Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung:

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Other:: Preussen / Ministerium der Öffentlichen Arbeiten

Title:: Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung : Nachrichten d. Reichs- u. Staatsbehörden / hrsg. im Preußischen Finanzministerium

Other titles:: Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung; Zentralblatt für Bauverwaltung

Publication:: Berlin: Ernst 1931

Digitization:: Berlin: Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin, 2008

Dates of Publication:: 1.1881 - 51.1931(8.Apr.)

ZDB-ID:: 2406062-8

Succeeding Title:: Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung vereinigt mit Zeitschrift für Bauwesen

Berlin:: B 350 Bildende Kunst: Zeitschriften. Bibliographien. Nachschlagewerke

DDC Group:: 720 Architektur

Collection:: Theatre,Film,Music,Visual Arts; Berlin Locations,Architecture,Urban Development,Housing

Copyright:: Public Domain

Accessibility:: Free Access

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Publication:: 1897

Language:: German

Digitization:: Berlin: Zentral- und Landesbibiothek Berlin, 2008

Berlin:: B 350 Bildende Kunst: Zeitschriften. Bibliographien. Nachschlagewerke

DDC Group:: 720 Architektur

URN:: urn:nbn:de:kobv:109-1-14083778

Location:: Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin

Copyright:: Public Domain

Accessibility:: Free Access

Collection:: Theatre,Film,Music,Visual Arts; Berlin Newspapers and Journals

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Title:: Nr. 7

BURNING OF TIIE KAISERHOF. 197 scarcely be said we were down in the street in a trice, where we found comparatively few spectators assembled, the fire having been discovered only a few minutes before. From the square, called Ziethen-Platz, in front of the building, nothing but smoke could be seen, which seemed to blow over from behind, where, consequently, we expected to find the fons et origo mali. We adjourned, therefore, to Kaiserhof-Strasse, at the back of the edifice; and, posting ourselves on a plot of building- ground on the opposite side of the street, had an excellent view of the conflagration. A very few glances sufficed to show us the imminent peril in which the stately structure stood. The entire roof seemed to be ablaze from one end to the other—one hundred and twenty paces or thereabouts,—fierce tongues of fire shooting up in every direction, like the curling waves of the sea, and giving utterance, every now and then, to a hoarse and significant roar of triumph, as a passing gust of wind fanned them into greater fury. The roof being flat, or, at least, appearing so from the street, and being bordered everywhere by a tall balustrade, we could not see very much of the actual ravages caused by the flames, except where they approached the parapet, and laid hold of the woodwork or combustible matter at the foot of the balustrades. These last were made of zinc, and were painted in imitation of stone; and, as portions of them became undermined below at the base, they lost their balance, and fell down headlong into the street below with a tremendous uproar. One piece, that toppled over in this way, must have been thirty feet or more in length, and would, unquestionably, have killed and maimed several of the firemen below, if the crowd had not roared

Full text: Reminiscences of Berlin / Taylor, Shephard Thomas (Public Domain)

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