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  OLDHAM: 
  GREAT 
  EARTHQUAKE 
  OF 
  1897. 
  

  

  Naihati.— 
  Eastern 
  Bengal 
  State 
  Railway, 
  a 
  junction 
  : 
  commenced 
  

   16-28, 
  ended 
  16-31. 
  

  

  Chittagong. 
  — 
  From 
  this 
  place 
  I 
  have 
  received 
  two 
  reports 
  through 
  

  

  the 
  Telegraph 
  Department 
  which 
  approximately 
  fix 
  the 
  time 
  at 
  

  

  which 
  the 
  earthquake 
  reached 
  that 
  place. 
  In 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  these 
  the 
  

  

  Telegraph 
  Master 
  writes 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  " 
  An 
  entry 
  by 
  Sign. 
  F. 
  S. 
  DeSouza 
  in 
  the 
  Log 
  Book 
  of 
  the 
  Ca 
  34 
  instrument 
  

   reads 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  ' 
  16-27 
  severe 
  shock 
  of 
  earthquake.' 
  Sign. 
  DeSouza 
  says 
  he 
  

   made 
  this 
  entry 
  at 
  the 
  moment 
  the 
  shock 
  occurred 
  and 
  then 
  ran 
  out." 
  

  

  The 
  second 
  is 
  the 
  account 
  of 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  W. 
  Thurlow, 
  Sub-Assistant 
  

   Superintendent 
  of 
  Telegraphs 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  We 
  all 
  experienced 
  a 
  shock. 
  This 
  being 
  immediately 
  followed 
  by 
  a 
  second- 
  

   I 
  drew 
  my 
  watch 
  and 
  noted 
  the 
  time, 
  viz., 
  5I1. 
  13m. 
  4s, 
  * 
  * 
  these 
  shocks 
  did 
  not 
  

   end 
  gradually 
  but 
  abruptly, 
  at 
  5h. 
  16m. 
  25s. 
  * 
  * 
  I 
  hurried 
  into 
  the 
  office 
  * 
  * 
  

   and 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  compared 
  my 
  watch 
  with 
  the 
  office 
  clock, 
  allowing 
  46 
  mts. 
  as 
  

   difference 
  between 
  Madras 
  and 
  local 
  time. 
  I 
  found 
  I 
  was 
  1 
  mte. 
  slow, 
  so 
  that 
  

   the 
  actual 
  time 
  of 
  occurrence 
  of 
  the 
  earthquake 
  at 
  Chittagong 
  was 
  5I1. 
  14m. 
  I 
  

   allowed 
  the 
  4 
  seconds 
  for 
  not 
  at 
  once 
  taking 
  out 
  my 
  watch 
  on 
  the 
  first 
  shock, 
  but 
  

   I 
  really 
  do 
  not 
  think 
  I 
  was 
  later 
  than 
  4 
  seconds. 
  

  

  Chittagong 
  local 
  time 
  is 
  46 
  minutes 
  in 
  advance 
  of 
  Madras, 
  

   according 
  to 
  the 
  Telegraph 
  Guide; 
  5I1. 
  14m. 
  P. 
  M, 
  corresponds, 
  there- 
  

   fore, 
  to 
  i6h. 
  28m. 
  Madras 
  time. 
  A 
  mean 
  of 
  these 
  two 
  observations 
  

   gives 
  i6h. 
  27 
  Jm. 
  as 
  the 
  probable 
  time. 
  

  

  Khana. 
  — 
  East 
  Indian 
  Railway, 
  a 
  junction 
  : 
  commenced 
  16-26, 
  

   ended 
  16-33. 
  

   On 
  the 
  westerly 
  line 
  we 
  have 
  — 
  

  

  Saraghat. 
  — 
  Eastern 
  Bengal 
  State 
  Railway, 
  terminus 
  of 
  metre- 
  

   gauge: 
  commenced 
  16-28, 
  ended 
  16-284. 
  

  

  Damukdea. 
  — 
  Eastern 
  Bengal 
  State 
  Railway 
  terminus 
  of 
  broad- 
  

   gauge: 
  commenced 
  16-27, 
  ended 
  16-32. 
  

  

  Luckeeserai.— 
  East 
  Indian 
  Railway, 
  a 
  junction 
  : 
  commenced 
  16-29, 
  

   ended 
  16-34. 
  

  

  Giridih.— 
  A 
  terminal 
  station 
  : 
  commenced 
  16-28, 
  ended 
  16-32. 
  

  

  Gaya. 
  — 
  East 
  Indian 
  Railway, 
  a 
  terminus 
  : 
  commenced 
  16-29, 
  ended 
  

  

  16-33. 
  

  

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