﻿NARRATIVE 
  ACCOUNTS. 
  13 
  

  

  have 
  collapsed, 
  owing 
  either 
  to 
  their 
  original 
  ricketty 
  condition, 
  or 
  to 
  the 
  ground 
  

   having 
  fallen 
  away 
  under 
  them. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  fourth 
  class 
  consists 
  of 
  the 
  Garo's 
  houses 
  with 
  a 
  raised 
  floor 
  and 
  built 
  

   entirely 
  of 
  wood, 
  bamboo, 
  cane, 
  and 
  thatch. 
  

  

  " 
  These 
  houses, 
  when 
  on 
  level 
  ground 
  and 
  in 
  fairly 
  good 
  repair, 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  

   at 
  all 
  affected 
  by 
  the 
  shaking. 
  Unfortunately, 
  many 
  of 
  them 
  were 
  built 
  (in 
  a 
  hilly 
  

   district 
  like 
  this) 
  on 
  steep 
  hillsides, 
  or 
  st 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  cliffs, 
  and 
  numbers 
  of 
  them 
  

   have 
  been 
  destroyed 
  by 
  landslips, 
  In 
  all 
  the 
  houses 
  in 
  the 
  station, 
  furniture 
  was 
  

   thrown 
  about 
  in 
  great 
  confusion, 
  pictures 
  fell, 
  the 
  pendulums 
  of 
  clocks 
  were 
  

   shaken 
  off, 
  chairs 
  and 
  tables 
  shifted 
  about 
  like 
  grains 
  of 
  rice 
  in 
  a 
  winnowing 
  

   basket. 
  Almirahs 
  and 
  book 
  cases 
  were 
  overturned 
  ; 
  in 
  short, 
  no 
  moveable 
  

   article, 
  however 
  big 
  and 
  heavy, 
  was 
  left 
  in 
  its 
  original 
  place. 
  

  

  " 
  8. 
  The 
  station 
  roads 
  and 
  bridges 
  had 
  been 
  badly 
  damaged 
  ; 
  that 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  Station 
  roads 
  and 
  bridges. 
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  runnin 
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  tbe 
  Dis,rict 
  Superintendent 
  of 
  

   Police's 
  house, 
  marked 
  A 
  B 
  C 
  in 
  the 
  map, 
  has 
  slipped 
  

   away 
  altogether, 
  and 
  the 
  path 
  from 
  the 
  jail 
  to 
  the 
  point 
  marked 
  D 
  is 
  covered 
  

   by 
  a 
  landslip. 
  The 
  stone 
  abutments 
  of 
  the 
  bridges 
  over 
  the 
  Ronkon 
  and 
  th 
  t 
  

   Mafilkol 
  have 
  been 
  shaken 
  down, 
  but 
  the 
  bridge 
  over 
  the 
  Rengri 
  has 
  escaped 
  

   untouched. 
  

  

  "To 
  sum 
  up. 
  The 
  damage 
  done 
  by 
  the 
  earthquake 
  has 
  been 
  greater 
  on 
  the 
  

   southern 
  than 
  on 
  the 
  northern 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  spurs, 
  while 
  it 
  is 
  also 
  most 
  noticeable 
  

   on 
  the 
  southern 
  spurs, 
  decreasing 
  gradually 
  towards 
  the 
  north. 
  The 
  small 
  collec- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  houses 
  near 
  the 
  mission 
  compound, 
  marked 
  Chandmari 
  in 
  the 
  map, 
  show.\ 
  

   no 
  signs 
  of 
  any 
  disturbance, 
  nor 
  do 
  the 
  bridle-paths 
  to 
  Rongrenggiri 
  a«d 
  

   Salmara 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  3 
  miles 
  from 
  Tura. 
  On 
  the 
  other 
  hand, 
  the 
  cart-roads 
  to 
  

   Dalu 
  and 
  Mankachar 
  are 
  blocked 
  with 
  landslips 
  right 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  station. 
  

  

  PART 
  II.— 
  THE 
  DISTRICT. 
  

  

  " 
  9. 
  Owing 
  to 
  the 
  difficulties 
  and 
  the 
  deficiencies 
  in 
  the 
  means 
  of 
  comiu^r-ica. 
  

   tion 
  in 
  this 
  district, 
  full 
  reports 
  of 
  the 
  damage 
  done 
  have 
  not 
  yet 
  been 
  received 
  

   from 
  all 
  sides. 
  

  

  '* 
  In 
  the 
  plains 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  district 
  deep 
  cracks 
  and 
  crater-like 
  pits 
  appeared 
  

  

  in 
  the 
  ground 
  ; 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  cracks 
  is 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  a 
  mile 
  

  

  Damage 
  in 
  the 
  plains. 
  long, 
  2 
  or 
  3 
  feet 
  wide, 
  and 
  16 
  feet 
  deep. 
  The 
  pits 
  

  

  average 
  abort 
  6 
  feet 
  in 
  diameter, 
  though 
  one 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  

  

  be 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  40 
  feet 
  across. 
  Through 
  these 
  fissures, 
  jets 
  of 
  sand 
  and 
  

  

  water 
  were 
  thrown 
  up 
  to 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  6 
  or 
  7 
  feet, 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  cases 
  accompanied 
  by 
  

  

  pieces 
  of 
  coal, 
  peat, 
  resin, 
  masses 
  of 
  semipetrified 
  timber, 
  and 
  a 
  black 
  earth 
  

  

  hitherto 
  unknown 
  in 
  those 
  localities. 
  The 
  bed 
  of 
  the 
  Garal 
  was 
  upheaved 
  20 
  feet, 
  

  

  and 
  so 
  was 
  the 
  bed 
  of 
  the 
  Jinjiram, 
  but 
  not 
  so 
  much. 
  Both 
  have 
  since 
  settled 
  

  

  down 
  again, 
  though 
  not 
  to 
  their 
  normal 
  level. 
  

  

  " 
  Many 
  houses 
  sank 
  into 
  the 
  grcund 
  bodily, 
  the 
  roof 
  alone 
  being 
  visible, 
  but 
  

   no 
  loss 
  of 
  life 
  has 
  yet 
  been 
  reported. 
  Several 
  villages 
  were, 
  and 
  still 
  are, 
  partly 
  

   submerged, 
  and 
  some 
  thousands 
  of 
  bighas 
  of 
  cultivated 
  land 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  

  

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