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Christmas Fire
Dec 25 1894

On Christmas day a chimney fire burns the Cliff House to the ground...
 


THE CLIFF HOUSE IN FLAMES

 


SCENE AT THE PLACE WHERE THE CLIFF HOUSE STOOD

 


ONLY THE CHIMNEY LEFT
 


The Lion at the Entrance Escaped
With a Black Eye

     


Lion from earlier photo


 

    

San Francisco Call, Dec 26, 1894
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San Francisco Call, Dec 27, 1894
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The Morning Call - Dec 31 1894

 


NY Times. Jan 7, 1895

 


SF Call, November 24, 1895
Poem by Jen Kirk

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