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  OLDHAM 
  : 
  GREAT 
  EARTHQUAKE 
  OF 
  1897* 
  

  

  and 
  are 
  represented 
  in 
  section 
  on 
  figures 
  4 
  and 
  5, 
  for 
  which 
  f 
  art! 
  

   indebted 
  to 
  the 
  courtesy 
  of 
  Messrs, 
  Macintosh, 
  Burn 
  and 
  Co. 
  Figure 
  4 
  

   represents 
  in 
  section 
  the 
  roof, 
  cornice 
  and 
  balustrade 
  of 
  an 
  ordinary 
  

   private 
  house 
  ; 
  fig. 
  5, 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Calcutta 
  Town 
  Hall, 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  

   regarded 
  as 
  an 
  extreme 
  case 
  of 
  this^type 
  of 
  construction. 
  The 
  balus- 
  

   trade, 
  whose 
  general 
  appearance 
  can 
  be 
  seen 
  on 
  Plates 
  XXIII 
  and 
  

  

  Made 
  of 
  holLo-n 
  

   aioul 
  i 
  thick 
  

  

  Fig. 
  4. 
  Section 
  of 
  roof, 
  cornice, 
  and 
  para- 
  Fig. 
  5. 
  Section 
  of 
  roof; 
  cornice, 
  and 
  

  

  pet 
  of 
  a 
  private 
  house, 
  Calcutta. 
  parapet 
  of 
  Calcutta 
  Town 
  Hall. 
  

  

  Scale 
  i 
  inch 
  = 
  1 
  foot. 
  

  

  XXIV 
  has 
  a 
  heavy 
  upper 
  rail, 
  made 
  of 
  brick 
  and 
  mortar, 
  heavily 
  plas- 
  

   tered 
  over, 
  and 
  supported 
  on 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  thin 
  earthenware 
  hollow 
  sup- 
  

   ports, 
  sometimes 
  filled 
  with 
  mortar, 
  but 
  more 
  often 
  left 
  empty. 
  These 
  

   earthenware 
  supports 
  are 
  generally 
  plastered 
  over 
  to 
  match 
  the 
  rest 
  

   of 
  the 
  building, 
  but 
  the 
  plastering 
  adds 
  little 
  to 
  their 
  strength, 
  and 
  

   when 
  the 
  earthquake 
  came 
  they 
  were 
  in 
  very 
  many 
  cases 
  unable 
  to 
  

   support 
  the 
  strain 
  thrown 
  on 
  them 
  by 
  the 
  inertia 
  of 
  the 
  heavy 
  upper 
  

   rail, 
  broke 
  across 
  their 
  narrowest 
  part, 
  and 
  allowed 
  the 
  rail 
  to 
  be 
  

  

  (46) 
  

  

  