. A history of the earthquake and fire in San Francisco; an account of the disaster of April 18, 1906 and its immediate results. Photo by Waters Interior Steel Framework After the Fire A STUDY OF THE FIRE streets sixty-eight feet nine inches in width, whichwere Hned with brick buildings on each side; in thewooden residence districts, however, the flamesspread quickly across streets of similar the great width of Van Ness avenue (120feet) proved effectual in stopping the westward ad-vance of the flames on the second day of the fire, ithad not been sufficient to prevent the Hayes Vall
. A history of the earthquake and fire in San Francisco; an account of the disaster of April 18, 1906 and its immediate results. Photo by Waters Interior Steel Framework After the Fire A STUDY OF THE FIRE streets sixty-eight feet nine inches in width, whichwere Hned with brick buildings on each side; in thewooden residence districts, however, the flamesspread quickly across streets of similar the great width of Van Ness avenue (120feet) proved effectual in stopping the westward ad-vance of the flames on the second day of the fire, ithad not been sufficient to prevent the Hayes Valleyfire from crossing it the day before, when a favorablebreeze happened to be blowing. Most conflagrations seem to be due to heavywinds, and the quick leaping of the flames fromhouse to house and block to block. Yet San Fran-cisco burned in a calm, varied only by light tJreezesthat blew from time to time. The progress of theflames, therefore, was slow, steady and deliberaterather than fitful and capricious. They advancedfrom block to block simply by the ignition of the one. 1 Photo by Aitken Front Wall of Iroquois Apartment House
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