. A history of the earthquake and fire in San Francisco; an account of the disaster of April 18, 1906 and its immediate results. MAGE BY THE EARTHQUAKE So it was with the older buildings—thoseerected in the early days. Doubtless many wouldstill be standing if the fire had not weakened theirwalls so that they fell, or if they had not been blowndown by dynamiters; but a sufficient number ofchurches (which, being relatively unfurnished, per-haps did not burn so fiercely) remain to show howlittle damage was done to well constructed brick-work. St. Francis Church, at Vallejo street and Mont-gomery
. A history of the earthquake and fire in San Francisco; an account of the disaster of April 18, 1906 and its immediate results. MAGE BY THE EARTHQUAKE So it was with the older buildings—thoseerected in the early days. Doubtless many wouldstill be standing if the fire had not weakened theirwalls so that they fell, or if they had not been blowndown by dynamiters; but a sufficient number ofchurches (which, being relatively unfurnished, per-haps did not burn so fiercely) remain to show howlittle damage was done to well constructed brick-work. St. Francis Church, at Vallejo street and Mont-gomery avenue, has hardly a perceptible crack any-where; erected in 1859, it is the oldest church in SanFrancisco, except the Mission Dolores, and one ofthe citys oldest buildings of any sort. The TempleEmanuel, on Sutter street, was erected during thesixties; its walls and its lofty minaret-like towers,fragile though they seem, are in perfect is the tall spire of Grace Church, and its many-arched walls. Old St. Marys Church and the newSt. Marys Cathedral (which was not burned) werealike unharmed by the Photo by Derlethi Concrete Block House at Palo Alto THE DAMAGE BY THE EARTHQUAKE 209 Various old buildings tell the same story ofgood construction. The old Wells Fargo Buildingat California and Montgomery—built of Chinesegranite by Chinese masons, in 1852—is as staunchas ever. So is the Montgomery Block, built in 1853,by General Halleck; so is the Appraisers Building,built under government supervision. The walls ofthe Palace Hotel, too, commenced in 1868, are assolid as ever, and as solid as any walls could are a splendid example of good numerous partition walls—all brick—brace itthoroughly, and earthquake rods run all throughit. It was the builders boast that it could be pulledup but not pulled down; its razing is costing$80,000. Of the effect of the earthquake on the modernsteel frame buildings little need be said; the dama
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