walls. The steel rails were twisted into perpendicular and horizontal angles.” “By Wednesday afternoon, inside of twelve hours, p. 399 Eyewitness accounts provide more details than half the heart of the city was gone. At that time, I third-person accounts. watched the vast conflagration from out on the bay. It was dead calm. Not a flicker of wind stirred. Yet from every side wind was pouring in upon the city. East, west, north, and south, winds were blowing upon the doomed city.” “On the morning of April 18, 1906, a massive National Eyewitness accounts provide more details than earthquake shook San Francisco, California. Archives, third-person accounts. Though the quake lasted less than a minute, its p.1, ¶ 1 immediate impact was disastrous. The earthquake also ignited several fires around the city that burned for three days and destroyed nearly 500 city blocks.” “The earthquake and fires killed an estimated National Third-person accounts are sometimes more 3,000 people and left half of the city's 400,000 Archives, objective than eyewitness accounts and provide residents homeless.” p.1, ¶ 2 less biased information. “An enumeration of the building destroyed would p. 400 Eyewitness accounts often provide more be a directory of San Francisco. An enumeration subjective details and information is sometimes of the buildings undestroyed would be a line and more biased. several addresses. An enumeration of the deeds of heroism would stock a library and bankrupt the Carnegie medal fund. An enumeration of the dead will never be made.” “It was at Union Square that I saw a man offering p. 402 Eyewitness accounts provide more personal stories
walls. The steel rails were twisted into perpendicular and horizontal angles.” “By Wednesday afternoon, inside of twelve hours, half the heart of the city was gone. At that time, I watched the vast conflagration from out on the bay. It was dead calm. Not a flicker of wind stirred. Yet from every side wind was pouring in upon the city. East, west, north, and south, winds were blowing upon the doomed city.” p. 399 Eyewitness accounts provide more details than third-person accounts. “On the morning of April 18, 1906, a massive earthquake shook San Francisco, California. Though the quake lasted less than a minute, its immediate impact was disastrous. The earthquake also ignited several fires around the city that burned for three days and destroyed nearly 500 city blocks.” National Archives, p.1, ¶ 1 Eyewitness accounts provide more details than third-person accounts. “The earthquake and fires killed an estimated 3,000 people and left half of the city's 400,000 residents homeless.” National Archives, p.1, ¶ 2 Third-person accounts are sometimes more objective than eyewitness accounts and provide less biased information. “An enumeration of the building destroyed would be a directory of San Francisco. An enumeration of the buildings undestroyed would be a line and several addresses. An enumeration of the deeds of heroism would stock a library and bankrupt the Carnegie medal fund. An enumeration of the dead will never be made.” p. 400 Eyewitness accounts often provide more subjective details and information is sometimes more biased. “It was at Union Square that I saw a man offering p. 402 Eyewitness accounts provide more personal stories
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