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  OLDHAM: 
  GREAT 
  EARTHQUAKE 
  OF 
  1897. 
  

  

  porting- 
  the 
  cross. 
  The 
  whole 
  have 
  been 
  jerked 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  direction 
  as 
  the 
  other, 
  

   but 
  the 
  block 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  has 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  others 
  and 
  fallen 
  over 
  the 
  

   edge 
  of 
  the 
  plinth. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  cemetery 
  near 
  the 
  north-east 
  corner 
  three 
  crosses 
  have 
  fallen 
  

   due 
  W 
  and 
  broken 
  up. 
  The 
  headstone 
  of 
  another 
  grave 
  near 
  these 
  has 
  broken 
  

   off 
  a 
  few 
  inches 
  above 
  the 
  ground 
  and 
  fallen 
  to 
  E. 
  

  

  40. 
  The^pillars 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  gateway 
  are 
  built 
  of 
  cubical 
  blocks 
  of 
  stone 
  

  

  , 
  „ 
  tel 
  ~ 
  ate 
  with 
  a 
  heavy 
  stone 
  coping, 
  facing 
  the 
  four 
  cardinal 
  

  

  pilla.rs. 
  points 
  very 
  nearly. 
  That 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  gateway 
  

  

  PI. 
  XXXIV. 
  has 
  fallen 
  due 
  N. 
  The 
  other 
  is 
  standing, 
  but 
  has 
  

  

  twisted 
  about 
  5 
  , 
  from 
  N8° 
  E 
  to 
  N3 
  E. 
  The 
  cubes 
  have 
  each 
  an 
  iron 
  pin 
  let 
  into 
  

  

  the 
  centre, 
  which 
  fits 
  into 
  a 
  hole 
  in 
  the 
  cube 
  above. 
  

  

  41. 
  These 
  pillars 
  are 
  similar 
  to 
  the 
  last, 
  but 
  the 
  blocks 
  measure 
  i6'Xi6"x 
  10" 
  and 
  

  

  the 
  coping 
  2i"X2i"X3". 
  One 
  of 
  them 
  has 
  fallen 
  to 
  Nio°E« 
  

  

  Inglisby 
  gate! 
  pillars. 
  The 
  other 
  has 
  not 
  fallen 
  in 
  any 
  particular 
  direction, 
  but 
  

  

  the 
  stones 
  are 
  lying 
  scattered 
  round 
  the 
  base. 
  These 
  

  

  pillars 
  were 
  not 
  able, 
  however, 
  to 
  fall 
  freely, 
  as 
  the 
  wire 
  fencing 
  surrounding 
  the 
  

  

  compound 
  was 
  attached 
  to 
  them. 
  

  

  Two 
  pillars 
  on 
  the 
  opposite 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  road 
  from 
  this 
  house, 
  built 
  of 
  oblong 
  

   blocks 
  of 
  stone, 
  have 
  both 
  fallen 
  due 
  S. 
  

  

  42. 
  These 
  were 
  two 
  pillars 
  built 
  of 
  rubble 
  stone 
  masonry, 
  

   Ashley 
  Hall 
  gate 
  pil- 
  the 
  longer 
  sides 
  of 
  each 
  facing 
  north 
  and 
  south. 
  Both 
  

  

  have 
  fallen, 
  the 
  one 
  due 
  N 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  due 
  S. 
  

  

  43. 
  These 
  are 
  two 
  strongly 
  built 
  pillars 
  of 
  cut 
  stone, 
  neither 
  of 
  which 
  has 
  fallen. 
  

  

  They 
  are 
  both 
  a 
  good 
  deal 
  shattered 
  near 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  

   P 
  ma 
  e 
  r 
  1 
  s 
  l 
  I 
  ChampL0dgeSate 
  the 
  one 
  on 
  the 
  western 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  gateway 
  has 
  shifted 
  

   PI. 
  XXXIV. 
  bodily 
  above 
  the 
  second 
  course 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  to 
  the 
  

  

  north-west, 
  twisting 
  slightly, 
  from 
  Ni5°E 
  to 
  Ni8°E, 
  at 
  

   the 
  same 
  time. 
  The 
  other 
  pillar 
  has 
  also 
  twisted, 
  the 
  greatest 
  amount 
  of 
  twist 
  

   having 
  taken 
  place 
  between 
  the 
  4th 
  and 
  5th 
  courses 
  from 
  the 
  base, 
  from 
  Ni5°E 
  to 
  

   Ni9°E. 
  The 
  lower 
  seven 
  courses 
  of 
  this 
  pillar 
  are 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  shattered. 
  Each 
  

   pillar 
  supports 
  a 
  heavy 
  iron 
  gate, 
  which 
  was 
  standing 
  open 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  shock. 
  

  

  44. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  pillars 
  of 
  the 
  gateway 
  of 
  this 
  house, 
  built 
  of 
  squared 
  stone 
  blocks, 
  

  

  has 
  fallen 
  to 
  N 
  io° 
  W, 
  the 
  pillar 
  faced 
  N 
  40 
  W, 
  and 
  

  

  Col. 
  Macgregor's 
  house 
  was 
  c 
  ft. 
  2 
  in. 
  high 
  by 
  2 
  ft. 
  square. 
  The 
  correspond- 
  

   gate 
  pillar. 
  . 
  .„ 
  , 
  . 
  . 
  , 
  , 
  , 
  • 
  , 
  1 
  , 
  

  

  ing 
  pillar 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  gate 
  is 
  attached 
  is 
  much 
  shaken 
  

  

  but 
  has 
  not 
  fallen. 
  

  

  45. 
  Of 
  other 
  pillars 
  of 
  which 
  I 
  was 
  not 
  able 
  to 
  get 
  the 
  dimensions, 
  as 
  they 
  

   Other 
  gate 
  pillars. 
  have 
  broken 
  up 
  entirely, 
  the 
  directions 
  of 
  fall 
  were 
  — 
  

  

  (1) 
  S 
  5 
  C 
  E. 
  

  

  (2) 
  S 
  25 
  W 
  ? 
  stories 
  probably 
  moved 
  since 
  fall. 
  

  

  (3) 
  S. 
  

  

  46. 
  The 
  Willans 
  memorial 
  stood 
  in 
  the 
  club 
  grounds, 
  and 
  consisted 
  of 
  a 
  

  

  square 
  pedestal 
  supported 
  on 
  two 
  steps, 
  and 
  surmounted 
  

  

  Willans 
  memorial. 
  by 
  an 
  obelisk. 
  The 
  whole 
  was 
  built 
  of 
  blocks 
  of 
  Shillong 
  

  

  PI. 
  XXXlll. 
  quartzite. 
  The 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  obelisk, 
  which 
  was 
  a 
  square 
  

  

  (270) 
  

  

  