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 . 3 S C ?i T3 So 1^ ^ ^ ^H ^ CQ 0/ ^ r-O « O r, CD --H o ^ o -a -c -« c -3 £ * =* ?^ ^ -i ^ C3 Q —--^be O ^ Ji .S c ?r S , — ^ w p c -^ i tfj o; ° o :s =« rjj ^: *- X r? ^ ^ 3-H i; C _3 . o bos ^ .-- - 3j J *- ?i « LJ o t« «S -^ ^« &.^ ^ fH S (« ^ H a! S 13 0~« 5 3 ^ 58. fARROTT BUILDING. Third Story. Sliowiiifr tlio total wreck and [)pearancc of tlic U])|)<t ])ortio7i of thebuild
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 . 3 S C ?i T3 So 1^ ^ ^ ^H ^ CQ 0/ ^ r-O « O r, CD --H o ^ o -a -c -« c -3 £ * =* ?^ ^ -i ^ C3 Q —--^be O ^ Ji .S c ?r S , — ^ w p c -^ i tfj o; ° o :s =« rjj ^: *- X r? ^ ^ 3-H i; C _3 . o bos ^ .-- - 3j J *- ?i « LJ o t« «S -^ ^« &.^ ^ fH S (« ^ H a! S 13 0~« 5 3 ^ 58. fARROTT BUILDING. Third Story. Sliowiiifr tlio total wreck and [)pearancc of tlic U])|)<t ])ortio7i of thebuilding, which was of wood construction sui)])orted by steel framiiifr. Three badly buckled columns are in the forej^ wall columns of the steel frame were omitted above the third story, and the walls above this level were used as bearingwalls. When the fire consumed the wood floors of the upper stories and wrecked the steel framing, large jiortions of the sideand rear walls above the third story level were overthrown. N(jte the badly distorted remnants of the steel work projectingabove this story. 59
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