1906 Santa Rosa Earthquake Fact Sheet PDF
A partial list of articles concerning the 1906 Santa Rosa earthquake:
| THE CALM BEFORE It’s remarkable how completely unremarkable that week otherwise was |
| APRIL 18, 1906: PART I The 45 seconds of terror |
| APRIL 18, 1906: PART II * Even while the town was furiously shaking, fires were starting |
| BODY COUNTS * We don’t know for certain how many people died |
| DISPATCHES FROM THE DISASTER ZONE Vignettes from the newsletter-sized paper published in the two weeks afterwards |
| MARTIAL LAW, SORT OF Law and Order in wake of the quake |
| WHAT OTHERS SAID ABOUT SANTA ROSA Frightening stories that the rest of the nation heard |
| THE LONG CLEANUP More than a year later, parts of downtown were still piled with debris |
| FORWARD INTO THE PAST How the earthquake entrenched Santa Rosa in its 19th Century ways |
| STILL IN BUSINESS, NEW LOCATION Little news in the newspapers, but lots of ads |
| POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE Send your friends souvenirs of the disaster |
| WILL THE INSURANCE CO. PAY? Whenever someone received a check it was treated like a lottery win |
| THE DEVIL’S IN THE DETAILS The magnitude of the tragedy and how the insurance wars were won |
| RACE TO REBUILD All of Fourth St. a construction zone, open-air bazaar, and obstacle course |
| COURTHOUSE FOR SALE, GOOD FOR PARTS The wreck of the old courthouse remained amid the hustle to build a new downtown |
| CRIMINALS AFOOT At least two men thought it was a great time to pull off a heist |
| NOW WE CAN LAUGH ABOUT IT Remember how funny it was when we thought the apocalypse was at hand? |
| BODY COUNTS, PART II List of the known dead, and where to look for more victims |
| OATES AND THE CITY DISPLACED How a business shantytown was cobbled together |
| WHAT WE KNOW WE DON’T KNOW Why is so little known about Santa Rosa’s worst crisis? |
| NO SHORTAGE OF FOOD A warehouse bursting with donations, yet the city began rationing |
| THE SPIN BEGINS Chamber of Commerce follows San Francisco in rewriting the story of the quake and aftermath |
| WHO DESERVES RELIEF MONEY? Santa Rosa liberally dipped into the relief fund for everything except humanitarian aid |
| THE SPEECH NO ONE WANTED TO HEAR * The best historical account of the disaster was in a speech delivered two years later |
| 1906 SANTA ROSA EARTHQUAKE BY THE NUMBERS Clearing up some common misinformation |
| THE YEAR THE 1906 EARTHQUAKE ENDED About 3½ years later the dust of the 1906 Santa Rosa earthquake finally settled |
| THE 1906 EARTHQUAKE GRAVESTONE: WHO LIES BENEATH? One identified body isn’t there at all, but there are probably more remains than assumed |
| THE LEGENDS OF CAPTAIN ROCKWELL Tracking down the story about a heroic donation and a famous letter of gratitude |
| THE 1906 PETALUMA EARTHQUAKE Fears of mobs coming up from Marin as refugees nearly triple size of Petaluma |
| 1906 EARTHQUAKE: NEW REVELATIONS * The Petaluma newspapers provided additional details about the situation in Santa Rosa |
| SEEKING MISS EXCELSA * “Mrs. C. Heath,” the vaudeville performer who ended up in Santa Rosa’s mass grave |
| CAUSE OF DEATH: EARTHQUAKE MADNESS Of those six whose sanity was shaken by the shaking earth, three died |
| THE 1906 QUAKE TEN YEARS AFTER Santa Rosa ignored but San Francisco commemorated |
| ALL FALL DOWN Evidence and eyewitness accounts suggest much of downtown became an inferno |
| THE 1906 EARTHQUAKE IN 3D A dozen stereograph views of Santa Rosa, including several on the actual day of the disaster |
* Images upgraded to high-def versions and text corrected, if necessary
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