CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.
SAN FRANCISCO AND ITS TERRIFIC EARTHQUAKECHAPTER II.
THE DEMON OF FIRE INVADES THE STRICKEN CITYCHAPTER III.
FIGHTING FLAMES WITH DYNAMITECHAPTER IV.
THE REIGN OF DESTRUCTION AND DEVASTATIONCHAPTER V.
THE PANIC FLIGHT OF A HOMELESS HOSTCHAPTER VI.
FACING FAMINE AND PRAYING FOR RELIEFCHAPTER VII.
THE FRIGHTFUL LOSS OF LIFE AND WEALTHCHAPTER VIII.
WONDERFUL RECORD OF THRILLING ESCAPESCHAPTER IX.
DISASTER SPREADS OVER THE GOLDEN STATECHAPTER X.
ALL AMERICA AND CANADA TO THE RESCUECHAPTER XI.
THE SAN FRANCISCO OF THE PASTCHAPTER XII.
LIFE IN THE METROPOLIS OF THE PACIFICCHAPTER XIII.
PLANS TO REBUILD SAN FRANCISCOCHAPTER XIV.
THE EARTHQUAKE WAVE FELT AROUND THE WORLDCHAPTER XV.
VESUVIUS DEVASTATES THE REGION OF NAPLESCHAPTER XVI.
THE GREAT LISBON AND CALABRIAN EARTHQUAKESCHAPTER XVII.
THE CHARLESTON AND OTHER EARTHQUAKES OF THE UNITED STATESCHAPTER XVIII.
THE VOLCANO AND THE EARTHQUAKE, EARTH’S DEMONS OF DESTRUCTIONCHAPTER XIX.
THE THEORIES OF VOLCANIC AND EARTHQUAKE ACTIONCHAPTER XX.
THE ACTIVE VOLCANOES OF THE EARTHCHAPTER XXI.
THE FAMOUS VESUVIUS AND THE DESTRUCTION OF POMPEIICHAPTER XXII.
ERUPTIONS OF VESUVIUS, ETNA AND STROMBOLICHAPTER XXIII.
SKAPTER JOKULL AND HECLA, THE GREAT ICELANDIC VOLCANOESCHAPTER XXIV.
VOLCANOES OF THE PHILIPPINES AND OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDSCHAPTER XXV.
THE WONDERFUL HAWAIIAN CRATERS AND KILAUEA’S LAKE OF FIRECHAPTER XXVI.
POPOCATEPETL AND OTHER VOLCANOES OF MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICACHAPTER XXVII.
THE TERRIBLE ERUPTION OF KRAKATOACHAPTER XXVIII.
MONT PELEE AND ITS HARVEST OF DEATH IN 1902CHAPTER XXIX.
ST. VINCENT ISLAND AND MONT SOUFRIERE IN 1812CHAPTER XXX.
SUBMARINE VOLCANOES AND THEIR WORK OF ISLAND-BUILDINGMUD VOLCANOES, GEYSERS AND HOT SPRINGS