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  OLDHAM 
  : 
  GREAT 
  EARTHQUAKE 
  OF 
  1897. 
  

  

  quake 
  could 
  be 
  felt, 
  Mr. 
  Moos, 
  Director 
  of 
  the 
  Government 
  Observ- 
  

   atory, 
  Bombay, 
  was 
  fortunately 
  engaged 
  on 
  the 
  diurnal 
  readings 
  of 
  

   the 
  magnetic 
  instruments, 
  and 
  observed 
  the 
  declination 
  needle 
  to 
  

   swing 
  slowly 
  to 
  and 
  fro. 
  No 
  special 
  estimate 
  was 
  made 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  

   of 
  the 
  extent 
  or 
  rate, 
  but 
  Mr. 
  Moos 
  considers 
  that 
  the 
  lateral 
  

   movement 
  cannot 
  have 
  been 
  far 
  from 
  y 
  1 
  ^ 
  of 
  an 
  inch. 
  As 
  the 
  length 
  

   of 
  the 
  suspension 
  is 
  about 
  12 
  inches, 
  this 
  gives 
  an 
  angular 
  oscil- 
  

   lation 
  of 
  about 
  30' 
  of 
  arc, 
  an 
  estimate 
  which 
  is 
  doubtless 
  a 
  maximum 
  

   value. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  north 
  we 
  have 
  the 
  account 
  of 
  Colonel 
  Wylie, 
  C.S.L, 
  

   Resident 
  in 
  Nepal, 
  who 
  writes 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  shock 
  was 
  felt 
  distinctly 
  at 
  Katmandu 
  at 
  about 
  4-35 
  p.m. 
  It 
  lasted 
  

   some 
  five 
  minutes, 
  and 
  was 
  of 
  a 
  double 
  nature, 
  i.e., 
  the 
  first 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  shock 
  

   was 
  apparently 
  from 
  north 
  to 
  south. 
  There 
  was 
  then 
  a 
  pause 
  of 
  a 
  few 
  seconds, 
  

   and 
  the 
  next 
  motion 
  seemed 
  to 
  be 
  from 
  east 
  to 
  west. 
  It 
  was 
  sufficiently 
  violent 
  

   to 
  cause 
  a 
  feeling 
  of 
  nausea 
  and 
  faintness, 
  making 
  men 
  sit 
  down 
  on 
  the 
  ground, 
  

   and 
  to 
  induce 
  nearly 
  every 
  one 
  to 
  quit 
  their 
  houses. 
  In 
  the 
  Residency 
  grounds, 
  

   are 
  many 
  tall 
  pine 
  trees, 
  and 
  these 
  oscillated 
  violently 
  as 
  if 
  they 
  were 
  reeds 
  ; 
  I 
  

   have 
  never 
  seen 
  anything 
  of 
  the 
  kind 
  before. 
  At 
  the 
  same 
  time, 
  I 
  could 
  dis»- 
  

   tinctly 
  hear 
  the 
  roar 
  of 
  terror 
  rising 
  from 
  the 
  city, 
  which 
  is 
  about 
  a 
  mile 
  off. 
  " 
  

  

  The 
  Nepalese 
  Representative 
  at 
  Lhassa 
  reported 
  to 
  his 
  durbar 
  

   that 
  a 
  severe 
  shock 
  of 
  earthquake 
  was 
  felt 
  there 
  at 
  5-25 
  P.M. 
  on 
  the 
  

   1 
  2th 
  June, 
  that 
  it 
  came 
  from 
  the 
  south 
  and 
  lasted 
  about 
  8 
  minutes^ 
  

   In 
  this 
  report 
  no 
  mention 
  is 
  made 
  of 
  any 
  damage 
  to 
  buildings, 
  but 
  

   Mr. 
  H, 
  G. 
  Hobson, 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Customs 
  at 
  Yatung, 
  specially 
  

   mentions 
  that 
  no 
  damage 
  was 
  done 
  at 
  Lhassa. 
  

  

  Yatung 
  itself 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  felt 
  the 
  shock 
  pretty 
  severely, 
  as 
  

   may 
  be 
  judged 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Hobson's 
  report. 
  

  

  •' 
  Little 
  damage 
  was 
  done 
  at 
  Yatung, 
  where 
  the 
  few 
  houses 
  are 
  of 
  wood, 
  with 
  

   end 
  walls 
  of 
  rough 
  stone 
  cemented 
  together 
  with 
  mud. 
  Two 
  of 
  these 
  end 
  walls, 
  

   fell 
  outward, 
  i.e., 
  to 
  the 
  N. 
  and 
  E., 
  others 
  were 
  cracked. 
  

  

  " 
  Indoors, 
  articles 
  such 
  as 
  bottles, 
  lamps, 
  etc, 
  standing 
  on 
  shelves, 
  fell 
  over 
  to, 
  

   the 
  N.-E. 
  A 
  pendulum 
  clock, 
  on 
  a 
  bracket 
  facing 
  about 
  N.- 
  N.-E. 
  -and 
  S.-S.-W. 
  

   did 
  not 
  stop. 
  

  

  u 
  A 
  flag 
  pole 
  was 
  noticed 
  to 
  oscillate 
  violently 
  in 
  an 
  almost 
  N.-E. 
  to 
  S.-W. 
  

   direction. 
  

  

  "There 
  were 
  minor 
  shocks 
  during 
  the 
  night 
  of 
  the 
  12th 
  and 
  on 
  several 
  days, 
  

   following, 
  but 
  they 
  caused 
  no 
  damage. 
  

  

  •' 
  Damage 
  sustained 
  in 
  the 
  neighbourhood 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  "1. 
  At 
  Langrang, 
  situated 
  halfway 
  between 
  this 
  and 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  Jalep 
  

  

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