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• History of the Great Fires in Chicago and the West, by E. J. Goodspeed (page images at MOA)

• The California Earthquake of April 18, 1906. Report of the State Earthquake Investigation Commission (2 volumes, 1908-10), by California State Earthquake Investigation Commission (HTML at cdlib.org)
• How the Army Worked to Save San Francisco (1906), by Henry Anderson Lafler (HTML at cdlib.org)
• Report of the Special Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco on Insurance Settlements Incident to the San Francisco fire (1906), by San Francisco Chamber of Commerce (HTML at cdlib.org)
• Two Days in San Francisco, 1906, by Laurence Monroe Klauber (HTML at cdlib.org)
• The California Earthquake of 1906, ed. by David Starr Jordan (HTML at cdlib.org)
• The Earthquake of April 18, 1906, and the Great Fire in San Francisco on That and Succeeding Days: Personal Experiences, Inauguration of Red Cross and General Relief Work, by William W. Morrow (HTML at cdlib.org)
• The Spirit of 1906, by George W. Brooks (Gutenberg text)
• Report of the Sub-Committee on Statistics to the Chairman and Committee on Reconstruction (1906), by San Francisco Committee of Forty on Reconstruction (HTML at cdlib.org)
• Report of the Sub-Committee on Statistics to the Chairman and Committee on Reconstruction (1907), by San Francisco Committee of Forty on Reconstruction (HTML at cdlib.org)

• The San Francisco Calamity by Earthquake and Fire, ed. by Charles Morris (Gutenberg text)

• The City That Has Fallen (San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1933), by William Marion Reedy (HTML at cdlib.org)
• San Francisco During the Eventful Days of April, 1906: Personal Recollections, by James B. Stetson
  • HTML at cdlib.org
  • Gutenberg text
• A Father's Story of the Earthquake and Fire in San Francisco, April 18, 19, 20, 1906, by William F. Nichols (HTML at cdlib.org)

• How the Army Worked to Save San Francisco (1906), by Henry Anderson Lafler (HTML at cdlib.org)
• The California Earthquake of 1906, ed. by David Starr Jordan (HTML at cdlib.org)
• Personal Experiences of the San Francisco Earthquake of April, 1906, by Melissa Stewart McKee Carnahan (page images at cdlib.org)
• The San Francisco Calamity by Earthquake and Fire, ed. by Charles Morris (Gutenberg text)
• The Spirit of 1906, by George W. Brooks (Gutenberg text)
• Temporary Directory of San Francisco Business and Professional Men, Together with Directory of Municipal and State Officers, and Other Useful Information Gathered from Latest Announcements (1906) (HTML at cdlib.org)
• The Refugees' Cook Book (San Francisco, 1906), by One of Them (page images at cdlib.org)
• Report of the Special Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco on Insurance Settlements Incident to the San Francisco fire (1906), by San Francisco Chamber of Commerce (HTML at cdlib.org)
• Report of the Sub-Committee on Statistics to the Chairman and Committee on Reconstruction (1906), by San Francisco Committee of Forty on Reconstruction (HTML at cdlib.org)
• Report of the Sub-Committee on Statistics to the Chairman and Committee on Reconstruction (1907), by San Francisco Committee of Forty on Reconstruction (HTML at cdlib.org)
• The California Earthquake of April 18, 1906. Report of the State Earthquake Investigation Commission (2 volumes, 1908-10), by California State Earthquake Investigation Commission (HTML at cdlib.org)

• A Father's Story of the Earthquake and Fire in San Francisco, April 18, 19, 20, 1906, by William F. Nichols (HTML at cdlib.org)
• The City That Has Fallen (San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1933), by William Marion Reedy (HTML at cdlib.org)
• San Francisco During the Eventful Days of April, 1906: Personal Recollections, by James B. Stetson
  • HTML at cdlib.org
  • Gutenberg text
• Two Days in San Francisco, 1906, by Laurence Monroe Klauber (HTML at cdlib.org)
• The Earthquake of April 18, 1906, and the Great Fire in San Francisco on That and Succeeding Days: Personal Experiences, Inauguration of Red Cross and General Relief Work, by William W. Morrow (HTML at cdlib.org)

• The Bank Director's Son: A Real and Intensely Interesting Revelation of City Life (Philadelphia: E.E. Barclay and A.R. Orton, 1852), by George Lippard (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The Sign of the Red Cross: A Tale of Old London, by Evelyn Everett-Green (Gutenberg text)

• Old Saint Paul's: A Tale of the Plague and the Fire, by William Harrison Ainsworth (Gutenberg text)

• The Sign of the Red Cross: A Tale of Old London, by Evelyn Everett-Green (Gutenberg text)

• Old Saint Paul's: A Tale of the Plague and the Fire, by William Harrison Ainsworth (Gutenberg text)

• Interpretation and Compendium of Historical Fire Accounts in the Northern Great Plains (Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, 1986), by Kenneth F. Higgins (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Great Conflagration, Chicago: Its Past, Present and Future (Chicago and Philadelphia: Union Pub. Co., 1871), by James W. Sheahan and George P. Upton (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Chicago and the Great Conflagration, by Elias Colbert (page images at MOA)
• History of the Great Chicago Fire, October 8, 9, and 10, 1871, by James H. Goodsell (page images at MOA)
• History of the Great Fires in Chicago and the West, by E. J. Goodspeed (page images at MOA)
• The Lakeside Memorial of the Burning of Chicago, A. D. 1871 (page images at MOA)
• The Lost City! Drama of the Fire-Fiend! or Chicago, As it Was, and As it Is! and its Glorious Future!, by Frank Luzerne (page images at MOA)
• Report of the Chicago Relief and Aid Society of Disbursement of Contributions for the Sufferers by the Chicago Fire, by Chicago Relief and Aid Society (page images at MOA)
• Report of the Chicago Relief and Aid Society to the Common council of the City of Chicago, by Chicago Relief and Aid Society (page images at MOA)

• Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders on the Lost River Trail (Philadelphia: H. Altemus Co., c1924), by Jessie Graham Flower (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• Through Forest and Fire (Philadelphia: Porter and Coates, c1891), by Edward Sylvester Ellis (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• The American Boys' Handybook of Camp-Lore and Woodcraft (Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Co., c1920), by Daniel Carter Beard (multiple formats at archive.org)

• 1872: Letters Written by a Gentleman in Boston to His Friends in Paris, Describing the Great Fire (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1909), by Harold Murdock (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Investigate the Cause and Management of the Great Fire in Boston, by Boston Fire Commission (page images at MOA)

• Aviation Fuels with Improved Fire Safety: A Proceedings (1997), by National Research Council National Materials Advisory Board (page images with commentary at NAP)

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