W.E. Scull

Only about 40% of the book is dedicated to San Francisco, though Scull’s drawing pepper the rest of the book. Chapter 14, at page 177, broadens the discussion to other seismic disturbances of the year, and records “From far away New Zealand, on the same date, the government seismograph at the capital, Wellington, recorded seismic waves that apparently passed round the earth five times at intervals of about four hours each.”
That point pivots the book to other, mostly volcanic , disasters, notably Vesuvius, but also Etna and Stromboli, and then moves on to Iceland, the Pacific Islands and Hawaii, Central America, Krakatoa, Mont Pelee. Chapter 30 discusses submarine volcanoes and their island building character. The last chapter discusses mud volcanoes, geysers and hot springs.
Only one of the photos is credited.… (mais)