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skeleton were wrenched to the west, the movement finding play at a 

 joint. The longer walls, coursing N. — S., are slightly bulged to the east. 

 Principal direction of movement W. — E. 



This is a large single story building aligned N. E. The south-west 

 verandah is wrecked; and the building shows a num- 

 ospj l her of structural cracks, the most pronounced run- 

 ning N.E. 

 The houses on the south side are built on made ground held by 

 T , , retaining walls. Prior to the earthquake these 



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buildings leaned towards the cliff, and this is said 

 to have been greatly accentuated at the time of the quake. The dis- 

 placement from the vertical is now 9°. Yawning cracks have deve- 

 loped, and the buildings are in a highly dangerous condition. 



Pleasure View and These buildings display a number of structural 



the Club House, cracks, the most pronounced traversing a godown 



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Both these houses have been seriously damaged. Every wall is 



fractured. The evidences of motion are so contra- 



Kildare and Lynd- dictorv that details of the damage are omitted. Tn 



hurst. 



godowns close by walls running N.W. — S.E. show 

 cracks hading N. W. at 0° to 30°. 



Niyadmal Bania's In this house walls running N. — S. show strong 



hmise - vertical cracks, chiefly structural. 



A two-story bungalow facing N. 50° W. On the S. E. face a crack 

 hades N.E. at 25°. On the S.W. face the cracks 



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are either vertical or hade N.W. at angles up to 45°. 

 In the interior there is much damage chiefly on structural lines. 



This house is a large single-story building facing S. 10° W,, and 

 built on ^n E. — W. spur. The most conspicuous 

 damage is to the north face, which has moved out 

 to the north, the displacement near the ceiling being -J- inch. A slight 

 ground crack outside courses E. — W. and is parallel to the edge of the 

 slope. The water in a tank was thrown out on a line S. 75° W. — N. 

 75° E. The edges of this tank show a crack coursing S. 80° E. 



