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 (1906)
Himmelwright, Abraham Lincoln Artman, 1865-, Roebling Construction Co · New York, N.Y., The Roebling construction company · leaf 202
((uake. The gable wall at the opposite end of the building was also shaken out, large portions ofthe brickwork falling ujion the gallery tier and being supported by it. Koebling concrete floors and ornamental furring andlathing were used throughout. Note the floating section of brick wall cracked… … 11)9 The wall on the west side of the building had not been builtat the time of the fire, this portion of the building being incom-plete on account of delays in negotiations for adjacent prop-erty. The Market Street facade consists of gray sand-stonefor the first and second stories, terra cotta…
Building, Fireproof · Earthquakes · Fires
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