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1、Unit11TheStoryofanEyewitnessJackLondon1TheearthquakeshookdowninSanFranciscohundredsofthousandsofdollarsworthofwallsandchimneys.Buttheconflagrationthatfollowedburneduphundredsofmillionsofdollarsworthofproperty.Thereisnoestimatingwithinhundredsofmillionstheactualdamagewrought.2Notinhistoryhasamodernim
2、perialcitybeensocompletelydestroyed.SanFranciscoisgone.Nothingremainsofitbutmemoriesandfringeofdwellinghousesonitsoutskirts.Itsindustrialsectioniswipedout.Itsbusinesssectioniswipedout.Itssocialandresidentialsectioniswipedout.Thefactoriesandwarehouses,thegreatstoresandnewspaperbuildings,thehotelsandt
3、hepalacesofthenabobs,areallgone.RemainsonlythefringeofdwellinghousesontheoutskirtsofwhatwasonceSanFrancisco.3Withinanhouraftertheearthquakeshock,thesmokeofSanFrancisco’sburningwasaluridtowervisibleahundredmilesaway.Andforthreedaysandnightsthisluridtowerswayedinthesky,reddeningthesun,darkeningtheday,
4、andfillingthelandwithsmoke.4OnWednesdaymorningatquarterpastfivecametheearthquake.Aminutelatertheflameswereleapingupward.InadozendifferentquarterssouthofMarketStreet,intheworkingclassghettoandinthefactories,firesstarted.Therewasnoopposingtheflames.Therewasnoorganization,nocommunication.Allthecunninga
5、djustmentsofatwentieth-centurycityhadbeensmashedbytheearthquake.Thestreetswerehumpedintoridgesanddepressions,andpiledwiththedebrisoffallenwalls.Thesteelrailsweretwistedintoperpendicularandhorizontalangles.Thetelephoneandtelegraphsystemsweredisrupted.Andthegreatwatermainshadburst.Alltheshrewdcontriva
6、ncesandsafeguardsofmanhadbeenthrownoutofgearbythirtyseconds’twitchingoftheearth-crust.5ByWednesdayafternoon,insideoftwelvehours,halftheheartofthecitywasgone.AtthattimeIwatchedthevastconflagrationfromoutonthebay.Itwasdeadcalm.Notaflickerofwindstirred.Yetfromeverysidewindwaspouringinuponthecity.East,w
7、est,north,andsouth,strongwindswereblowinguponthedoomedcity.Theheatedairrisingmadeanenormoussuck.Thusdidthefireofitselfbuilditsowncolossalchimneythroughtheatmosphere.Dayandnightthisdeadcalmcontinued,an
