The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-19
CATHEDRAL ON cRUTcHEs.
Winchester's Peril Greater Than Eve
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WlnehesterS Perll Greater Than Ever
 More Money Wanted.
 Although the public has already contributed G23,000 to save the eastern part of Winchester Cathedral from threatened collapse, there is, need to appeal to it's generosity still further, if one of the noblest buildings in England is to be saved from ruin.
 The more the foundations of the cathedral are examined the more cracks are found, and the more urgent the necessity for extending the work or underpinning the walls ap- pear.
 "We are now satisfied that a17,OOO, in addition to the G23,OOO raised, will have to be spent, if the necessary work Eof preservation is to be carried out" Canon Valpy, vicedeAn of the cathedral, ftld an Express repres- entative, who had an opportunity re- gently of examining the work already done and the perilous condition If part of the cathedral which has not yet been touched by the preservers
 The eastern end of the cathedral at present is a spectacle to move the heart of any Ehglishman who remem- bers that, next to Westminster Abbey, there is no building in the country more intimately bound up with early history of the empire.
 'The walls are on crutches-great beams of timber shored up to prevent the work of distraction from going further while the masons are renew ing the foundations.
 Even more lamentable Is the exter- for aspect of the south transept-one of the. most wonderful relics of Nor man architecture the nation possesses flor its walls lean outward, and no stepts have yet been taken to safe- guard them against the peril of further subsistence.
 In the northeastern corner of the Norman crypt a massive section of masonry has been discovered fractur- ed, and the whole of this part will, there is little doubt, have new foun dations after the peat bed on which it rests has been removed.
 The south wall of the retro, choir has leaned outward twenty-two in- ches, with the result that the vault ing of the roof, in trying to stretch, has broken it's back, and the crown has dropped nearly foot.
 Not long ago a section of the vault ing crashed to the floor, and so alarm ing was the danger that the work of "grouting" the cracks in the walls was at once put in hand, Now the in- terior is forest of scaffolding, and as soon as possible the refixing of the vaulting stonework will be begun.
 By digging beneath the walls in four-foot sections to depth of more than twenty feet the foundations are being gradually replaced on a con crete bed Yesterday the diver was still at work in the water with which the excavations become flooded when ever a depth of about twelve feet has been reached.
 The south transpet has sSnk by the southeastern corner until it looks as if it were being tilted over, and the re- placing of it's foundations is a neces- sity that appeals to every eye.
 The transepts, have a peculiarly strong claim for help, for they alone remain as they were built by the Nor mans. William of Wykeham, who transformed the nave from the Nor man to the Perpendicular style, died before he could carry out his whole, sccheme, with the result that the transepts to-day remain as they were built by Bishop Walkelin, one of William the Conqueror's relatlves.- London Express