1 Mountjoy Prison 22.11.15 With reference to a
communication dated 18th inst.
received from the N.C. Laundry
re wall blown down
I beg to report that I made
a thorough examination
of the site and noticed a
considerable quantity of
clay and rubbish on the
Laundry side where it had
evidently been dumped
and lain there for a long
time. I particularly
noticed that the mortar
used for building the wall
was of a very poor quality
and that there was no
thorough bond, the wall
is 2 feet thick and was
built one stone each side
and filled in the centre
with small stone chippings
and mortar. I pointed
all this out to the Laundry
Manager. That portion of
the wall which fell was
the most exposed, the remainder
being sheltered by the Laundry
Buildings. A part of the
wall is still standing against
which the greater bulk of
the 2 (2)
the ivy is growing a fact
which tends to show that
the ivy was not responsible for
the fall of the wall taking
all these conditions into
account I am strongly
of opinion that the exceptionally
heavy rains of late falling
on the bank of earth against
the wall which fell all of a
piece at that spot and the
terrific storm on the night
of the 12th inst following as it
did in repeated gusts from the
Laundry side was too much
for a badly built old wall
to stand against. R. Gourlay
Foreman of Works The Governor