The San Francisco earthquake and fire; a brief history of the disaster; a presentation of facts and resulting phenomena, with special reference to the efficiency of building materials, lessons of the disaster . -=s .2 0^ fi X^ n -C t, , ^ p hf !< -o -C Oj O H s o +- c 0/ br rt i. Oj C bl s^ ^ — 11 3 rt -o ?^ 13 ?M bc^ -C Xl ^ 13 r^ ni n O bXj ts j: c o CAJ ^ -^ -d 0 o C O 3 ij ll 0 C ? 1 ! (H. O 0 tii ^ o H 3O o _5J rfi o 1—( 0 P C4 -O H-l P « -^ o fd _c o fi 1) ^H -r; ^ >< Oj ^ « [S T3 (/) _0 03 o ^ 46. MUTUAL LIFE BUILniXG. Ninth Story. Showing- a truss sii]i])iirtni<;- the roof
The San Francisco earthquake and fire; a brief history of the disaster; a presentation of facts and resulting phenomena, with special reference to the efficiency of building materials, lessons of the disaster . -=s .2 0^ fi X^ n -C t, , ^ p hf !< -o -C Oj O H s o +- c 0/ br rt i. Oj C bl s^ ^ — 11 3 rt -o ?^ 13 ?M bc^ -C Xl ^ 13 r^ ni n O bXj ts j: c o CAJ ^ -^ -d 0 o C O 3 ij ll 0 C ? 1 ! (H. O 0 tii ^ o H 3O o _5J rfi o 1—( 0 P C4 -O H-l P « -^ o fd _c o fi 1) ^H -r; ^ >< Oj ^ « [S T3 (/) _0 03 o ^ 46. MUTUAL LIFE BUILniXG. Ninth Story. Showing- a truss sii]i])iirtni<;- the roof in the re;ir, badly lniel<Ied and dis-torted liy the fire. A simihir trnss in tlie centre oftlie Iniiiding filled, as shown, hendinf; the tops of the wall cohniins inwardjust below the gusset plate braces. The connection of the lower cord of the truss remains intact on the right-hand side. Whenthe top cord buckled from the lieat, all the lo:id was transmitted to the bottom cord, which deflected and failed, parting at abeam connection and making a clean ru])ture, as shown, near the centre. These trusses were ])rotected by hollow tile parti-tions, which failed, a section of one of the partitions remaining back of the rear truss on the right-hand side. The effect of thefailure of this truss was to bulge the outside wills, which are now temporarily tied liy cables, as shown. The falling of the steelwork also knocked out several hollow tile arches, which broke out a great many others below them. Tlie plioto
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