San Francisco Relief Survey the organization and methods of relief used after the earthquake and fire of April 18, 1906

San Francisco Relief Survey; the organization and methods of relief used after the earthquake and fire of April 18, 1906

The San Francisco earthquake and resultant fire ranks with the great catastrophes of the worlds history. Comparatively insignificant as was the list of the killed and injured, the annihilation of the business section of the city and of the most thickly populated residence districts brought to the bread line virtually the citys whole population. The response of the nation and of other nations was in proportion to the magnitude of the disaster. By a series of favoring circumstances the administration of the large fund donated fell into the hands of a committee, afterwards transformed into a corporation, on which were some of San Franciscos ablest and broadest-minded men of affairs, as well as representatives of the rejuvenated and re-organized American National Red Cross. How at first the distinguished services of Dr. Edward T. Devine as the representative of the American National Red Cross were utilized by the local committee, and later, the no less valuable services of Ernest P. Bicknell, is told in the following pages along with the account of the splendid part played by the United States Army. If for no other reason than that the disaster was of tremendous proportions, with relief funds correspondingly large, the value of an intensive study of the problems, methods, and results of the relief work must be very great. No such intensive study of any other American disaster of like proportions has been made. The report of the Chicago Relief and Aid Society on the relief work of the Chicago fire is the nearest approach. If one, however, reads that report he will find it to be largely a description of general methods with a thorough accounting of expenditures. The value of such an investigation as this Relief Survey inheres not only in the fact that no previous intensive study has been made of any large disaster but also in the fact that the time and the persons[viii] engaged combined to give the San Francisco relief work exceptional significance. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 56217
Author: Artieda, Helen Swett
Release Date: Dec 21, 2017
Format: eBook
Language: English