FRISCO'S FEARFUL FATE: PICTURES OF THE STATELY CITY NOW DESOLATED BY FIRE AND EARTHQUAKE.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXVI, Issue 17, 28 April 1906, Page 28

FRISCO'S FEARFUL FATE: PICTURES OF THE STATELY CITY NOW DESOLATED BY FIRE AND E AR T HQUAKE.

uar* th< >l-1.1.’. : |uak? to which the city was subjevted made people chary of following the example of other American cities e - some of the more ventures be seen ft wh le city. The Paia H tel. which was among ::e nr*t boilings t • go. sth .It -upied a wle l»h» k a . '.’ained 14**) I ’ • building could not have l»een far short : Oik i the i tin s ~ - • gorg - . _ capable of searing per< < »n other page will l*e bvand a pkt are of this vast ro ni. with its marble pillars, palms, and general air of luxuriance. In the background •< the small view n this page wil s the t r of the Ferry building ar the foot : Mar-ket-sm - ■. gn - . -st structure. • l i?h was the centre of a scene of bustle and movement. Oak'.ar. i. I- rke'.t .A :a. across the 1 ■ s. and it is est ired that a daily average of ver f -r:y irsand peoph nssed the 1 sions t t s been s great as a hundred thousand persons in a day.

<>n the left is First Calvary Church, then the spire of First Congregational Church. The square tower belongs to Trinity Church. On the hill in the distance is the Hopkins residence, while at the extreme right is the -Jewish synagogue.

CHIEF PLACES OF WORSHIP.

PROMINENT BUILDINGS AND STREETS.