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Steel Frames: Eyewitness Accounts of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire [A Commemorative Book by the Daughters of Charity] PDF

160 Pages·2005·21.449 MB·English
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I • "Neither rhe enrrhqttal:e nor rht Jirr could daunt them. They Wl'rl! rnlled the 'sreel framl'. · The ,uune derived. from the fact that when the drstmrtion and havoc had llil been wrodud. thert" stood forth in the bare l'it;• the rwi;ud sue/frames 1Jfb11iJdings. They 011/y Wl'rt: 1111 in11itmio11 to n,1 heroic peoplf' to come and build a bigger llnd a bf'tter Sa11 Fm11dsco." - ~IS I £R V11<CE>1 INI u,<CASHR hu111: fait/1 A/IAmt. 1952 Sr. V1>1c£N, ·~ Scttoo1 .t.li.s.>ion ,mcl Third Srrccl:$. South of Markc:t Steel frames were a common sight throughout the cicy after rhe canhquakc and fire. Th..-y w..-rc ofrcn rhe only remains of once important buildings-remains of the old San Francisco. And, they were a call fur people ro build a 11<:w San Francisco-co bc:comc rhe sreel frames for rebuilding. The Sister~ saw themselves as the seed frame for rhei r new school on Fifth and Clemcnrina. 3 1223 07205 1825 ~ i ~77~ p.3---%~ J~ /,f'tPG' ~~c-4~ A Commemorative Book by the D1111ghurs ofC ha,-ity 2005 ~"'"' fr•mrs A Commcmor.irhc U,-..,l br rhc l>•ughi<n ofCh,mt Copyri&hr l!} lOO'i Daugbra.s uf Cb,n'}· Province of 1hc \Ve\< Seton P,ovind.1b1c .!6000 Alramom Rood Los Alto• f-lilk C•liforuia ?402~ All ri glus <n"r>ed. This bool ,ru)' no, be "'I'""'""'' in whnlr"' in r~n \\1mou, permission uf the C)ough1<r• ,,f Ch.ri,y, Pruvmcc of rho Wo.i w.b,.u;· ofCongms Ca~lot;ing-in-l'uhlkotion D,u Srcd fr;ame\ / Eye\\, tt.n~ss Aa;.ouocs or the 1906 S,m Fr.uu. .i 1<0 Earrbquakc and fire I Oaughrcr. ofChatlfv Los Aho, 11,11,, CA: D.,uglnns <1fCh.rri1)', Provinr:c of the Wm I Hmorv - Dou&J,m~ of Cluri•)') I Sl p. 28.S cm ISBN O -m664.\ -0 -9 I. Daughrers ofC hant)'-C..alifornr•-l lrm,ry - Rdigion I Daugh«nofChant)', Pl'(mnceof<h< West Printed wd bound in the United Sr.11es b> Aho Nu<'O hbnd l'rc». 80<>k (.i,·yr· rh,,.oi:rarh oJ ,he ch•rrcd ruim of \r, Vinccnr, School, \lr;si,,n ,.,., n,ird, counciy ot the Arc.h1\·cs ol the Archd1occse: of S.1n Francuco. lllu,rmic,n, of D:iughrcr> ol Clwiry Rccing the humrng <ii), \ourh ol ~ lark«, hr Siner l:.stda Momlcs, D.L .. C"'"' .md jad,ct dcsii;n br Mmannc I lrncklc. Arlo Nuno 1,1.,..1 Pr,,,._ In Loving Memory of all those who lost their lives in the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire May They Rest in Peace! • -t;:5I .-~--f-.r..-:t:..-::-:1--ko-.-.-&-'-- -- ~ d'2:-tf;· '<• ~ee- , / April 18, 1906 A ugu.s, 6. 1906 On Wednesday morning, Ap, ii 18, 1906 .., , iolcnt Th•« Works were in nearby cicies· eanhquokc $hook !)an F,anu,cu Jnd n~irhy ci,i<">, Sal\ Jose - one hmpiml - badly d"magcd On rhis 1110111i11g, the Daughter> ofChui1y h:,d nine Hollisrcr - one school - dcm<>lishc:d Work!. 111 rite ciiie> •fTca«-f by rhe c,mh11uake. Sa1110 Cnu - une orphanage/school - ~lighrly dJmaged Six \Vorks we1e in San Francisco: All oft hese Works reco,c"'d from rhC' drs,isccr ofA pril 18. South of M.ukc1 - rwo $Chools - demofoht:d No Work discontinuC'd because i,f11, hur rhr« Works Mis,,1011 D,srricr - one ho.pital - dcmoli,hcd disconiinuod over the next de--,,dc~. ~ix \Xforks arc still Western Addiuon - ot1c 1r.1dc school - badly damaged in cxisccn<c rod,,y. .r nd four .uc Wo, ks of the n.,ugbtcr. Silver Terratc - i:,,o orphonagc,, - slighdy d:unagcxl of' Charity. 6

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