On April 18th, 1906, at 5.13am, a (POWER) earthquake estimated at 8.3 on the Richter scale hit the city of San Francisco, California, spreading death and (DESTROY) in its wake. Gas lamps (TURN) and electricity cables snapped, causing fires to break out everywhere. These continued (CHECK) for three days, as damage to the city’s water mains prevented firemen from extinguishing them. The final (COME) was (HORROR): over 3,000 dead and 250,000 (HOME), with property damage exceeding 15 million dollars. Nevertheless, (RECOVER) was fast. In 1915, the new San Francisco hosted the Panama pacific International Exposition to celebrate the previous year’s (OPEN) of the Panama Canal. San Francisco was reborn, with (NEW) confidence in itself, from the ashes.