Hi listers, Well, I wasn't able to help anyone who contacted me,about the book i found.. makes me sad :( .... Anyway, wanted to share this with folks who said they had a sudden disappearence of their ancestors, a104 years ago. On page 48 of this book, a caption reads. "Recieving messages in PORTSMOUTH SQUARE; also the Cornor's Temporary Interment Gounds of the unidentified dead." It shows an unidentified man sitting with a huge pile of bound books (ledgers) and many graves...>If folks died within the buildings that were burned, or blown up there is no documation about them, Many buildings were gone in 12 hours or less depending on their location with in the burn or destruction areas<....Fires burned at well over 2,000 F. nothing survives that, and for hours afterwards. On page 114, Caption reads" Searching for the missing," One of many sad scenes during the awful days. The Dead from the Earthquake wrecks were hastily buried in the Parks, Squares, and Vacant lots, Some in known, but many more in unidientified graves. Those who perished in the Flames were lost, never to be found, and their numbers will never be known." Col. Charles L.HEIZMAN, Chief Surgeon, & Lieut-Col, George H. TORNEY and his staff of 10 had their hands full. My personal thought is that with as much damage as was done, that most records were done thru the Presidio as it was mostly in tact. Remembering that 16 square mile of the City of the 49'rs. was gone in an instant, April 18, 1906. ~Linda~ Willow Creek, CA. Give more than you gain, and you'll have more pleasure than pain.

Or they were dumped and weighted in the bay or taken out past the inlet On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 8:16 AM, Linda Mock <lindamock@webtv.net> wrote: > Hi listers, > Well, I wasn't able to help anyone who contacted me,about the book i > found.. makes me sad :( .... > Anyway, wanted to share this with folks who said they had a sudden > disappearence of their ancestors, a104 years ago. > On page 48 of this book, a caption reads. "Recieving messages in > PORTSMOUTH SQUARE; also the Cornor's Temporary Interment Gounds of the > unidentified dead." It shows an unidentified man sitting with a huge > pile of bound books (ledgers) and many graves...>If folks died within > the buildings that were burned, or blown up there is no documation about > them, Many buildings were gone in 12 hours or less depending on their > location with in the burn or destruction areas<....Fires burned at well > over 2,000 F. nothing survives that, and for hours afterwards. > On page 114, Caption reads" Searching for the missing," One of many sad > scenes during the awful days. The Dead from the Earthquake wrecks were > hastily buried in the Parks, Squares, and Vacant lots, Some in known, > but many more in unidientified graves. Those who perished in the Flames > were lost, never to be found, and their numbers will never be known." > Col. Charles L.HEIZMAN, Chief Surgeon, & Lieut-Col, George H. TORNEY and > his staff of 10 had their hands full. My personal thought is that with > as much damage as was done, that most records were done thru the > Presidio as it was mostly in tact. Remembering that 16 square mile of > the City of the 49'rs. was gone in an instant, April 18, 1906. > > ~Linda~ > Willow Creek, CA. > Give more than you gain, and you'll have more pleasure than pain. > > > > ----------------------------------------- > NORCAL ARCHIVES: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Enter NORCAL. Browse by month. > Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. > ----------------------------------------- > To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to > NORCAL@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >