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Fire!
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On September 7th,
1907 the Cliff House caught fire while being remodeled and burned completely to
the foundation...
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Reverse: "The powers that be seem
determined to clean out the old town and give us a greater and better one."



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An alternate crop from the same negative, courtesy of Dennis O'Rorke
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San Francisco
Public Library Collection

San Francisco
Public Library Collection
Aftermath...

(The below is a
close-up of the above image - hover mouse to see dimensions of building)


San Francisco
Public Library Collection



Image courtesy of Dennis O'Rorke

Courtesy of Mary Hountalas

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All that remains...

The above charred stump is all that remains of the 1896 Cliff House.
Taken 10-19-06 by John Martini

The red arrow indicates the location of the stump.

The red dot indicates the approximate location of the support.
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San Francisco
Examiner
(click image for full resolution)

The San Francisco
Call
Sept 8, 1907

Oakland Tribune, Sept 8, 1907
(for full page pdf documents, click here:
page 1,
page 2)

New York Times, Sept 8, 1907

San Francisco Chronicle, Sept 9,
1907
Image courtesy of Jim Caddick
(This is an unusual
view angle, most likely
taken from Fisherman's Rock)
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