Show Tall Buildings Safest I I I During Daring Earthquakes j r I A ST STANFORD A FORD UNIVERSITY Cal i f Dec 11 AP TaU Tall Tall steel buildings j are arc safer sater than structures of feet teet in height during earthquakes earthquake I I In tho the opinion of Dr Bailey Baley Willis I professor emeritus of geology at Stanford and seIsm seismologist I t This view contrary to the general general general gen gen- eral conception of or the layman Is supported by Dr Willis on the I i theory that tb the period of ot swing In Ina In ina a building of or more than than feet feet teet does not coincide with the earthquakes earthquake's earthquakes earthquake's earth earth- quakes quake's period of oC swing and hence I the Inertia of ot the building mass stops jerking when the theoretical pendulums pass A building feet high swings with the earthquake and this re receIves receives receives re- re the maximum Jerk when the subterranean pendulum changes its swing he said x There is almost no danger in the I I ordinary light dwelling house unless unless unless un un- un- un less the tho chimney comes through the i roof Dr Willis continued The rhe I most dangerous place is on the I Io o outer ter edge of oC the sidewalk and the adjoining part of the street where I 1 I store fronts and heavy cornices s will f t I strike I IThe The safest places are In doorways I and against walls he e said |