THE EARTH DRAGON AWAKES The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 LindaC/Callison/2012
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rubble or broken pieces left after something is destroyed debris This is debris from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
something that falls down or caves in collapsed This building collapsed in the earthquake.
when something moves from one position to another shifts The earthquake has caused the street to shift.
shakes trembles A building trembles during an earthquake.
an amount of space or section area The earth- quake damage covered a wide area.
people who save other people from dangerous situations rescuers Many lives were saved by rescuers after the earthquake.
High Interest Words These are words in the story you may not have seen before.
a large building in a city where many people live tenement
a line of people formed to pass buckets of water from hand to hand to put out a fire bucket brigade
shifts trembles area collapsed debris rescuers High Interest Words tenement bucket brigade