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No. 40. The verandah is on the S. Part of the S. wall above the 

 -verandah fell through the roof of the latter. 



No. 43. The verandah is on the N. The curved N. wall of the 

 upper storey separated from the remainder. 



No. 50. Here the verandah is on the S., but contrary to the usual 

 state of affairs, the cracks predominate on the N. side which tended 

 to separate from the rest of the house. The N. wall had to be largely 

 rebuilt. 



No. 62. The verandah is on the N. Two portions of the upper 

 part of the wall, one on the N. E., the other on the E., fell outwards. 



No. 7S. The verandah is on the W. The curved S. W. portion 

 of the house wall fell towards the S. W. overthrowing half of the 

 verandah beneath. The rest of the building is intact. The parts 

 which have suffered most are : — 



The verandah and the higher parts of the house walls projecting 

 above the wings and verandah, especially when these walls are curved. 



The general direction of shock indicated by the bungalows is 

 N. E., N. N. E. orN. 



The Cantonment bazar consists almost entirely of a series of low 



one-storied booths, poorly built, and in many cases 



Cantonment bazar. ■, , mi . « ,, 



sharing a common roof. This roof was generally 



skirted by a low parapet parallel to the streets, and composed either of 

 open brickwork or brickwork and vertical hollow earthen pipes. Seve- 

 ral portions of this parapet have either fallen or are cracked at the 

 base and leaning : this has happened more especially at corners. Of 

 parapets running N. and S. about twice as much fell as of those run- 

 ning W. and E. Moreover in one corner, the portion running N. and 

 S. has fallen towards the E. while the E. to W. portion is still in situ 

 but leaning considerably towards the N. the base being cracked through. 

 This lends colour to the view that the waves came more from the E. 

 than from the N., but the parapets were old and in bad repair, and 

 the evidence from their fall is of limited value. 



Other cases of injury are as follows : — 



In a native hut whose walls on the N., S. and E. sides are of burnt 



