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 . te ornamentation, is in goodcondition, the window frames and sash being apparently littledamaged by the fire. The east wall is also in good condition. The levels on the water table would indicate tliat the founda-tion remains in good condition. Observations on the walls showthat they are practically plumb. Very little fire entered the basement, and the power plant ispractically uninjure
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 . te ornamentation, is in goodcondition, the window frames and sash being apparently littledamaged by the fire. The east wall is also in good condition. The levels on the water table would indicate tliat the founda-tion remains in good condition. Observations on the walls showthat they are practically plumb. Very little fire entered the basement, and the power plant ispractically uninjured. The marble finish of the entrance hallis in good condition, the ornamental plaster ceiling being butslightly damaged. The second and third stories are fire swept,but a few offices in the northeast corner of the building the fourth and fifth stories, the fire did the most damage inthe offices around the southwest corner of the building. In thesixth and seventh stories the fire entered the building throughwindows in the northeast corner, consuming all the combustiblecontents in a few offices and discoloring the rest of the storyby smoke. The upper stories are but slightly damaged by fire 168. KOHL BUILDING. TypicaJ view of the condition of the partitions in the portion of the building damaged by column protection of double metal lath and The partitions were of the 2 .solid metal lath and plaster type,and the doors and all the trim were of hk t;d-covcrcd wood. 169
Size: 1764px × 1417px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectear, booksubjectfires
