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River the ground was broken up, and water and sand were ejected 

 from the fissures. The Dhunseri River rose 3 feet two days after the 

 earthquake. The earthquake at Dimapur was accompanied by loud 

 reports. — {Deputy Commissioner^) 



Jaipur, Assam. — Mr. Peel, whose power of observation and careful- 

 ness in recording these I know, writes that the earthquake passed near 

 Jaipur in a S. S. W. to N. N. E direction, or,^ to be more correct, 

 from 5° to the west of south to 5° to the east of north. I had ample 

 means of marking the direction of the waves, as about 30 men 

 all stood together, and we could only stand at all by straddling our 

 legs in that direction, which I noted. While they were passing it 

 was impossible to stand steady with the feet close together, In about 

 five minutes it was followed by loud series of reports like artillery 

 that lasted about 5 minutes. I noticed a large semul or cotton tree, 

 and it did not come to rest for 10 minutes and swayed (at first) in 

 the same direction. A friend of mine, while riding over a flat plain, 

 was thrown, the horse staggering, and he was regularly sick on 

 the spot. Pucka work has suffered severely, but kutcha not at all, 

 as far as I know. 



Dibroogliur, Upper Assam. — Doctor J. B. White, the Civil Surgeon 

 of the station, reports that the first shock occurred at 5h. 15m. exactly; 

 that the direction of the wave course was from south-east to north-west ; 

 the shock lasting 2 minutes and 5 seconds. Other shocks are reported 

 to have occurred on the following days, the ]lth at 2h. p.m., at 

 3h. 45m., and at 5h. 30m. ; also on the morning of the 12th (time not 

 recorded) and at 3h. 30m. a.m. of the 14th. 



A correspondent of the Englishman newspaper states that the 

 first shock occurred at 4h. 58m., mean local time, a second at 5h. 10m. 

 and a third at 7h. 2m. Two shocks also during the night. And again 

 on the morning of the following day, the 11th, at 5h. 15m., 5h. 25m., 

 and 5h. 38m. a.m. 



The weather on the day previous to the earthquake (9th January) 

 is said to have been unusually close and sultry. The shock was very 



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