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unusual facts about San Francisco Earthquake



1990 World Series

The Oakland Athletics, not to be outdone, dedicated the World Series to the victims of the previous year's San Francisco earthquake, as evidenced by a moment of silence prior to Game 3.

G. Albert Lansburgh

Lansburgh returned to the Bay Area in May, 1906, one month after the region had been devastated by San Francisco Earthquake and the city largely consumed by fire.


see also

Illing

Vivian Illing (1900–2009), was, at the time of her death in 2009, thought to be the oldest living survivor of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake

Paul Shoup

Only months after the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, the Interurban Electrical Railroad purchased a 160-acre tract of ranch land in the Santa Clara Valley owned by Sarah Winchester.