Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kuchinjira kumagetsi kwakapikiswa navashori vakadai saRudolph Spreckels navamwe varidzi venzvimbo avo vakaramba zvavakaona semitsetse yedenga yakashata pamigwagwa mikuru yomuguta. Pana 5:12 a.m. pana April 18, 1906, kupikisa ikoko kwakaparadzwa sezvo kudengenyeka kukuru kweSan Francisco
akarova. Nhangemutange yokuvakazve guta racho yakabvumira kambani yacho kutsiva migwagwa yayo yose yemotokari dzomumugwagwa nemigwagwa yemagetsi.