San Francisco City Hall after 1906 earthquake. Photo from the UC Berkeley Steinbrugge Collection
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The Associated Press
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) -- One of the oldest survivors of the Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake has died.
Organizers of the city's annual earthquake commemorations honored Rose Cliver on Monday with a luncheon. They say she passed away Saturday at a residential care home in Santa Rosa at the age of 109.
Cliver was 3 years old when the massive quake struck her Bernal Heights home. She and her family climbed a hill after the shaking stopped and watched the fires that subsequently destroyed much of the city.
Don Cliver told the San Francisco Chronicle that his mother last attended the 2009 earthquake commemoration, where she "enjoyed her 15 minutes of fame."
Commemoration organizers say there are now only four known earthquake survivors. The oldest is Ruth Newman of Pebble Beach, who is 110.
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