The force of the plane's hitting the factory knocked plaster off the walls and ceilings of the seven buildings, blew in front windows and knocked doors askew.

Two shots came out of the blackness, the first one almost tearing off Carella's head, the second one knocking plaster out of the wall behind him.

There were reports of heavy shaking that knocked plaster from walls and articles from shelves.

The aluminum frame of the racket, for all its lightness, was thick enough and dense enough and strong enough to knock plaster out of the wall.

"You know, there's no insulation behind this wall," Randy said, as he knocked plaster off ancient wooden lathing.

The crash also knocked plaster from the ceiling of a classroom, slightly injuring two students.

Down the street, the blast knocked plaster from the ceiling of the music store managed by Yossi Tzah, 31.

The quake was strong enough to knock plaster off walls in Cape Town, a hundred miles (160 kilometers) away.

The ceiling didn't have the patch in it from the time I built a hide-out in the attic and knocked plaster down by hammering.