Last remaining survivor of 1906 San Francisco earthquake passes... Oldest survivor of San Francisco earthquake of 1906 dies 2 Sept.`15 Ruth Newman was just a child living on an outlying ranch when the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 struck, but her memory of that day never faded, her daughter said.
Ruth Newman would be the center of attention at any social gathering with her personal experience of the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906.