Offices of the Selby Smelting and Lead Co., at 416 Montgomery Street and office of Sutro and Co., adjoining. The condition of these buildings were some of the freaks of the fire, for although all of the buildings behind and beside these offices were totally distroyed [sic] as well as those across the street, yet Selby's office was not injured in the least, not even the glass doors or windows being injured or broken, although the sign was somewhat scorched. It may be that the surrounding building being so high and burning so fiercly [sic] that the demand for air was so great that a down-take of air occurred over these small and low buildings and the air rushing down and then away from these low buildings kept the heat from them until the surrounding buildings were totally distroyed [sic].

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Offices of the Selby Smelting and Lead Co., at 416 Montgomery Street and office of Sutro and Co., adjoining. The condition of these buildings were some of the freaks of the fire, for although all of the buildings behind and beside these offices were totally distroyed [sic] as well as those across the street, yet Selby's office was not injured in the least, not even the glass doors or windows being injured or broken, although the sign was somewhat scorched. It may be that the surrounding building being so high and burning so fiercly [sic] that the demand for air was so great that a down-take of air occurred over these small and low buildings and the air rushing down and then away from these low buildings kept the heat from them until the surrounding buildings were totally distroyed [sic].

Creator/Contributor:

Davis, Herman

Date:

1906

Contributing Institution:

UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library