. A history of the earthquake and fire in San Francisco; an account of the disaster of April 18, 1906 and its immediate results. 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 bu
. A history of the earthquake and fire in San Francisco; an account of the disaster of April 18, 1906 and its immediate results. 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-. P hot OS by Ait ken Detail Views of Building at First and Mission -■<»» A STUDY OF THE FIRE stance, which were almost wholly built of wood,nothing combustible remained; blocks and blocksof houses were represented only by their chimneysand such indestructible litter as window-weightsand flat-irons. There were no charred or half-burned timbers; no ashes; no embers. It was asif the wooden parts of the city had never the case of the second-rate structures—theordinary brick buildings with brick walls andwooden interiors,—the result was much the insides with all they contained disappearedcompletely, leaving only the bare bricks. Cast-ironcolumns fell into the basements; steel columns andbeams twisted into an unrecognizable tangle. Inmany cases the brick walls themselves were splitasunder by the fierce heat of the fire or were
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