. A history of the earthquake and fire in San Francisco; an account of the disaster of April 18, 1906 and its immediate results. ^ -U^ Photo by Aitken Unburned Block on Upper Montgomery Street 22i) A STUDY OF THE FIRE wooden ones when once the fire gained headwayamong them. It was in buildings of this sort thatthe fire north of Market street raged all the firstday: and they, in turn, created a general conflagra-tion which even the fireproof structures could notwithstand. Finally, when the fire reached the framedistricts beyond Chinatown and in the Mission, itscourse was most rapid and its exte
. A history of the earthquake and fire in San Francisco; an account of the disaster of April 18, 1906 and its immediate results. ^ -U^ Photo by Aitken Unburned Block on Upper Montgomery Street 22i) A STUDY OF THE FIRE wooden ones when once the fire gained headwayamong them. It was in buildings of this sort thatthe fire north of Market street raged all the firstday: and they, in turn, created a general conflagra-tion which even the fireproof structures could notwithstand. Finally, when the fire reached the framedistricts beyond Chinatown and in the Mission, itscourse was most rapid and its extent so vast thatnothing could stop it, except the great width of aboulevard. The width of the streets over which the firejumped is of interest. South of Market, the streetswere eighty feet wide, but there the fires ragedall around, and almost in every block. Then, too,the great size of each block (825 x 550 feet) madethe fire in each a conflagration in itself. In thewholesale district the fire made slow progress across rJF!^.
Size: 1246px × 2007px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookidhistoryofear, bookyear1906
