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 . )ected to occur in a hotel build-ing, the steel frame is considerably damaged. In the first story,five columns are buckled in tlie middle portion of the the sixth and seventh stories, a colunm is buckled west of theelevator shaft. The steel framing around the stairway wells,and the vertical framing of the elevator shaft, arc considerablydistorted by expansion. The concrete f

---

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 . )ected to occur in a hotel build-ing, the steel frame is considerably damaged. In the first story,five columns are buckled in tlie middle portion of the the sixth and seventh stories, a colunm is buckled west of theelevator shaft. The steel framing around the stairway wells,and the vertical framing of the elevator shaft, arc considerablydistorted by expansion. The concrete floors are in good condition throughout. The ICO. \ » I Ilia. UiiiMT - ^M&y^.fa. tfUU^ 1 Ifrr *- ? m\ ^KZ3-i- ^mi;mv ^j^BWWir %r jasoKMi ^ ^tJA^.^^ f I fi

---

Size: 2116px × 1181px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectear, booksubjectfires