The history of the San Francisco disaster and Mount Vesuvius horror (1906) (14595623850)

Identifier: historyofsanfran00bank (find matches)
Title: The history of the San Francisco disaster and Mount Vesuvius horror
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Banks, Charles Eugene, 1852-1932 Read, Opie Percival, 1852-1939
Subjects: Volcanoes Volcanoes Earthquakes
Publisher: (Chicago, Ill. : Thompson & Thomas)
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University



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A JOSS HOUSE—CHINATOWN.No portion of the ill-fated City of San Francisco was so well known totravelers as the section known as Chinatown. The estimated number ofChinamen in this district before the fire was 45,000.
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THE SAN FRANCISCO DISASTER 249 and said that he didnt either, but that being an ad-venturous cuss he had fancied that it might do somegood. He said that he was an undertaker and hadcome out from Boston on the promise of the mayor ofSan Francisco, who had assured him that businesswould be good. I told him, said he, that the cli-mate didnt seem flattering to an undertaker, and hesaid that the climate hadnt anything to do with it.Then he said that if I would agree to give him a rakeoff he would go out and stir up something. Thisman was exceedingly friendly, the writer continues, and invited me to go to a ball with him that night.As there wasnt anything else to do, and especiallyas he seemed hurt when he saw that I was about torefuse, I consented to go. I cant say that the ballwas a brilliant affair. The only lights were knownas tallow dips. The floor was uneven. And I hadno notion of attempting to dance; indeed, I had neverdanced even in England. Suddenly my melancholyfriend came to me l