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  OLDHAM 
  : 
  GREAT 
  EARTHQUAKE 
  OF 
  I 
  $97. 
  

  

  reports 
  that 
  he 
  noted 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  commencement 
  of 
  the 
  shock 
  as 
  

   nearly 
  as 
  possible 
  i6h. 
  30m., 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  being 
  noted 
  in 
  

   the 
  Lucknow 
  telegraph 
  office 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  Dilkusha 
  office. 
  The 
  town*, 
  

   clock 
  in 
  the 
  People's 
  Park 
  stopped 
  at 
  16-30. 
  

  

  Bareilly. 
  — 
  Oudh 
  and 
  Rohilktrnd 
  Railway* 
  a 
  junction 
  station 
  : 
  

   commenced 
  16-30, 
  ended 
  16-33. 
  This 
  is 
  evidently 
  a 
  mere 
  approximat- 
  

   ion. 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  L. 
  Bickers 
  told 
  me 
  that 
  he 
  observed 
  it, 
  commenced 
  16-32, 
  

   ended 
  16-35. 
  The 
  Telegraph 
  department 
  return 
  gives 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  

   commencement 
  as 
  16-33. 
  

  

  Hoshangabad. 
  — 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  G. 
  White, 
  Executive 
  Engineer, 
  gives 
  

   the 
  time 
  of 
  commencement, 
  which 
  was 
  noted 
  on 
  the 
  spot, 
  as 
  4^35 
  P. 
  M.,, 
  

   railway 
  time. 
  

  

  Gwalior. 
  — 
  The 
  Telegraph 
  Master 
  reports 
  commenced 
  16-32, 
  ended 
  

   16-34 
  ; 
  the 
  times 
  were 
  noted 
  in 
  the 
  log-book. 
  

  

  Ghaziabad. 
  — 
  East 
  Indian 
  Railway, 
  a 
  junction 
  station 
  : 
  commenced 
  

   16-32 
  ended 
  16-35. 
  This 
  time 
  is 
  said 
  by 
  the 
  Station 
  Master 
  to 
  be 
  

   'correct 
  to 
  a 
  second, 
  the 
  times 
  were 
  tested 
  by 
  the 
  office 
  clock 
  imme-. 
  

   diately 
  the 
  two 
  shocks 
  were 
  felt.' 
  

  

  Delhi. 
  — 
  East 
  Indian 
  Railway, 
  an 
  important 
  station 
  : 
  commenced 
  

   16-30, 
  ended 
  16-33 
  5 
  the 
  Telegraph 
  Master 
  reports 
  commenced 
  16-30. 
  

  

  These 
  are 
  evidently 
  approximations, 
  being 
  the 
  nearest 
  half-hour.. 
  

  

  Kotah.— 
  Captain 
  W. 
  Stratton, 
  Political 
  Agent, 
  reports 
  that 
  the 
  

   shock 
  was 
  felt 
  at 
  4-29 
  P.M., 
  railway 
  time, 
  which 
  is 
  telegraphed 
  daily 
  

   to 
  Kotah, 
  and 
  was 
  carefully 
  taken. 
  It 
  is 
  evident, 
  however, 
  that 
  this 
  

   time 
  is 
  some 
  minutes 
  too 
  soon. 
  

  

  Jaipur 
  (Rajputana).— 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  R. 
  Irwin, 
  Resident, 
  writes 
  : 
  u 
  By 
  my 
  

   watch, 
  which 
  I 
  believe 
  was 
  at 
  least 
  approximately 
  right 
  by 
  Railway 
  

   time, 
  the 
  earthquake 
  was 
  felt 
  about 
  4-34 
  P. 
  M." 
  The 
  Meteorological 
  

   Observer 
  noted 
  the 
  time 
  as 
  16-38 
  by 
  his 
  clock, 
  which 
  is 
  compared 
  

   weekly 
  with 
  the 
  Railway 
  station 
  clock. 
  

  

  Anand. 
  — 
  Bombay, 
  Baroda 
  and 
  Central 
  India 
  Railway 
  : 
  commenced 
  

   16-35, 
  ended 
  16-36. 
  

  

  Dabhoda. 
  — 
  Ahmedabad 
  and 
  Parantij 
  Railway 
  : 
  commenced 
  '16-34,. 
  

   ended 
  16-34 
  12s. 
  

   ( 
  6*5 
  ) 
  

  

  