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 . MUTUAL SAVINGS BANK. Typical view showing the condition of the Roebling concrete floors and the Roeblingwire lath and plaster partitions and ceilings. Leaning against the left-hand rail of the stairway is a pile of melted zinc, whichwas originally a copper-plated newel post. At the extreme left are two slabs of warped marble wain.scoting. Note the absenceof dthris on the stairway and in
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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 . MUTUAL SAVINGS BANK. Typical view showing the condition of the Roebling concrete floors and the Roeblingwire lath and plaster partitions and ceilings. Leaning against the left-hand rail of the stairway is a pile of melted zinc, whichwas originally a copper-plated newel post. At the extreme left are two slabs of warped marble wain.scoting. Note the absenceof dthris on the stairway and in the hallways. The dibris is limited almost exclusively to a j)ortion of the plaster finish. 9i. MUTUAL SAVINGS BANK. Fourth Story. Showing five large safes and one small one in one of the offices on theMarket Street side. The safes were mounted on 8 x 8 timbers. The latter burnt out wholly or in part, causing the twosafes in the foreground to tilt against the Roebling ? wire lath and pla.ster partition, which remains standing thoughbadly bulged out of line. The three large safes in the rear were overthrown when the timbers burned. The Roeblingconcrete floors withstood the impact of the falling safes and sustained them safely during the fire. 95 fallen off of the outside lath covering of tlie columns, in spotsthe size of a hand or smaller, but in no case was tlie inside pro-tection affected. All the wire lath and plaster partitions remainstanding, but the studs expanded and bulged, about 20 per cent, of the partitions being out of plumb. All the wire lath ceilingsarc intact. The cement floor finish warped and cracked in man_y])laces. The concrete floors throughout arc in first-cla