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 . ied together by cables. The para-pet wall on the east side is down. The floor arches are in fair condition. There are manyplaces where the soffits of the tile blocks have fallen away, ex-jjosing the cellular spaces. The partitions are badly damagedthroughout, a large proportion of the blocks having fallendown. Safes also caused the failure of some of the floor archesin this building. Th
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 . ied together by cables. The para-pet wall on the east side is down. The floor arches are in fair condition. There are manyplaces where the soffits of the tile blocks have fallen away, ex-jjosing the cellular spaces. The partitions are badly damagedthroughout, a large proportion of the blocks having fallendown. Safes also caused the failure of some of the floor archesin this building. The column protection having been set independently of thepartitions, is in fairly good condition. Some of it has beenforced away by bulging pipes, but the columns are apparentlyuninjured. The exterior wall furring has fallen ofl in spotsand is loose in many places. The elevator fronts and cast-ironstairway with marble treads are considerably damaged. Thesteel framing in the elevator shaft is bulged out of line. Comments: This building exemplifies very forcibly the necessity of pro-tecting large trusses in an efficient manner. The protectionshould consist of some material which will remain in place and 45. -=s .2 0^ fi X^ n -C t, , ^ p hf !< -o -C Oj O H s o +- c 0/ br rt i. Oj C bl s^ ^ — 11 3 rt -o ?^ 13 ?M bc^ -C Xl ^ 13 r^ ni n O bXj ts j: c o CAJ ^ -^ -d 0 o C O 3 ij ll 0 C ? 1 ! (H. O 0 tii ^ o H 3O o _5J rfi o 1—( 0 P C4 -O H-l P « -^ o fd _c o fi 1) ^H -r; ^ >< Oj ^ « [S T3 (/) _0 03 o ^ 46
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