Timeline of emergency medical service to San Francisco residents: 1895: Began with a single horse-drawn ambulance donated to the city. 1906: Major earthquake and fire destroyed most of the city, ...

He conceived of Sutro Baths, one of the city’s all-time engineering marvels, and served as San Francisco’s mayor from 1895 until 1897, the year before his death.

SEVERAL FIREMEN HURT; Crushed Under Falling Walls at San Francisco. THREE HUNDRED FAMILIES HOMELESS A Large Number of Factories Destroyed -The Most Destructive Fire in the City for More than ...

He served as mayor of San Francisco from 1895–97. (San Francisco History Center/San Francisco Public Library) Sutro’s solution was to build a big tunnel that would carry water away from workers, ...