The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast (1905)
San Francisco, Calif. : Architect and Engineer Co · leaf 79
and roof be combustible. The objectto be sought in the construction of a school is to make a building in which theescape of the pupils cannot be cut off by fire or smoke. .\ fire in the roof spacemight ultimately spread downward and destroy the building, but there wouldbe ample time for the pupils… … 1 lie .Irchitcct and F.itf;iiu-rr 75 If a school is rcasoiial)ly well planned and l)uilt, there is little danger ofactual contact with fire. The greatest danger is from panic and the result-ing crushing on the stairways. The conspicuous avoidance of all comhustiblematerials in the corridors and…
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