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

160 Pages·2005·21.449 MB·English

by  Daughters of Charity

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"Neither rhe enrrhqttal:e nor rht Jirr could daunt them. They
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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."
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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.
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A Commemorative Book by the D1111ghurs ofC ha,-ity
2005
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A Commcmor.irhc U,-..,l br rhc l>•ughi<n ofCh,mt
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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!
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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.
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