Jack London wrote about the destruction of San Francisco for the people who where not there. "Wednesday night saw the destruction of the very heart of the city. Dynamite was lavishly used, and many of San Francisco proudest structures were crumbled by man himself into ruins, but there was no withstanding the onrush of the flames." There was a lot of smoke due to the burning of so many buildings. "Within an hour after the earthquake shock the smoke of San Francisco's burning was a lurid tower visible a hundred miles away."
It was May 5, 1906. In San Francisco when buildings burned down due to the fire. The fire was caused by tectonic plate movement or a earthquake. They blew up some of the buildings in a useless attempted to prevent it from spreading to the rest of …show more content…
Then they started talking about how the fire started spreading. After that they stated how the fire department was blowing up buildings. They also told how everyone used toys and buggies to move. The organization was like a time line. Even though the story was organized well the chaos was unimaginable for me. I can't imagened what it was like for the people who need to move.
The authors purpose in writing "The Story of an Eyewitness" is to inform everyone what happened from his point of view. He wrote it to tell how terrifying the fire was. As well as what happened while the fire was going on. It's not often that a disaster is told by a victim from there point of view.It a scary and interesting story. I was sad for those who lost there homes.
Universal knowledge is common knowledge, every one knows it without being told. Earthquakes can cause a lot of damage. Fire can spread very quickly with wind and dry wood. 110 years ago building were mostly wood since stone was hard to come by. Upheaval is chaos. San Francisco will be rebuilt. Humans are very persistent. It's was a scary time. I feel pity for the people who need to move and lost there
It was May 5, 1906. In San Francisco when buildings burned down due to the fire. The fire was caused by tectonic plate movement or a earthquake. They blew up some of the buildings in a useless attempted to prevent it from spreading to the rest of …show more content…
Then they started talking about how the fire started spreading. After that they stated how the fire department was blowing up buildings. They also told how everyone used toys and buggies to move. The organization was like a time line. Even though the story was organized well the chaos was unimaginable for me. I can't imagened what it was like for the people who need to move.
The authors purpose in writing "The Story of an Eyewitness" is to inform everyone what happened from his point of view. He wrote it to tell how terrifying the fire was. As well as what happened while the fire was going on. It's not often that a disaster is told by a victim from there point of view.It a scary and interesting story. I was sad for those who lost there homes.
Universal knowledge is common knowledge, every one knows it without being told. Earthquakes can cause a lot of damage. Fire can spread very quickly with wind and dry wood. 110 years ago building were mostly wood since stone was hard to come by. Upheaval is chaos. San Francisco will be rebuilt. Humans are very persistent. It's was a scary time. I feel pity for the people who need to move and lost there