Stand Aghast; Looked for End of World; All Classes Send Quick Aid; Weird Incidents Amid Suffering; Loss - $500,000,000; Vesuvius - Beginning of Latest Eruption; Charleston Wrecked by Earthquake; Johnstown's Fatal Flood; Destruction of Galveston; Eruption of Mont Pelee; Great Earthquakes of History; World's Disasters from Wind; and Mystery of Volcanoes.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. Book.