The 7.8 magnitude earthquake rattled The City and sent shockwaves across 375,000 square miles, causing $400 million in property damage — or approximately $9 billion today.
City dignitaries and public safety officers gathered an hour before dawn on Tuesday to commemorate the lives lost in the 1906 earthquake that destroyed San Francisco.
The twenty-four-foot cast-iron fountain at the intersection of Market Street where Geary and Kearny streets connect survived the quake and served as a meeting point for survivors. According to the California Historical Society, firefighters discovered that hydrants and cisterns in the city lacked water — but a resident discovered a “magic fountain” adjacent to Dolores Park, where refugees gathered as the fast-moving inferno blazed toward the Mission District.
Ex // Top Stories California’s epic snowpack is a major flood risk A sudden burst of warm weather could supercharge the melt But people stayed, bolstered by help from local charities, community and religious organizations — and worked to rebuild The City in the quake’s aftermath.
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