Sources & browser storage

Courses come from MIT OpenCourseWare, The Open University (OpenLearn) and TU Delft OpenCourseWare; each course page credits its source and license. Books in the reader come from Project Gutenberg, audiobooks from LibriVox.

RedLectern is independent of MIT, The Open University and TU Delft and is not endorsed by them. Self-study only: no grades, certificates, or credit.

Progress and notes are saved in this browser. Export a backup; clearing browser data can remove them. YouTube embeds may process usage data.

San Francisco Calamity by Earthquake and Fire

Name: San Francisco Calamity by Earthquake and Fire
Author: Charles Morris

Charles Morris

Read by Availle, Bellona Times, Kathleen Nelson, Tom Crawford, Ann Boulais, Robert Parker, compozr, Laine S., TriciaG, Guero and Denny Sayers (d. 2015) · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

Open a chapter to play its MP3 recording.

Preface (8:46)
San Francisco and its Terrific Earthquake (45:34)
The Demon of Fire Invades the Stricken City (31:36)
Fighting Flames with Dynamite (16:17)
The Reign of Destruction and Devastation (29:55)
The Panic Flight of a Homeless Host (28:17)
Facing Famine and Praying for Relief (32:56)
The Frightful Loss of Life and Wealth (19:14)
Wonderful Record of Thrilling Escapes (19:08)
Disaster Spreads over the Golden State (10:20)
All America and Canada to the Rescue (18:46)
The San Francisco of the Past (14:42)
Life in the Metropolis of the Pacific (12:10)
Plans to Rebuild San Francisco (19:21)
The Earthquake Wave Felt Around the World (10:02)
Vesuvius Devastates the Region of Naples (35:49)
The Great Lisbon and Calabrian Earthquakes (21:02)
The Charleston and Other Earthquakes of the United States (15:28)
The Volcano and the Earthquake, Earth's Demons of Destruction (19:55)
The Theories of Volcanic and Earthquake Action (42:48)
The Active Volcanoes of the Earth (30:43)
The Famous Vesuvius and the Destruction of Pompeii (36:40)
Eruptions of Vesuvius, Etna and Stromboli (37:58)
Skapter Jokull and Hecla, the Great Icelandic Volcanoes (16:41)
Volcanoes of the Philippines and other Pacific Islands (33:49)
The Wonderful Hawaiian Craters and Kilauea's Lake of Fire (30:08)
Popocatepetl and Other Volcanoes of Mexico and Central America (15:39)
The Terrible Eruption of Krakatoa (33:08)
Mount Pelee and its Harvest of Death in 1902 - Part ONE (34:13)
Mount Pelee and its Harvest of Death in 1902 - Part TWO (26:27)
St. Vincent Island and Mont Soufriere in 1812 (20:43)
Submarine Volcanoes and their Work of Island Building (20:34)
Mud Volcanoes, Geysers and Hot Springs (36:46)