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  OLDHAM: 
  GREAT 
  EARTHQUAKE 
  OF 
  1S97. 
  

  

  The 
  bungalow 
  itself 
  has 
  entirely 
  fallen, 
  the 
  general 
  direction 
  of 
  fall 
  being 
  towards 
  

  

  Assistant 
  Commis- 
  north 
  - 
  In 
  front 
  of 
  il 
  is 
  a 
  fli 
  S 
  ht 
  of 
  ste 
  P 
  S 
  ei 
  S 
  nt 
  in 
  number 
  

   sioner's 
  bungalow. 
  (see 
  fig. 
  25), 
  on 
  the 
  topmost 
  of 
  which 
  stood 
  two 
  tubs, 
  

  

  one 
  at 
  each 
  side, 
  filled 
  with 
  earth. 
  Both 
  of 
  these 
  have 
  toppled 
  over 
  and 
  rolled 
  

   down 
  the 
  steps, 
  both 
  failing 
  in 
  exactly 
  the 
  same 
  direction, 
  to 
  N 
  3 
  W. 
  They 
  

   seem 
  to 
  have 
  struck 
  the 
  third 
  step 
  from 
  the 
  top 
  in 
  falling 
  and 
  then 
  turned 
  com 
  - 
  

   pletely 
  over. 
  It 
  is 
  possible 
  that 
  the 
  tubs 
  were 
  jerked 
  forward 
  to 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  

   steps 
  by 
  the 
  shock 
  and 
  then 
  tilted 
  over. 
  If 
  they 
  were 
  first 
  tilted 
  up, 
  it 
  would, 
  I 
  

   found 
  by 
  trial, 
  require 
  an 
  angle 
  of 
  tilt 
  of 
  35 
  to 
  cause 
  the 
  tub 
  to 
  slip 
  off 
  the 
  

  

  edge 
  of 
  the 
  step. 
  1 
  

  

  The 
  cemetery 
  is 
  situated 
  on 
  the 
  south-south-east 
  slope 
  of 
  the 
  ridge, 
  the 
  

   average 
  angle 
  of 
  slope 
  being 
  15 
  . 
  The 
  monuments 
  are 
  

   Cemetery. 
  mostly 
  of 
  the 
  oblong 
  box 
  form, 
  common 
  some 
  50 
  years 
  

  

  Tomb 
  of 
  Mrs. 
  Ann 
  a 
  g 
  Q 
  , 
  with 
  their 
  longer 
  axes 
  lying 
  east 
  to 
  west, 
  or 
  trans- 
  

   Simons, 
  verse 
  to 
  the 
  slope 
  of 
  the 
  hill. 
  Mrs. 
  Simons' 
  tomb 
  has 
  

   fallen 
  over 
  to 
  S 
  5 
  E 
  without 
  breaking, 
  and 
  now 
  stands 
  at 
  an 
  angle 
  of 
  24° 
  from 
  the 
  

   vertical. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  26. 
  Tomb 
  of 
  Ensign 
  Law, 
  Goalpar 
  a. 
  

  

  Ensign 
  Law's 
  tomb 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  shapegenerally, 
  but 
  was 
  **™°™ted 
  

  

  S 
  by 
  an 
  obelisk 
  5 
  feet 
  8 
  inches 
  high, 
  which 
  broke 
  off 
  

  

  Tomb 
  of 
  Ensign 
  Law. 
  at 
  its 
  plane 
  of 
  junction 
  with 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  tomb 
  and 
  

  

  was 
  thrown 
  to 
  N 
  5° 
  W. 
  As 
  it 
  fell, 
  it 
  must 
  have 
  

  

  ' 
  It 
  seems 
  more 
  probable 
  to 
  suppose 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  projected, 
  like 
  the 
  tomb 
  of 
  Ensign 
  

   Law. 
  -R. 
  D. 
  O. 
  

  

  (a62) 
  

  

  