Newspaper, New York Herald, April 19, 1906, 26 pp., disbound. Blazing stacked headline, “Earthquake and Fire Devastate San Francisco, 1000 Lives Lost, $200,000,000 is the Property Loss.” An enormous 15” x 7” photograph of San Franciso placed just below the headline. The earthquake coverage continues for seven pages with reports and photographs. Pulp paper, displayable, complete and VG.. Presented in modern box frame.The California earthquake of April 18, 1906 ranks as one of the most significant earthquakes of all time. At almost precisely 5:12 a.m., local time, a foreshock occurred with sufficient force to be felt widely throughout the San Francisco Bay area. The great earthquake broke loose some 20 to 25 seconds later, with an epicenter near San Francisco. The earthquake was felt from southern Oregon to south of Los Angeles and inland as far as central Nevada.