. A history of the earthquake and fire in San Francisco; an account of the disaster of April 18, 1906 and its immediate results. i^ r,j» !SL,!r i^ - : »^. -. ; ■^■^■^^-^.: 3fa««^. __ mw^. Photos by Aifken Effect of Fire on Exterior Materials 224 A STUDY OF THE FIRE by Uie heat of the other across the street, withoutany actual contact of flame,—except in the spreadingof the Hayes Valley fire by fiying embers. It wasthis that made the long struggle so heartbreaking,hope, renewed at each street, giving way each timeto the bitterness of defeat and to a new hope ofsuccess at the next. Jus
. A history of the earthquake and fire in San Francisco; an account of the disaster of April 18, 1906 and its immediate results. i^ r,j» !SL,!r i^ - : »^. -. ; ■^■^■^^-^.: 3fa««^. __ mw^. Photos by Aifken Effect of Fire on Exterior Materials 224 A STUDY OF THE FIRE by Uie heat of the other across the street, withoutany actual contact of flame,—except in the spreadingof the Hayes Valley fire by fiying embers. It wasthis that made the long struggle so heartbreaking,hope, renewed at each street, giving way each timeto the bitterness of defeat and to a new hope ofsuccess at the next. Just as the Chicago fire of 1871 is said to havebeen brought about mainly by the prevalence of agale, so the San Francisco fire is popularly declaredto have resulted from the breaking of the watermains. But in the light of post-fire investigationsit seems more and more plain that this was notreally the main factor in the early spread of theconflagration. Probably no single agent had so much to dowith making this the greatest conflagration ofmodern times as did the breaking out of so manysimultaneous fires, distant from each other, in thefirst moments following the earthquake. It was thisthat
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