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  troB, 
  rising 
  about 
  1 
  inch 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  tub, 
  about 
  2 
  feet 
  

   6 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter. 
  Quarter 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  away 
  Mr. 
  Aslett, 
  also 
  an 
  

   Engineer 
  in 
  the 
  employ 
  of 
  the 
  East 
  India 
  Railway 
  Company, 
  noticed 
  

   a 
  series 
  of 
  easily 
  distinguishable 
  waves 
  crossing 
  his 
  compound 
  from 
  

   south 
  south-west 
  to 
  north 
  north-east. 
  The 
  crests 
  were 
  about 
  30 
  to 
  

   50 
  feet 
  apart. 
  

  

  Further 
  west, 
  the 
  reports 
  from 
  more 
  than 
  one 
  place 
  mention- 
  

   that 
  no 
  shock 
  was 
  felt, 
  but 
  that 
  an 
  agitation 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  in 
  wells 
  and 
  

   tanks 
  was 
  observed. 
  

  

  From 
  Sehor 
  in 
  Bhopal, 
  I 
  have 
  an 
  account 
  by 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  de 
  St. 
  

   Dalmas, 
  of 
  the 
  Friends 
  Mission, 
  who 
  writes 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  " 
  We 
  were 
  not 
  conscious 
  of 
  the 
  shock 
  by 
  any 
  personal 
  sensation, 
  and 
  the 
  only 
  

   thing 
  observable 
  was 
  the 
  violent 
  shaking 
  of 
  a 
  door 
  in 
  the 
  north 
  wall 
  of 
  the 
  bunga- 
  

   low 
  at 
  the 
  north-east 
  corner, 
  noticed 
  by 
  myself, 
  and 
  a 
  similar 
  vibration 
  of 
  a 
  heavy 
  

   almirah 
  in 
  the 
  adjoining 
  room, 
  noticed 
  by 
  my 
  wife. 
  We 
  simultaneously 
  called 
  to 
  

   one 
  another 
  to 
  notice 
  the 
  phenomenon, 
  which 
  we 
  could 
  attribute 
  to 
  nothing 
  else 
  

   but 
  an 
  earthquake. 
  The 
  vibration 
  continued 
  probably 
  for 
  about 
  two 
  minutes. 
  

   I 
  may 
  remark 
  that 
  the 
  door, 
  which 
  was 
  closed, 
  and 
  the 
  almirah 
  were 
  both 
  in 
  the 
  

   same 
  line 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  north-east 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  house, 
  the 
  door 
  facing 
  north. 
  " 
  

  

  Further 
  west, 
  the 
  shock 
  was 
  felt 
  by 
  the 
  Thakur 
  of 
  Piploda 
  (12 
  miles 
  

   west 
  of 
  Jaora 
  Railway 
  Station) 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  story 
  of 
  his 
  house. 
  He 
  

   was 
  sitting 
  at 
  the 
  time, 
  and 
  his 
  body 
  oscillated 
  from 
  side 
  to 
  side, 
  while 
  

   chandeliers 
  hanging 
  from 
  the 
  ceiling 
  swung 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  direction. 
  

  

  At 
  Khandwa, 
  the 
  shock 
  does 
  not 
  seem 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  actually 
  felt 
  

   by 
  any 
  one, 
  but 
  a 
  hanging 
  lamp 
  was 
  observed 
  to 
  oscillate. 
  

  

  Something 
  similar 
  appears 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  noticed 
  in 
  Bangalore 
  by 
  

   the 
  Dewan 
  of 
  Mysore, 
  who 
  has 
  communicated 
  his 
  account 
  through 
  

   Dr. 
  J. 
  Evans 
  ; 
  from 
  this 
  it 
  appears 
  that 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  the 
  Dewan 
  was 
  

   engaged 
  in 
  a 
  private 
  interview 
  on 
  matters 
  of 
  State, 
  and 
  that 
  he 
  

   noticed 
  the 
  door 
  moving 
  backwards 
  and 
  forwards 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  latch 
  

   would 
  permit, 
  just 
  as 
  if 
  some 
  person 
  were 
  at 
  the 
  door. 
  He 
  went- 
  

   to 
  the 
  door 
  and 
  opened 
  it, 
  but 
  found 
  no 
  one 
  near. 
  The 
  exact 
  time 
  

   was 
  unfortunately 
  not 
  noticed, 
  but 
  it 
  was 
  about 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  earth* 
  

   quake, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  reasonable 
  to 
  attribute 
  the 
  unusual 
  and 
  otherwise, 
  

   unaccountable 
  movement 
  of 
  the 
  door 
  to 
  this. 
  

  

  At 
  Bombay, 
  also 
  well 
  outside 
  the 
  area 
  within 
  which 
  the 
  earth- 
  

  

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