. A history of the earthquake and fire in San Francisco; an account of the disaster of April 18, 1906 and its immediate results. ^t^... TH-1-: ii lit m ,1^ ^^ III iiF 11 llf Up i|i ti. Photo bv Aitken General View of Building at First and Mission A STUDY OF THE FIRE 239 in all probability have spread to the various roomson each floor and completed the destruction of thewhole interior. The citys other skyscrapers were subjectedto a more severe test in the form of a wide-spreadconflagration nearby. The Claus Spreckels or CallBuilding, however, took fire in much the same wayas the Kohl Building—f
. A history of the earthquake and fire in San Francisco; an account of the disaster of April 18, 1906 and its immediate results. ^t^... TH-1-: ii lit m ,1^ ^^ III iiF 11 llf Up i|i ti. Photo bv Aitken General View of Building at First and Mission A STUDY OF THE FIRE 239 in all probability have spread to the various roomson each floor and completed the destruction of thewhole interior. The citys other skyscrapers were subjectedto a more severe test in the form of a wide-spreadconflagration nearby. The Claus Spreckels or CallBuilding, however, took fire in much the same wayas the Kohl Building—from an adjoining smallbuilding. It is possible if the building had not hada great amount of exposed woodwork, the upperstories would have been saved just as those in theKohl Building were; but on the other hand the CallBuilding was close to fierce fires on two sides andbut little removed from the many that made upthe South of Market conflagration. In general the fire did its work with absolutethoroughness. In the residence districts, for in-
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