A fire engine caught and crushed by a falling wall, Post St., San Francisco Disaster, U.S.A.

Post St., once a busy shopping district, now a scene of desolation, San Francisco Disaster, U.S.A.

General view of burned area, (Market St. on left) from Ferry Tower, San Francisco Disaster, U.S.A.

Effects of the Earthquake, Oct. 21, 1868, Market and First Sts.

Effects of the Earthquake, Oct. 21, 1868, Railroad House, Clay St.

Effects of the Earthquake, Oct. 21, 1868, Railroad House, Clay St.

Looking north on Mason Street, from Market.

The Pride of the Pacific Coast, laid desolate in a few hours, Great Earthquake, San Francisco.

Looking toward Union Square from Nob Hill, Great Earthquake, San Francisco.

Ruins near the Great Casa Grande, Arizona.

Ruins near the Great Casa Grande, Arizona.