The San Francisco Calamity by Earthquake and Fire: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The San Francisco Calamity by Earthquake and Fire, credited to Charles Morris, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The San Francisco Calamity by Earthquake and Fire, by Charles Morris. Read by Librivox volunteers. The first half of this book describes the devastating earthquake that hit San Francisco in 1906, and the subsequent destruction caused by fire. Various eyewitnesses and victims give their account on the tragedy. In the second half, a number of different other earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are retold, like the eruption of the Vesuvius that destroyed Pompeii or the explosion of the Krakatoa, together with scientific explanations for the causes of earthquakes and the eruption of volcanos. (Summary by Ava)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The San Francisco Calamity by Earthquake and Fire
• Author credits: Charles Morris
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 33
• Listed recording duration: 13:45:34

Catalogue topics

• non-fiction
• history
• San Francisco
• earthquake
• volcano
• science

Opening tracks: first 24 of 33

1. 00 Preface — 8:46
2. 01 San Francisco and its Terrific Earthquake — 45:35
3. 02 The Demon of Fire Invades the Stricken City — 31:37
4. 03 Fighting Flames with Dynamite — 16:17
5. 04 The Reign of Destruction and Devastation — 29:56
6. 05 The Panic Flight of a Homeless Host — 28:18
7. 06 Facing Famine and Praying for Relief — 32:57
8. 07 The Frightful Loss of Life and Wealth — 19:15
9. 08 Wonderful Record of Thrilling Escapes — 19:08
10. 09 Disaster Spreads over the Golden State — 10:20
11. 10 All America and Canada to the Rescue — 18:46
12. 11 The San Francisco of the Past — 14:43
13. 12 Life in the Metropolis of the Pacific — 12:10
14. 13 Plans to Rebuild San Francisco — 19:21
15. 14 The Earthquake Wave Felt Around the World — 10:03
16. 15 Vesuvius Devastates the Region of Naples — 35:49
17. 16 The Great Lisbon and Calabrian Earthquakes — 21:02
18. 17 The Charleston and Other Earthquakes of the United States — 15:29
19. 18 The Volcano and the Earthquake, Earth's Demons of Destruction — 19:56
20. 19 The Theories of Volcanic and Earthquake Action — 42:49
21. 20 The Active Volcanoes of the Earth — 30:44
22. 21 The Famous Vesuvius and the Destruction of Pompeii — 36:40
23. 22 Eruptions of Vesuvius, Etna and Stromboli — 37:59
24. 23 Skapter Jokull and Hecla, the Great Icelandic Volcanoes — 16:42

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