Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kushandurwa kumagetsi kwakapikiswa navashori vakadai saRudolph Spreckels navamwe varidzi venzvimbo avo vakaramba zvavakaona semitsetse yomumhepo yakashata mumigwagwa mikuru yomuguta. Pana 5:12 a.m. pana April 18, 1906, kupikisa ikoko kwakaparadzwa sezvo mukuru
Kudengenyeka kwenyika muSan Francisco kwakarova. Nhangemutange yokuvakazve guta racho yakabvumira kambani yacho kutsiva migwagwa yayo yose yemotokari dzomumugwagwa nemigwagwa yemagetsi.