Ta rasa kusan 400 daga ayyukanta lokacin da aka lalata ɗakinta a San Francisco Press Building a cikin
Girgizar ƙasa da wuta a shekara ta 1906. Duk da yake ta kasance mai zane mai zaman kanta a duk tsawon rayuwarta kuma ta ci gaba da nunawa bayan gobarar, ba ta taɓa samun kuɗi ba, kuma ta ƙara dogaro da abokai don tallafi a cikin shekarunta na ƙarshe.