Destruction of San Francisco by Earthquake and Fire

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Following close upon the eruption of Vesuvius on the other side of the world the San Francisco disaster found the country busy raising funds for the homeless Neapolitans. The Golden Gate city was engaged in this work when of a sudden it became the subject of the world's bounty.