Ranar 18 ga Afrilu, 1906, girgizar ƙasa mai ƙarfi ta afka wa birnin
, da gobara sun kone na kwanaki hudu, suna lalata kashi 80 cikin dari na birnin. Magajin gari Schmitz ya kafa Kwamitin 'Yan Biyar da Biyar wanda aka ba shi aikin gudanar da birnin a lokacin rikicin da ya biyo baya, wanda ya jinkirta gurfanar da cin hanci na ɗan gajeren lokaci. Bayan kwana hudu, ma'aikata daga United Railroad sun fara yin amfani da wayoyin wutan lantarki na wucin gadi a kan Market Street, amma ba su gyara tsarin da ke cikin titin ba.