Survivor of San Francisco earthquake dies at 106

By The Associated Press / The Bulletin
February 9, 2009

SAN FRANCISCO — Herbert Hamrol, who survived the Great Earthquake of 1906 and recalled for later generations how his mother carried him to safety that day, has died. He was 106.

Hamrol, one of the last survivors of the catastrophic quake and fire that leveled San Francisco, died....

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