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  OLDHAM: 
  GREAT 
  EARTHQUAKE 
  OF 
  1897. 
  

  

  detailed 
  notice 
  and 
  the 
  most 
  prominent 
  of 
  these 
  is 
  the 
  detached 
  area 
  

   about 
  Baroda 
  and 
  Ahmadabad. 
  The 
  Collector 
  of 
  Ahmadabad 
  reports 
  

   that 
  he 
  did 
  not 
  experience 
  the 
  shock 
  himself, 
  and 
  that 
  though 
  it 
  was 
  

   reported 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  felt, 
  he 
  does 
  not 
  think 
  that 
  one 
  person 
  in 
  

   a 
  thousand 
  noticed 
  anything. 
  Even 
  this 
  small 
  proportion 
  is, 
  how- 
  

   ever, 
  probably 
  larger 
  than 
  that 
  which 
  noticed 
  the 
  shock 
  over 
  a 
  large 
  

   area 
  to 
  the 
  east, 
  and 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  separate 
  accounts 
  which 
  mention 
  

   the 
  shock 
  as 
  having 
  been 
  felt 
  in 
  the 
  Ahmadabad 
  district 
  and 
  Baroda 
  

   territory, 
  though 
  accompanied 
  by 
  a 
  larger 
  number 
  which 
  report 
  that 
  

   nothing 
  was 
  felt, 
  leave 
  no 
  doubt 
  that 
  the 
  shock 
  was 
  just 
  sensible 
  on 
  

   the 
  alluvial 
  tract 
  bordering 
  the 
  western 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  peninsular 
  rock 
  

   area. 
  

  

  Further 
  east 
  we 
  find 
  the 
  same 
  thing. 
  In 
  the 
  alluvial 
  area 
  of 
  the 
  

   Narbada 
  Valley 
  the 
  shock 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  pretty 
  generally 
  

   felt, 
  though 
  only 
  by 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  inhabitants, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  western 
  

   end 
  it 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  noticeably 
  more 
  feeble 
  than 
  at 
  the 
  eastern. 
  

   North 
  of 
  the 
  Narbada 
  alluvium 
  the 
  shock 
  was 
  much 
  less 
  noticeable. 
  

   The 
  accounts 
  received 
  from 
  Sehore 
  in 
  Bhopal 
  and 
  from 
  Piploda 
  have 
  

   been 
  given 
  on 
  page 
  37. 
  At 
  Nimaeh 
  the 
  shock 
  was 
  not 
  felt 
  by 
  anyone 
  

   in 
  cantonments, 
  but 
  the 
  Subah, 
  whose 
  house 
  is 
  situated 
  on 
  high 
  

   ground 
  overlooking 
  the 
  city, 
  some 
  2 
  miles 
  from 
  cantonments, 
  reports 
  

   that 
  the 
  shock 
  was 
  felt 
  by 
  him 
  and 
  caused 
  the 
  door-chains 
  to 
  clank 
  

   and 
  the 
  tiles 
  to 
  rattle 
  on 
  the 
  roof. 
  The 
  Station 
  Master 
  at 
  Raoti, 
  17 
  

   miles 
  west 
  of 
  Ratlam, 
  reports 
  that 
  the 
  shock 
  was 
  felt 
  there, 
  but 
  all 
  

   other 
  places, 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  of 
  those 
  just 
  mentioned, 
  report 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  

   not 
  felt; 
  the 
  only 
  exception 
  being 
  Mount 
  Abu 
  where 
  the 
  shock 
  

   appears 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  felt 
  by 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  persons. 
  

  

  One 
  more 
  instance 
  of 
  the 
  local 
  appearance 
  of 
  the 
  earthquake 
  as 
  a 
  

   sensible 
  shock 
  must 
  be 
  noticed 
  in 
  this 
  western 
  region. 
  I 
  have 
  a 
  

   complete 
  series 
  of 
  reports 
  from 
  the 
  the 
  Station 
  Masters 
  on 
  the 
  line 
  

   from 
  Jabalpur 
  to 
  Bombay. 
  From 
  Jabalpur 
  to 
  Seoni 
  they 
  all, 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  

   exceptions, 
  report 
  the 
  shock 
  as 
  having 
  been 
  felt; 
  from 
  Seoni, 
  which 
  is 
  

   still 
  on 
  the 
  Narbada 
  alluvium, 
  to 
  Bombay, 
  every 
  Station 
  Master 
  reports 
  

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