REPORTS FROM THE RUINS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE OF 1906 (commonlit)

PART B: Which phrase from the text best support the answers to Part A?

A
“The catastrophe came like a thunderbolt out of the clear sky. Tuesday was an ideal Western day, made up of bracing breezes and a soothing sunset.” ( Paragraph 5)
B
“At the morgue twenty-five bodies have been received, and the authorities have pressed the Mechanics pavilion and the basement of the Hall of Justice into service as an emergency hospital.” ( Paragraph 12)
C
“The sight of the thousands of poor who have been rendered homeless by the combined efforts of the tossing earth and flames is pathetic in the extreme.” ( Paragraph 14)
D
“The Grand Opera House, where Metropolitan Opera company was playing, is now in flames, and the adjoining buildings, which are occupied by manufacturing, are rapidly giving way to the flames.” ( Paragraph 17)