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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 . )uilt hv the city at an ex]iense of .$7,(t, leavingnothing but the shell remaining. 223. ~J bo o % 03 be 25 ^ -r! ^ -0 ,s ri 3 -o g O -0 0/ ^j C3 t^ cti br o Cfi o <1) IS- o S j! a O ?J— ?*^ rrt 1 ^ ^ br (/i « n t 0 4*-< oo 3 O rjl a o -a n o ^ xri — X 0/ 0 o C3 s 1-1 s ifi r- Tl ^ 14- y^. o O CS o c rt l; C p o b£j ?3 ^ o 0 a o -13 o 13 E 0^ o Oh br IS 0^ ^ bcj: .bt ?< a/ -a 0) H rft a ji tH O ^ < w rt m ca cS o cS f p < CO 324 limestone. The base is of granite to tlie water table. The orna-mental cornice is of metal. The fire-proof floors are of brick concrete in the form ofsegmental arches resting on corrugated iron centring. In thelarge rooms, the steel beams supporting the floors are 24. deepand spaced 7 ft. apart. Tiie thickness of the concrete is gen-erally 6, the top surface being parallel with the soffit of thearch, and leaving about 12 of the upper part of the web andthe upper flange of the 2i beams exposed. 4 x 6 woodstringers were laid parallel w
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