Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Zvichida nhambo inokosha yebasa romuparadzi wengarava dze torpedo yakauya mukati me
kudengenyeka kwenyika kwakaparadza San Francisco musi wa18 April 1906, uye moto wakazoitika wakaparadza guta racho. Kwemazuva mana pashure pacho, vakamutswa nokudengenyeka kukuru kwechikepe chavo mambakwedza asati asvika musi wa18 April, vashandi vacho vakashanda nesimba kuti vaponese guta guru rokumadokero nokudzima moto; vachiongorora nharaunda umo zvitoro, matura, nemisha zvaityisidzirwa nevanopamba; uye kupa rubatsiro rwokurapa kuvarume, vakadzi, nevana vakawanda vakanga vakuvara.