After 1876 , Varsi was assigned to St. Ignatius College in San Francisco , where he became the superior of the California Mission , ( similar to a province ) , and constructed the first college buildings , including St. Ignatius Church , many of which were destroyed in the 1906 earthquake . He died in San Francisco in 1900 making front-page news all around the world
1906 earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake
Aloysius Varsi