. A history of the earthquake and fire in San Francisco; an account of the disaster of April 18, 1906 and its immediate results. Photos by TVafcrs cud DerletliTemporary Business Houses I wo VIKWS OF VAN NESS AVENUK VIEW ON FILLMORE STREET BANK RE-ESTABLISHED IN BURNEDBUILDING n)2 THE RESUMPTION one to four stories clustered around the frames andshells of the former great office buildings (alreadyunder repairs) and here and there appeared thegrowing skeletons of new steel, stone, and brickstructures — the work of the new city. The foun-dations of new and greater skyscrapers brick
. A history of the earthquake and fire in San Francisco; an account of the disaster of April 18, 1906 and its immediate results. Photos by TVafcrs cud DerletliTemporary Business Houses I wo VIKWS OF VAN NESS AVENUK VIEW ON FILLMORE STREET BANK RE-ESTABLISHED IN BURNEDBUILDING n)2 THE RESUMPTION one to four stories clustered around the frames andshells of the former great office buildings (alreadyunder repairs) and here and there appeared thegrowing skeletons of new steel, stone, and brickstructures — the work of the new city. The foun-dations of new and greater skyscrapers brick buildings reared their splendid wallshigh above the ruins around. Building operationsinvolving an expenditure of over twenty-five mil-lions, were under way. The streets were crowdedwith wagons hauling great loads of lumber. Ordersfor whole trainloads of steel were placed with themanufactories. Carloads of cement were used months after the fire, six thousand buildings,which covered half the burned area, had beenerected. A new city was rising from the ruins, grad-ually, with much labor. X THE DAMAGE BY THE EARTHQ
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