The 1906 Earthquake

On April 18, 1906, at 5:13 a.m., an enormous earthquake struck San Francisco. Many homes and buildings collapsed. Fires burned throughout the city. People could not put out the fires because water pipes were broken. It was also difficult to get the fire-fighting equipment through the debris.

This historical fiction tells about one family who was there: PoPo (the grandmother), BaBa (the father), MaMa (the mother), a girl, and her two brothers.

The earthquake shook the ground so hard that many buildings fell down.