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of the famine that is to be in 1870. The writer adds : — " I am not quite 

 sure of the time of day, as my watch had stopped, and my clock is not 

 to be depended upon. The shock occurred about half past three." (I 

 quote this sentence verbatim, to show how unreliable such casual state- 

 ments of the time of occurrence are for any purposes of accurate deter- 

 mination. With the most perfect good faith and honesty this gentle- 

 man tells us that he had neither watch nor clock to give him information 

 as to the time, and then without any qualification goes on to say the 

 shock occurred at half past three.) — Englishman, January 12th. 



Berhampore. — No great damage done; old cracks exhibited through 

 the skin of plaster which covered them, but there are no new cracks. 



Baraset, Barraclcpore, Isliapore. — Shocks felt at 4-30 p.m, very 

 marked, some arched doorways in the barracks cracked. Punkahs, 

 hanging-lamps, &c, were put in motion, and a few light articles upset; 

 direction from north-west to south-east, lasted 30 — 40 seconds. 



Calcutta. — The Honourable Justice Phear noticed the direction of 

 the wave-motion as indicated by the oscillation of the water in a tank 

 at his house close to Calcutta, and recorded it as from south-east by 

 east to north-west by west. 



Passing still further to west and north from Calcutta, the shock was 

 experienced at 



Raniganj. — Two distinct shocks were felt between 18 and 20 minutes 

 before 5 p.m. Shock severe, but no injury done. — [Executive Engineer?) 



Monghyr. — Some^ slight injury to the jail buildings. 



P#£^.— Sufficiently strong to set glass-doors rattling and a book-case 

 rocking. No sound was heard. 



Hazaribagh. — The earthquake was felt, but the shocks were not 

 violent. Doors that opeued to north and south were set swinging quickly 

 on their hinges, but not so those that opened east and west. The air pre- 

 viously to the earthquake was still and hazy, and the temperature was 

 slightly higher than usual. 



lore. — Very slight, between 4h. and 5h. p.m. No injury done. 



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