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 . e world. The area devastated comprises that section of the city in which the largest,costliest, and most substantial buildings were located. Aery rigid regulations were inmiediately inaugurated by the authorities. Lights were not ])ermitted atnight. All cooking was required to be done in the streets until the flues could be insjjected and passed on byproper officials. Relief measures we
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 . e world. The area devastated comprises that section of the city in which the largest,costliest, and most substantial buildings were located. Aery rigid regulations were inmiediately inaugurated by the authorities. Lights were not ])ermitted atnight. All cooking was required to be done in the streets until the flues could be insjjected and passed on byproper officials. Relief measures were also quickly instituted. The homeless were sheltered in tents which were pitched inthe parks and in the Iresidio Reserxation. Jjarge sums of money were appropriated by the national goxern-ment and contributed by the different cities, by the business and (•liarita))le organizations and societies, and byindividuals. Amj)le j)rovisions and su])|)lics were thus i)rovided for all the destitute, and famine and panic wereaverted. ^About ,000 i)ersons dependent upon business and financial interests temporarily left the city. About435 human beings lost their li\es and 3,,500 more were seriously MAP of the northern end of tlie San Francisco peninsula. Showing the area included in the city and county of SanFrancisco. The section shown in black represents the burned district. The smaller area in white within it shows therelative size of the area destroyed by the Baltimore fire. 24 THE EFFECTS OF THE FIRE AND Till] I^AUTIIQUAKE Tu a disaster of such nianiutude, in wliich every type of buildiuy and numerous engineering works havebeen subjected to the two most destructi\e agencies known, a rare opportunity is presented to study theetticiency and merit of the dilterent materials, as weU as the methods of em|)Ioying them. To the architect, theengineer and others interested in impro\ing the metliods of buiichng consti-uction, and who are e\er seeking forthat which is best and
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