Artie Hall is recorded as having died in the collapse of the San Francisco Orpheum Theater during the April 18 , 1906 San Francisco earthquake . This apparently was misconstrued , and misquoted by the New York Times before it was discovered she did n't die . Understandably misquotes of communication with newspapers headquartered in New York may have been impaired as telegraph and telephone wires were down in all of the chaos and fire
April 18 , 1906 San Francisco earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake
Artie Hall