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EPICENTRAL AND SEVERELY SHAKEN AREAS. 29 



Station Hospital— In the block running E. and W., the junction 

 between the main and partition wall which runs in a N. and 8. 

 direction, was cracked. Two girders set in a N. and 8. direc- 

 tion in the reinforced concrete roof, had their northern ends dis- 

 lodged, i.e., they had acted as rams to the N. In the 2nd ward 

 the same thing happened, but only the two gilders at the ends had 

 moved in both cases. The other three in the middle of each roof 

 had remained intact. 



Kitchen. — The walls running in a N. and S. direction were 

 full of irregular cracks. The other walls were not injured. 



Blocks A t B, C, D and E. — Exactly the same damage as in the 

 case of the ward described above, i.e., two of the girders in the 

 roof acted as rams from the S. to the N. and knocked out the 

 brick-work near their ends. The walls were not cracked and the 

 other girders did not move. 



Station Family Hospital— A one-storeyed brick building nm- 



„ m a N.W. — S.E., direction. The tiles on the W. side of the 

 ...ain roof and on the veranda slid completely off. On the E, 

 side the tiles slid off both the main roof and the veranda for a 

 width of 15 feet. There were various petty cracks in the walls 

 of the matron's quarters. 



Eov>8 <>l Bricks. — Rows of bricks which had been stacked in a 

 N. and S. direction had the ones at the S. end tumbled off. 



Married Quarters. British Infantry Lines. — These have timber frames 

 and are built on timber posts, hence the damage was less. In some 

 cases the brick Hogging panels were cracked and shaken loose. 



Kitchens of Married Quarters, British infantry Lines. — Six 

 heavy brick buildings with tiled roofs, running in a N. and S. direc- 

 tion. In most of these the N. and S. walls, i.e. t the walls running 

 in an E. and \V. direction were broken away from the roofs. 

 Large cracks stretching from the corners of the walls to the comers 

 of the windows were also common. Many of the walls were badly 



cracked. 



Armourer's shop. — A single storeyed brick building running in 



a N.W. S.E. direction. In the S. wall there were cracks running 



from the windows to the corners. The chimney of the forge split 

 away from the N. wall. There were minor cracks in the E. and in 

 the W. walls. 



School. — A one-storeyed building of massive brick construction. 

 In the walls coursing in an E. — W. direction there were wide cracks 



