%PDF-1.7 1 0 obj << /Type /Catalog /Outlines 2 0 R /Pages 3 0 R >> endobj 2 0 obj << /Type /Outlines /Count 0 >> endobj 3 0 obj << /Type /Pages /Kids [6 0 R 19 0 R ] /Count 2 /Resources << /ProcSet 4 0 R /Font << /F1 8 0 R /F2 9 0 R /F3 10 0 R /F4 11 0 R /F5 13 0 R /F6 21 0 R >> /ExtGState << /GS1 14 0 R /GS2 15 0 R /GS3 16 0 R /GS4 17 0 R >> >> /MediaBox [0.000 0.000 612.000 792.000] >> endobj 4 0 obj [/PDF /Text ] endobj 5 0 obj << /Producer (dompdf 3.1.0 + CPDF) /CreationDate (D:20250903200329+00'00') /ModDate (D:20250903200329+00'00') >> endobj 6 0 obj << /Type /Page /MediaBox [0.000 0.000 612.000 792.000] /Parent 3 0 R /Contents 7 0 R >> endobj 7 0 obj << /Filter /FlateDecode /Length 1021 >> stream xVM6W̱O"  d} z,E:$vH.ނŒEr߼y*gyuk u|hږ6ܼY>I';kf­lÛ *ΧWrݰyWCM;9/89% WqnY}9kSZ\ݯ>]}KŊ:,KWuZz.< Eb+.i׼)Mywat/BOg/X]UyBݲ;g]^x/k5guw/׭{7У­]GP`vqwy(.0h#j4f ltNj^!jZVmIEpRz)\pY -;X  b^h(cIӠC NM氮p8J:[²^,I FZ"O&=h^E~Fe 'g O'џb /zut3ŝY* T6J겿i^!xsЁPi{4{Otj^&d@»5EJ~NPHoa@`39~˼(T, Y.kSoVQ8Oy82 evF+{Ś=dMR 0VǐВI1G.R *HR Fx<|M nƑr$ϐx~"Mg(27b@DDžD@$Day,*ɏ8j )2:T_H;i)\†Ej9To @٤G2AxnL-[lshFowȟ6Ah7ɕ+-~~~>6[3g]mL٦ endstream endobj 8 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F1 /BaseFont /Helvetica /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 9 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F2 /BaseFont /Times-Bold /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 10 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F3 /BaseFont /Times-Roman /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 11 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F4 /BaseFont /Helvetica-Bold /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 12 0 obj [6 0 R /Fit] endobj 13 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F5 /BaseFont /Times-Roman /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 14 0 obj << /Type /ExtGState /BM /Normal /CA 1 >> endobj 15 0 obj << /Type /ExtGState /BM /Normal /ca 1 >> endobj 16 0 obj << /Type /ExtGState /BM /Normal /CA 0.3 >> endobj 17 0 obj << /Type /ExtGState /BM /Normal /ca 0.3 >> endobj 18 0 obj [6 0 R /Fit] endobj 19 0 obj << /Type /Page /MediaBox [0.000 0.000 612.000 792.000] /Parent 3 0 R /Contents 20 0 R >> endobj 20 0 obj << /Filter /FlateDecode /Length 647 >> stream xmTn0+.G$Y%A\hQ6PE4EK%R!gvE쐓eMhM(p~4;qĒbU"F qSFB=j"qJ UɪCkO<\ca aZI/>qu$/3'a#++B-3F㮷E%5 V/y½ EOiPBdK@`7zH?sPAvnL ݚ4G<% 9{NwbaɈ/n)KOQPUv଻! E"{?:?ptMx5['<-.g;0c3^Z@FV{؊%i$.B5 F eGIf2Kz&Om endstream endobj 21 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F6 /BaseFont /Helvetica-Oblique /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj xref 0 22 0000000000 65535 f 0000000009 00000 n 0000000074 00000 n 0000000120 00000 n 0000000401 00000 n 0000000430 00000 n 0000000579 00000 n 0000000682 00000 n 0000001776 00000 n 0000001883 00000 n 0000001991 00000 n 0000002101 00000 n 0000002214 00000 n 0000002243 00000 n 0000002353 00000 n 0000002410 00000 n 0000002467 00000 n 0000002526 00000 n 0000002585 00000 n 0000002614 00000 n 0000002719 00000 n 0000003439 00000 n trailer << /Size 22 /Root 1 0 R /Info 5 0 R /ID[<3943ed6082ace4da3af8e71344fa1165><3943ed6082ace4da3af8e71344fa1165>] >> startxref 3555 %%EOF Rising from the Ashes | Caring Magazine
Read Caring Magazine Volume 29

Vol. #29

Hope in Action

Read Issue

Latest Impact StoriesView All

Popular Topics

PopularView All

Rising from the Ashes

April 1, 2006
1 minute read
Total
0
Shares
0
0
0
Listen to this article

As San Francisco celebrates the centennial of the 1906 earthquake, there is a general theme of rising from the ashes and starting over. California has always been a magnet for pioneers looking for new beginnings. And because it sits on the edge of the continent with shifting tectonic plates and gold buried deep in the hills, it’s had a remarkably cataclysmic history.

Before 1849, San Francisco was a sleepy little town of 400 people—more than half of whom were Mormons looking for new land to settle. Then, in one tumultuous year, 40,000 gold prospectors arrived from the east coast, South America, Europe and China. Suddenly, it was an instant city built on a single goal—gold.

Chaos reigned, but not much law and order. In 1850, 1851 and 1852, devastating plagues killed as many as 150 people a week. From 1849 to 1851, six major fires flattened the town. And each time it rose from the ashes.

By 1906, local city government was decidedly corrupt, but San Francisco’s fire companies were considered excellent. Yet on April 18 the earthquake struck which is now estimated to be at least 7.9 by modern Richter Scale standards. The town was in ruins. Water hydrants cracked. Three days of fire devastated the city. San Francisco was doomed, people said. But, once again, there was an unquenchable sense of optimism. Once again, the City was down but not out.

The Salvation Army will participate in the 100th Annual Commemoration of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire—April 18 at Lotta’s Fountain on Market Street, at 5:13 a.m.

Download this page as a PDF

You May Also Like