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  OLDHAM: 
  GREAT 
  EARTHQUAKE 
  OF 
  1897. 
  

  

  negatively 
  2 
  : 
  centre 
  shifted 
  £ 
  in. 
  to 
  W 
  20 
  S 
  ; 
  section 
  at 
  fracture 
  

  

  2 
  ft. 
  square. 
  

  

  Second, 
  the 
  tomb 
  No. 
  2 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  type, 
  but 
  broken 
  higher 
  up 
  

   and 
  twisted 
  positively 
  48 
  ; 
  the 
  centre 
  has 
  shifted 
  2-J 
  in. 
  to 
  

   N 
  8o° 
  VV 
  ; 
  section 
  at 
  fracture 
  I 
  ft. 
  6 
  in. 
  square. 
  

  

  Third, 
  the 
  cylindrical 
  fluted 
  column 
  No. 
  I. 
  The 
  twisting 
  of 
  this 
  can 
  

   be 
  recognised 
  by 
  the 
  fluting, 
  but 
  more 
  distinctly 
  by 
  the 
  present 
  

   oblique 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  name 
  tablet, 
  which 
  was 
  doubtless 
  originally 
  

   placed 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  line 
  with 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  tombs. 
  As 
  the 
  undis- 
  

   turbed 
  tombs 
  close 
  by 
  only 
  vary 
  in 
  orientation 
  of 
  the 
  corresponding 
  

   sides 
  between 
  W 
  15 
  S 
  and 
  W 
  18° 
  S, 
  while 
  the 
  tablet 
  on 
  the 
  column 
  

   bears 
  W 
  24 
  S, 
  it 
  is 
  evident 
  that 
  this 
  has 
  been 
  twisted 
  negatively 
  at 
  

   least 
  7 
  ; 
  the 
  centre 
  has 
  shifted 
  | 
  in. 
  to 
  N 
  20 
  E 
  ; 
  the 
  section 
  at 
  

   the 
  fracture 
  is 
  2 
  ft, 
  1 
  in. 
  diameter. 
  

  

  Besides 
  these, 
  the 
  tomb 
  of 
  Samuel 
  Fleming, 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  pattern 
  

   as 
  those 
  marked 
  1 
  and 
  2 
  above, 
  has 
  been 
  broken 
  across 
  the 
  pediment, 
  

   and 
  twisted 
  negatively 
  4 
  ; 
  the 
  centre 
  has 
  shifted 
  J 
  in. 
  to 
  N 
  20 
  W. 
  

  

  We 
  may 
  now 
  turn 
  to 
  the 
  gate 
  pillars 
  of 
  the 
  telegraph 
  signallers' 
  

   quarters, 
  one 
  pair 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  represented 
  in 
  Plate 
  XXI, 
  fig. 
  2. 
  These 
  

   are 
  all 
  square 
  pillars 
  2 
  ft. 
  3 
  in. 
  across 
  at 
  the 
  plane 
  of 
  fracture, 
  and 
  

   about 
  7 
  ft. 
  high, 
  oriented 
  N 
  20 
  W. 
  In 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  eastern 
  gateway 
  

   represented 
  in 
  Plate 
  XXI, 
  the 
  plane 
  of 
  fracture 
  was 
  1 
  ft. 
  3 
  in. 
  from 
  the 
  

   ground 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  single 
  pillar 
  of 
  the 
  western 
  gateway 
  left 
  

   standing, 
  it 
  was 
  2 
  ft. 
  6 
  in. 
  from 
  the 
  ground. 
  They 
  have 
  all 
  been 
  

   twisted 
  negatively. 
  

  

  The 
  E 
  pillar, 
  E 
  gate, 
  through 
  5 
  ; 
  centre 
  shifted 
  1 
  in. 
  to 
  S 
  20 
  E. 
  

  

  The 
  W 
  pillar, 
  E 
  gate, 
  through 
  1 
  2°; 
  centre 
  shifted 
  1 
  in. 
  to 
  

   W 
  25° 
  S. 
  

  

  The 
  W 
  pillar, 
  W 
  gate, 
  through 
  6°; 
  centre 
  shifted 
  2\ 
  in. 
  to 
  N 
  25 
  W. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  entrance 
  to 
  the 
  compound 
  of 
  the 
  Commissioner's 
  house 
  

   were 
  two 
  large 
  square 
  pillars 
  10 
  ft. 
  high 
  by 
  2 
  ft, 
  5 
  in, 
  square, 
  oriented 
  

   N 
  20° 
  W. 
  The 
  northern 
  pillar 
  has 
  twisted 
  negatively 
  6°, 
  and 
  the 
  

   centre 
  has 
  shifted 
  f 
  in. 
  to 
  W 
  20° 
  S. 
  

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