38 THE SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE AND FIRE. 
stories walls of pressed terra-cotta brick, trimmed with sandstone. 
Hollow tile was used to fireproof the columns and for the partitions. 
The cast-iron stairways with marble treads were damaged but 
slightly. The hollow-tile partitions were badly wrecked, most of 
them being thrown down. The building was injured considerably 
by dynamiting, which partly disguised the damage caused by the 
earthquake. 
HOTEL HAMILTON. 
The twelve-story apartment house known as the Hotel Hamilton, on 
the north side of Ellis street between Mason and Powell streets, was 
a steel-skeleton structure with floors of reenforced concrete and gird- 
ers and beams of solid concrete. Plastered wire lath served as a 
fireproofing for the columns, and the suspended ceilings were of the 
same material. This construction may be seen in PL XXXVI, B. 
Four-inch hollow tile was used in the partitions. 
The marble treads of the cast-iron stairway were to a large extent 
calcined. A number of the columns buckled on the first, sixth, and 
seventh floors, the wire lath being entirely insufficient. This buckling 
caused the floors throughout the building to settle. The damage by 
earthquake to the curtain walls was slight. The sandstone finish of 
the first four floors spalled but little from the heat; the terra cotta 
above, however, was considerably spalled. 
HIBERNIA SAVINGS AND LOAN SOCIETY'S BUILDING. 
The two-story bank building of the Hibernia Savings and Loan 
Society, on the northwest corner of McAllister and Jones streets (PL 
XXXVII, A ) , was constructed with two street fronts of granite and 
rear walls of brick. The gallery and a portion of the second floor 
were constructed of brick and concrete arches. The ceilings and 
ornamental work were plastered wire lath. The dome was sheathed 
with copper. The granite fronts, especially around the doors and 
windows, were badly spalled by fire; other damage to the structure 
was confined almost entirely to the roof. 
HOBART BUILDING. 
The five-story Hobart Building, on the north side of Market street 
near Post street, had bearing walls of brick faced with granite up to 
the second story and of brick trimmed with terra cotta for the remain- 
ing stories. The framework consisted of cast-iron columns with steel 
girders and beams; the floors of segmental arches of plain concrete. 
The cast-iron columns were fireproofed with brick in the basement, 
and with wire lath and plaster on the first floor. The partitions were 
of 4-inch hollow tile. The ceilings were plastered wire lath attached 
to the lower flanges of the beams. 
