﻿NARRATIVE 
  ACCOUNTS. 
  

  

  I 
  I 
  

  

  are 
  visible. 
  In 
  other 
  places, 
  the 
  earth 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  first 
  opened 
  and 
  then 
  closed 
  

   again 
  with 
  great 
  pressure, 
  forcing 
  up 
  the 
  turf 
  along 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  cleavage 
  into 
  

   ridges, 
  thus 
  (Fig. 
  i). 
  

  

  " 
  In 
  other 
  places, 
  again, 
  large 
  pieces 
  of 
  turf 
  are 
  found 
  lying 
  on 
  the 
  grass 
  with 
  

   no 
  mark 
  or 
  sign 
  to 
  show 
  the 
  place 
  from 
  which 
  they 
  had 
  been 
  torn. 
  

  

  "(4) 
  Depressions 
  of 
  the 
  surface.— 
  Depressions 
  of 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  earth 
  are 
  

   only 
  a 
  few 
  inches 
  deep 
  and 
  apparently 
  of 
  small 
  area. 
  Their 
  edges 
  at 
  first 
  were 
  

   clearly 
  defined, 
  but 
  now 
  have 
  become 
  worn 
  down 
  by 
  the 
  weather 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  feet 
  

   of 
  men 
  and 
  animals. 
  Those 
  near 
  sloping 
  ground 
  are 
  due, 
  no 
  doubt, 
  to 
  the 
  

   slipping 
  of 
  the 
  earth 
  or 
  displacement 
  of 
  some 
  large 
  boulder 
  below, 
  but 
  others 
  

   occur 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  level 
  places, 
  and 
  indicate 
  perhaps 
  an 
  actual 
  

   subsidence 
  of 
  some 
  substratum 
  of 
  the 
  spur 
  itself. 
  

  

  " 
  Trees 
  have 
  not, 
  as 
  a 
  rule, 
  been 
  damaged, 
  except 
  on 
  steep 
  hill 
  sides 
  and 
  in 
  sandy 
  

   soil, 
  where 
  in 
  many 
  cases 
  the 
  earth 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  shaken 
  away 
  from 
  the 
  roots. 
  

  

  " 
  A 
  stone 
  on 
  the 
  parade 
  ground, 
  about 
  20 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter 
  and 
  10 
  inches 
  

   thick, 
  partly 
  imbedded 
  in 
  the 
  ground, 
  was 
  thrown 
  to 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  about 
  3 
  feet, 
  

   and 
  turned 
  upside 
  down. 
  A 
  cylindrical 
  metal 
  rain-gauge 
  on 
  the 
  Deputy 
  Com. 
  

   missioner's 
  lawn 
  was 
  also 
  similarly 
  displaced. 
  

  

  " 
  7. 
  All 
  buildings 
  in 
  Tura, 
  both 
  Government 
  and 
  private, 
  may 
  be 
  divided 
  into 
  

  

  four 
  classes 
  : 
  — 
  First. 
  — 
  Those 
  built 
  on 
  wooden 
  piles 
  from 
  

   Damage 
  to 
  houses, 
  etc. 
  iq 
  tQ 
  2o 
  jnches 
  |n 
  diameter) 
  driyen 
  seyeral 
  feet 
  into 
  the 
  

  

  ground 
  and 
  reaching 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  roof. 
  These 
  have 
  a 
  raised 
  board 
  floor, 
  mud 
  and 
  

   reed 
  walls 
  supported 
  by 
  timber 
  battens, 
  and 
  a 
  roof 
  of 
  thatch 
  or 
  corrugated 
  iron. 
  

   Of 
  this 
  class 
  are 
  the 
  houses 
  of 
  the 
  Deputy 
  Commissioner, 
  District 
  Superinten- 
  

   dent 
  of 
  Police, 
  Forest 
  Officer, 
  and 
  Sub-Engineer, 
  the 
  inspection 
  bungalow, 
  cut- 
  

   cherry, 
  and 
  the 
  houses 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  Baptist 
  Mission. 
  

  

  "The 
  houses 
  of 
  the 
  Deputy 
  Commissioner, 
  District 
  Superintendent 
  of 
  Police, 
  

   Forest 
  Officer, 
  and 
  Sub-Engineer 
  are 
  damaged 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  severely 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  

   fashion. 
  Several 
  posts 
  have 
  sunk 
  from 
  a 
  few 
  inches 
  to 
  a 
  foot 
  deeper 
  into 
  the 
  

   earth, 
  causing 
  the 
  floor 
  to 
  buckle 
  and 
  the 
  roof 
  to 
  sag. 
  Many, 
  too, 
  are 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  perpendicular. 
  At 
  the 
  point 
  

   each 
  post 
  enters 
  the 
  ground, 
  a 
  

   cup-shaped 
  depression, 
  from 
  

   one 
  to 
  six 
  inches 
  in 
  depth 
  and 
  

   diameter, 
  has 
  been 
  worn 
  round 
  

   it 
  thus 
  (t* 
  ig. 
  2) 
  as 
  though 
  the 
  

   post 
  had 
  been 
  given 
  a 
  circular 
  

   movement 
  : 
  

  

  " 
  Many 
  of 
  the 
  timber 
  bat- 
  

   tens 
  supporting 
  the 
  walls 
  have 
  

   been 
  wrenched 
  loose, 
  most 
  of 
  

   the 
  plaster 
  has 
  fallen, 
  and, 
  where 
  old 
  and 
  rotten, 
  the 
  reeds 
  have 
  come 
  down 
  

   with 
  it. 
  The 
  bungalows 
  of 
  the 
  Deputy 
  Commissioner 
  and 
  District 
  Super- 
  

  

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