One Of Last Known 1906 Quake Survivors Dies

NBC Bay Area ^ | Monday, Feb 20, 2012

[nickcarraway]

Ceremony to honor memory of 1906 quake survivor

One of the last known survivors of San Francisco's 1906 earthquake died over the weekend.

The San Francisco Chronicle reports, Rose Cliver was just 3 years old on April 18, 1906, when the quake and resulting fire killed more than 1,000 people and ruined more than 28,000 buildings. Cliver was 109 when she passed away Saturday at a residential care home in Santa Rosa.

Cliver once spoke with NBC Bay Area about her memories of the quake, saying her family climbed up a hill in Bernal Heights, where they lived at the time, and watched the city burn.

Cliver was honored Sunday at a ceremony organized by the group that commemorates the earthquake every year. Cliver's death leaves four known '06 quake survivors.

[End Times Sentinel]

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[atc23]

My grandfather (b. 1884)was quite the carpenter in his day and went to SF looking for work immediately after the quake. He found quite a bit of work restoring Victorian homes of the days 1%’ers ;-)

After 6 months he got a little bored, went down to the port and signed on to a 3 masted schooner heading to Hong Kong to build bridges in Hong Kong harbor.

The captain of the ship made him the ships carpenter and “dentist” - “dentist” because he was apparently the only man onboard with a decent set of pliers.

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You didn’t finish your story. Are you living in America? Did your Grandfather come back to America? Tell us more!

[Krankor]

Is that a picture of the kid who survived?

[Eric in the Ozarks]

My dad was born in 1906 near Seattle. As a young man, he accompanied his father to Shanghai where they worked for Otis Elevator Company. He was hooked on Asia and returned as a pilot for China National Airlines Company, owned by American Airlines, and flew much of Asia and down into Indonesia.
Later, in his mid 30s, he joined the American war effort in the China-Burma-India Campaign, flying C-46s over the Hump as a civilian pilot.

[Salvey]

As I recall, Sidney Amber, of San Francisco, a sometime host at Sears Restaurant, also made it to 109. Must be something in the SF air or water (or perhaps in the sourdough bread).

[atc23]

Oh, sure. He came back and was a factory racer for Indian motorcycles, setting cross country speed records in the 1920’s

He was eventually recruited by Harry Miller to develop fuel injection systems for Miller Racing Engines Co in Hollywood, Ca.

Miller went bankrupt and was taken over by Fred Offenhauser - well the rest is history as Offenhauser racing engines dominated Indianapolis and just about every other race track from 1930 to 1970 in the dirt or oval venues.

Grandpa was a self trained non degreed master mechanic, machinist and intuitive “engineer”

America doesn’t make people like him anymore

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks nickcarraway.

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[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.