1.   And as can be expected in an old, densely populated city, many wooden buildings with heavy tile roofs collapsed.

2.   Both fire stairwells had been surrounded by four to six inches of heavy tile fireproofing and were virtually untouched by the blaze.

3.   But he kept all his heavy ceramic tile and tools and grout and setting mud compound in the trunk and back seat.

4.   When the earthquake came, the heavy tile roof came crashing through the ceiling, into the house, destroying much of its furnishings.

5.   While buildings of all kinds collapsed, by far the greatest number were old traditional Japanese wooden houses with heavy tile roofs.

6.   Across the road, the second floor of a house lay crumpled under the weight of a heavy tile roof that crushed and killed a family of four.

7.   Shacks with tar-paper roofs remained standing, while homes with traditional heavy tile roofs collapsed.

8.   The traditional Japanese homes in which a large proportion of the elderly live have heavy tile roofs on a flimsy wooden frame prone to collapse and fire.