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base. The damage provides strong evidence of motion across the 



building. 



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Fig. 37. 

 In the Superintendent's bungalow a plant pot on a stand fell 

 to N. 4° E. 



In the seed godown, a number of ghurrahs piled one above the 

 other fell to N. 60° W. The direction of fall was influenced by the 

 fact of the pots being stacked in rows. 



Water from an overhead tank was thrown out to N. 20° E. — S. 20° 

 N. W. Railwa W. A boiler-house near by shows strong evidence 

 workshops. f m otion in the same direction. 



Haji Nasrala's theatre.— A heavy cornice facing N. 75° E, fell 

 outwards in that direction. Walls coursing E.— W. 



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are fractured in a few cases. 

 Hasmat's house. — Walls running N. 60° E. display strong fractures ; 

 those at right angles being uninjured. 



Kandan Lai's house. — A wall coursing S. 75° E. is strongly frac- 

 tured. A large number of houses facing S. 75° E. show large cracks 

 in wall running S. 75° E. Many walls at right angles to this direction 

 lean to S. 75° E. 



Jumma musjid. — This temple faces S. 73° E. and is a copy of the 

 mosque of the same name at Delhi. A portion of the outer wall fell 

 outwards to S. 73° E. The two chief minarets are octagons of face 

 4 feet 9 inches, and about 90 feet high. They carry 8- pillared cupolas. 

 In the northern minaret a pillar on the east was broken and fell inside. 

 The pillars on the S. W. side are severely fractured. In the southern 



