| There were only 478 casualties reported by the | | | | helped in rescuing San Francisco. The fire department |
| government in the San Francisco Earthquakedeaths | | | | did not have enough people to help so the Army was |
| were reported; the number of deaths was not realistic | | | | ordered to help. The soldiers were patrolling the |
| because of the fear of hurting real estate prices and | | | | streets, guarding the buildings such as county jail, post |
| efforts to rebuild the city. Also, many of the dead | | | | office, banks. With dynamite they demolish the buildings |
| were not reported from Chinatown San Francisco | | | | in the path of the fires. The army in San Francisco also |
| because of the racism against Chinese from that time. | | | | supervise the food division, clothing, sheltering to newly |
| Today the experts are saying that the number of | | | | homeless peopleThe San Francisco Earthquake |
| deaths in San Francisco Earthquake was from 3000, | | | | foreshock preceded the mainshock by about 20 to 25 |
| to 6,000. Other places in the Bay Area that were | | | | seconds. The strong shaking lasted about 60 seconds. |
| severely damaged were Santa Rosa, San Jose, and | | | | The shaking intensity as described on the Modified |
| Stanford University.{mosimage} 225,000 and 300,000 | | | | Mercalli Intensity Scale reached VIII in San Francisco |
| people became homeless out of a population of about | | | | area and up to IX in the area up to cost like Santa |
| 400,000. Half of the population moved to Oakland. | | | | Rosa that was almost destroyed.The fires that were |
| People were staying in tents in the area of Golden | | | | out of the control after the San Francisco Earthquake |
| Gate Park, the Presidio, the Panhandle, and the | | | | were much more disastrous than earthquake itself. It |
| beaches among Ingleside and North Beach.The San | | | | was estimated that the fires were responsible for the |
| Francisco Earthquake left a lot of damage to San | | | | 90 % of the damage resulting from the |
| Francisco that was the ninth largest city in the States | | | | earthquake.Fires started in many parts of town. Other |
| and the largest in the West Coast. The population | | | | fires were the results of the camping fires from |
| reached 410000 people. Over 80% of the city was | | | | refugees. They lasted for 4 whole days.As a result of |
| destroyed by the earthquake and fire. Because of the | | | | earthquake, the water mains were broken and the fire |
| Earthquake fear a lot of population moved to Los | | | | department had less and less water supplies against |
| Angeles area.The San Francisco Earthquake damage | | | | the fast spreading fire. The fire destroyed 500 city |
| was estimated to be $400 million USDThe Army | | | | blocks in San Francisco. |