Kammala wannan jumla: Birnin San Francisco ya sha wahala
an yi wata mummunar girgizar ƙasa a ranar 18 ga Afrilu, 1906. Lane, wanda ke zaune a arewacin Berkeley yayin da yake jiran tabbatar da Majalisar Dattawa, ya yi sauri zuwa birnin a cikin sa'o'i bayan girgizar ƙasa don yin abin da zai iya taimakawa. Magajin gari Eugene E. Schmitz nan da nan ya nada shi a cikin Kwamitin Hamsin don magance bala'in girgizar ƙasa da gobarar da ta biyo baya, da kuma tsara sake gina garin. A cewar abokin Lane, marubucin Will Irwin, Lane bai gamsu da aikin kwamitin ba, amma da kansa ya yi yaƙi da wuta, yana taimakawa wajen ceton yawancin Western Addition. A ƙarshen Afrilu, kwamishinan da aka zaba ya ɗauki jirgin zuwa gabas zuwa Washington, inda ya yi nasara ba tare da nasara ba don samun kuɗin Tarayya don taimakawa farfadowar birnin.