Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Guta reSan Francisco rakatambura kudengenyeka kwenyika kukuru
musi waApril 18, 1906. Lane, uyo akanga achigara kuchamhembe kweBerkeley paaimirira kusimbiswa neSeneti, akakurumidza kuenda kuguta maawa mashomanene pashure pokudengenyeka kuti aite zvaaigona kuti abetsere. Meya Eugene E. Schmitz pakarepo akamugadza muKomiti yeMakumi mashanu kuti aone nezvekuparadzwa kwenyika uye moto wakazotevera, uye kuronga kuvakazve guta. Maererano neshamwari yaLane, munyori Will Irwin, Lane haana kugutsikana nebasa rekomiti, asi iye pachake akarwisa moto, achibatsira kuchengetedza yakawanda yeWestern Addition. Pakupera kwaApril, mukuru mukuru akasarudzwa akatora chitima kumabvazuva kuenda kuWashington, uko akarwa pasina kubudirira kuti awane mari yeHurumende yokubetsera guta racho kupora.