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 . GRANT BUILDING. First Story. Showing the banking room of the jNIarket Street Bank. There was no fire in this room. The damage shown in the photograph was caused b^- tlie dynamiting of the Odd Fellows Building on theopposite side of the street. Roebling concrete floors were used througliout. The coluniu protection and partitions were ofhollow tile. The fire consumed everything combustibl

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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 . GRANT BUILDING. First Story. Showing the banking room of the jNIarket Street Bank. There was no fire in this room. The damage shown in the photograph was caused b^- tlie dynamiting of the Odd Fellows Building on theopposite side of the street. Roebling concrete floors were used througliout. The coluniu protection and partitions were ofhollow tile. The fire consumed everything combustible in the rest of the building. 189. GRANT BUILDING. Tyj>ical view showing the damage to the hollow-tile column protection and the failure of thehollow-tile partitions. The Roebliiig concrete floors and wire lath and plaster ceilings are in good condition throughout. 190

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