CHAPTER XII.

OUR BOYS IN BLUE PROVE HEROISM.

United States Troops at the Presidio and Fort
Mason Under Command of General Funston Bring
Order Out of Chaos and Save City from
Pestilence--San Francisco Said "Thank God
for the Boys in Blue"--Stricken City
Patrolled by Soldiers 171

CHAPTER XIII.

IN THE REFUGE CAMPS.

Scenes of Destitution in the Parks Where the
Homeless Were Gathered--Rich and Poor Share
Food and Bed Alike--All Distinctions of Wealth
and Social Position Wiped Out by the Great
Calamity 178

CHAPTER XIV.

RUINS AND HAVOC IN COAST CITIES.

San Jose, the Prettiest Place in the State,
Wrecked by Quake--State Insane Asylum
Collapsed and Buried Many Patients Beneath
the Crumbled Walls--Enormous Damage at Santa
Rosa 189

CHAPTER XV.

DESTRUCTION OF GREAT STANFORD UNIVERSITY.

California's Magnificent Educational
Institution, the Pride of the State, Wrecked
by Quake--Founded by the Late Senator Leland
Stanford as a Memorial to His Son and
Namesake--Loss $3,000,000 198

CHAPTER XVI.

FIGHTING FIRE WITH DYNAMITE.

San Francisco Conflagration Eventually Checked
by the Use of Explosives--Lesson of Baltimore
Needed in Coast City--Western Remnant of City
in Residence Section Saved by Blowing Up
Beautiful Homes of the Rich 208

CHAPTER XVII.

MISCELLANEOUS FACTS AND INCIDENTS.

Many Babies Born in Refuge Camps--Expressions
of Sympathy from Foreign Nations--San
Francisco's Famous Restaurants--Plight of
Newspaper and Telegraph Offices 214

CHAPTER XVIII.

DISASTER AS VIEWED BY SCIENTISTS.

Scientists are Divided Upon the Theories
Concerning the Shock That Wrought Havoc in the
Golden Gate City--May Have Originated Miles
Under the Ocean--Growth of the Sierra Madre
Mountains May Have Been the Cause 230

CHAPTER XIX.

CHINATOWN, A PLAGUE SPOT BLOTTED OUT.

An Oriental Hell within an American City--Foreign
in Its Stores, Gambling Dens and Inhabitants--The
Mecca of All San Francisco Sight Seers--Secret
Passages, Opium Joints and Slave Trade