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 . -f t- J. 1, a;^ rt t- w _a -a 5 iJ o Oj O c^ cs .^O « ° 5 S * -m -S - ^ . -^ -3 r-^ o — O a^ ^-1 M t« Z tti ij ^3 2 S ?*Z § -^ ^ ^ f ~H <-^ s ^ c ^ O K *: -r O I c o ^ fe ^ --1 t-£i ,—^ ^ O PhrSl ?= ^. O ^ -*!-^ S« £ • ^ P^^ ^^7 -£r- aj B^ _v ^ ? _C f- c; -£ ji; K Ci^ .H _2 ^ „. ta fe -^ c == •- — <£ ^^ -^ O 0; 4i 13 « -D h j: 182. CALIFORNIA CASKET BUILDING. Showiiifj; typic
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 . -f t- J. 1, a;^ rt t- w _a -a 5 iJ o Oj O c^ cs .^O « ° 5 S * -m -S - ^ . -^ -3 r-^ o — O a^ ^-1 M t« Z tti ij ^3 2 S ?*Z § -^ ^ ^ f ~H <-^ s ^ c ^ O K *: -r O I c o ^ fe ^ --1 t-£i ,—^ ^ O PhrSl ?= ^. O ^ -*!-^ S« £ • ^ P^^ ^^7 -£r- aj B^ _v ^ ? _C f- c; -£ ji; K Ci^ .H _2 ^ „. ta fe -^ c == •- — <£ ^^ -^ O 0; 4i 13 « -D h j: 182. CALIFORNIA CASKET BUILDING. Showiiifj; typical flight of concrete stairs between cliannelstrinfi;ers. The crimped wire lath on the soffits of the beams had not yet been covered with cement plaster. The furringbrackets at 10 centres on the wall girders in the stair opening are ready to receive the wire lath. 183 damage. Tlie fire entered the building in the centre section ofthe Mint Avenue side, where sliglit damage was done before itwas extinguished. The heat from adjacent burning buildingsspalled the limestone of the second and third stories on thenortli side considerabl_y, but the other three fronts are are no signs of any earthquake cracks in any of the ex-terior walls. Commtnttt: The inside steel shutters and heavy plate glass of this build-ing, and the independent water supply, no doubt contributedlargely to the success of the troops and the employees in pro-tecting it. The fact that it occupied an entire block, and wasseparated by the width of the str
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