1843.] Memoir on Ihdian Earthquakes, # 1045* 



And at ditto Hazary, Harry Singh's house and a brick building 

 of Shere Zaman Khan's came down, and the Khan was hurt by the fall 

 of his : and tjiere opened a cavity like a ditch of 200 cubits in length, 

 which filled with water. 



At Howla, the house of Shiam Ram, tax-gatherer, broke down, and 

 his whole enclosure was torn up, and in most places his house and fish- 

 ponds were filled with sand banks: even now the whole spot is two 

 cubits under water. 



And, at Dahrampoor, the house of Santeeram, the Cannoongoey's 

 writer, entirely fell down. 



The Katwall of Islamabad (Chittagong,) informed us with his own 

 mouth, that in a place called Baramcharah, the water was up to a 

 man's waist, and the people there have betaken themselves to flight 

 through fear of perishing : no living creature but the cattle remaining. 



And in the house of Santeeram Cannoongoey of Islamabad, a brick- 

 ed room was ruined, and one of his brethren, named Rajah Ram, was 

 killed by the fall of the bricks. 



And the house of Nandaram coming down in the same manner, a 

 son of his was knocked on the head. 



And to the westward of Kadr Katcheah, a large hill, called Kad- 

 daleah, very near Karn Phooly, was rent, and it stopped up the passage 

 for boats in and out of that river. And at Bajabeah, Sangetty and 

 ditto Hazary, creeks were closed up by banks of sand rising from their 

 bottom. And at Gandarah Jowar, about three doon of land belonging 

 to Mahommed Alii Chowdry, rent, and was swallowed up, and the 

 passage in and out his house also cleaving asunder, the water rose up, 

 and has flowed all round the house. 



Moreover, the factory house, a strong building in the fort of Islama- 

 bad cracked from top to bottom and tumbled down, and an apartment 

 newly built was also rent. 



And to the eastward, a large pond of Belah Khan, became a deep 

 gulf: and to the east also of Aghy Gunge, belonging to the city of 

 Islamabad, the ground in different places clave asunder, water rising 

 up as from so many springs. 



And at Chehpayttlee, about 12 katy of land, belonging to Sajur 

 Chowdry, was overflowed, and rendered unfit for tillage. 



And from letter of Chehtarnarayn, surveyor of the lands, we learn, 

 that the north side of the Chacklah Sowabeel, just by Haldah river, 

 broke down, and is swallowed up by the river, and also four people 

 were overwhelmed in its ruins. 



And Mr. Griffith's brick house (in Islamabad) has been cracked, 

 also the house and walls of Juan de Baris, a Portuguese here. 



And from Nahal Charah there is news, that greater part of the 

 ground of that island clave asunder, and is swallowed up by the waters, 

 and hundreds of people perished with it. Besides this, the state of 

 that island will be known to you from a Bengal account. 



From the Jooms, whose country is about four days off from Islama- 



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