Nature and Amount of the Structural Damage. 48
minate precisely between the direct and the secondary
effects of the shock, and the damage recorded in the sub-
sequent pages bears reference rather to what was actually
witnessed, or to the destruction described by correspondents.
Again, it was not found possible to inquire into every case of
damage, in order to find out whether any particular chimney
was really thrown down by the shock, or simply fractured and
taken down afterwards for safety. There is no doubt that
many of the chimney-stacks which during our visit were
observed to have been removed, were thus taken down, and
from reports which subsequently came to hand, it further
appears that much damage escaped detection at the time, and
was only discovered afterwards by the skilled observation of
the surveyor. It has not been considered necessary to call
attention here to any of the details of damage, as these,
together with any general considerations which their obser-
vation may have suggested, will be found in the following
section of the report.
In order to relieve the distress caused by the injury
of buildings occupied for the most part by a class of in-
habitants quite unable to bear the cost of the repairs, a
Belief Fund was started at the Mansion House, and the
money thus raised was distributed by a sub-committee, to
which our member, Mr. F. Chancellor, of Chelmsford, acted
as honorary surveyor. The detailed survey thus undertaken
has enabled a very fair estimate of the total amount of
damage to be made, and through the kindness of Mr. James
Jackson, a most active member of this sub-committee, I am
enabled to give here a classified table showing the whole
amount and distribution of the damage :—