. A history of the earthquake and fire in San Francisco; an account of the disaster of April 18, 1906 and its immediate results. P hot OS by Ait ken Detail Views of Building at First and Mission -■<»» A STUDY OF THE FIRE stance, which were almost wholly built of wood,nothing combustible remained; blocks and blocksof houses were represented only by their chimneysand such indestructible litter as window-weightsand flat-irons. There were no charred or half-burned timbers; no ashes; no embers. It was asif the wooden parts of the city had never the case of the second-rate structures—t
. A history of the earthquake and fire in San Francisco; an account of the disaster of April 18, 1906 and its immediate results. P hot OS by Ait ken Detail Views of Building at First and Mission -■<»» A STUDY OF THE FIRE stance, which were almost wholly built of wood,nothing combustible remained; blocks and blocksof houses were represented only by their chimneysand such indestructible litter as window-weightsand flat-irons. There were no charred or half-burned timbers; no ashes; no embers. It was asif the wooden parts of the city had never the case of the second-rate structures—theordinary brick buildings with brick walls andwooden interiors,—the result was much the insides with all they contained disappearedcompletely, leaving only the bare bricks. Cast-ironcolumns fell into the basements; steel columns andbeams twisted into an unrecognizable tangle. Inmany cases the brick walls themselves were splitasunder by the fierce heat of the fire or were. Interior of Sloane Building Photo by Aitkcn A STUDY OF THE FIRE 241 dragged down by the falling of the interiors, sothat many structures which before the fire hadboasted five, six, or seven stories, rose hardly morethan as many feet afterward, or disappeared com-pletely in their own basements. Buildings with concrete floors stood up muchbetter, and generally retained their integrity; andthe structures of modern steel frame construction,carefully fire-proofed, also escaped destruction,although severely damaged. The whole finish ineach was destroyed, including all marble, tiling, andplaster. Other portions suffered in varying degrees;some buildings almost had to be rebuilt, nothing butthe steel frames and concrete floors being intact;others needed only slight repairs. The effect of the fire on these classes of build-ings will be best seen in connection with the studyof the various building materials. It is interesting
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