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Figure 42.
Damage at
the Washington State
Training School for
Boys, in Chehalis,
caused by the 1949
Olympia earthquake.
Typical of pre-1900 buildings, the thin wall
and unanchored gable
were easily knocked out
by flexing of the wood
structure. Cracks show
that the left wall is about
to fail. Two schools in
Centralia were permanently closed because
of damage sustained
during this earthquake.
(Photo from Edwards,
1951)
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