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At Old Heath, a straggling hamlet between East Donyland
and Colchester, about 40 or 50 chimneys were reported
to have been thrown down and most of tho houses to some
extent damaged. Among the special cases noted during our
visit was a square brick chim-
ney standing on one side of a
sloping roof, which, instead of
being cracked at the base, as was
so generally observed, had an
oblique crack running from one

corner. As this form of damage
was rare, the following outline

Fig. 9. — Cottage Chimney at
Old Heath. South-eastern aspect.
Oblique crack running from S.W.
corner.
sketch is here introduced:—
At a neighbouring cottage, an outside flue running up the
western end was completely stripped off and thrown down.
Wivenhoe, on the eastern shore of the River Colne, oppo-
site Rowhedge, suffered to a very considerable extent, the
damage being especially severe along the river front, where
fully 70 per cent. of the chimneys were thrown down, and 50
or CO houses in the village were unroofed. Many houses
along the Quay, some of them most substantially built, were
practically wrecked. The general appearance of the village
has been aptly compared to that of a place which had been
shelled, or had suffered from the effects of a violent explosion.
With respect to the amount of injury sustained, this place
was considered to rank next to Abberton and Peldon. The
time, as given by clock stoppages, was between 9.18 and 9.20.
Wivenhoe Church : the stone and rubble turrets on the
N. and W. sides of the tower were thrown down into the
churchyard, and the turrets on the other sides were loosened
and subsequently had to be taken clown. A small wooden
cage-like belfry on the top of the tower did not appear to be
damaged. The tower was cracked in several places, one large
crack running from the top half-way down the northern face.
Inside the church some of the stone columns (one in par-
ticular) were cracked at the base and twisted; the stone floor
of a small vestry-room also showed cracks. Opposite the
church a house was observed to have had its chimneys cracked
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