Fowler, Dorothy H.

A most dreadful earthquake : a first-hand account of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, with glimpses into the lives of the Phillips-Jones letter writers / Dorothy Fowler. - xiv, 176 p. : ill., maps, ports., geneal. tables ; 22 cm.

Excerpts of letters written to George W. Jones of Schenectady, New York, mostly by Sarah E. Phillips of San Francisco, California, between Apr. 18, 1906 and July 20, 1906.

Introduction -- San Francisco's 1906 earthquake and fire : a view from the Phillips-Jones letters -- Lives of the letter writers -- A summing up.

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Jones, George W. 1857-1925 --Correspondence.
Jones, Sarah E. Phillips 1875-1942 --Correspondence.


Earthquakes--History--California--San Francisco--20th century.
Fires--History--California--San Francisco--20th century.
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906.


San Francisco (Calif.)--Biography.

F869.S357 / F68 2006

979.4/61051092