Miss Wolfinger's miraculous room preservation in San Francisco

Miss E. Wolfinger, a member of the local Latter-day Saint branch in San Francisco and a trained nurse at the French Hospital, was on duty in a room with a patient when the 1906 San Francisco earthquake struck at 5:13 a.m. on April 18. The intense seismic activity caused widespread destruction throughout the city, damaging or wrecking almost every part of the hospital facility. Miraculously, the specific room where Miss Wolfinger was stationed with her patient remained completely intact and unharmed, serving as the only room in the entire hospital that was not wrecked by the earthquake. Following the initial disaster, Miss Wolfinger remained at the hospital to assist in the necessary relief efforts, which included the evacuation of patients from the damaged building to temporary shelters and tents set up in a nearby lot.