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  OLDHAM: 
  GREAT 
  EARTHQUAKE 
  CP 
  1897. 
  

  

  tomb, 
  while 
  10 
  inches 
  would 
  represent 
  the 
  range 
  of 
  movement, 
  less 
  

   any 
  easterly 
  shifting 
  of 
  the 
  eastern 
  tomb 
  which 
  may 
  have 
  taken 
  

   place. 
  

  

  Whatever 
  the 
  interpretation 
  may 
  be 
  in 
  detail, 
  it 
  is 
  clear 
  that 
  the 
  

   extreme 
  range 
  of 
  motion 
  cannot 
  have 
  been 
  less 
  than 
  10 
  inches, 
  may 
  

   have 
  been 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  iS 
  inches, 
  and 
  was 
  probably 
  about 
  14 
  inches; 
  

   the 
  amplitude, 
  or 
  range 
  of 
  wave 
  particle 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  its 
  original 
  

   position, 
  being 
  half 
  these 
  amounts. 
  

  

  Large 
  as 
  the 
  amplitude 
  appears 
  there 
  can 
  be 
  no 
  room 
  for 
  doubting 
  

   its 
  correctness, 
  but 
  this 
  probably 
  does 
  not 
  represent 
  the 
  normal 
  ampli- 
  

   tude. 
  The 
  cemetery 
  at 
  Cherrapunji 
  is 
  situated 
  near 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  a 
  

   high 
  sandstone 
  scarp, 
  and 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  this 
  free 
  surface 
  would 
  

   lead 
  to 
  a 
  locally 
  greater 
  amplitude 
  than 
  what 
  prevailed 
  in 
  these 
  hills 
  

   generally. 
  In 
  a 
  somewhat 
  similar 
  position, 
  on 
  the 
  Balpakra*m 
  plateau 
  

   in 
  the 
  Garo 
  Hills 
  district, 
  I 
  found 
  vacancies 
  separating 
  the 
  soil 
  from 
  

   the 
  larger 
  rocks, 
  against 
  which 
  it 
  lay, 
  that 
  indicated 
  quite 
  as 
  large 
  

   a 
  range 
  of 
  motion. 
  

  

  At 
  Tura 
  I 
  obtained 
  some 
  direct 
  evidence 
  indicating 
  the 
  range 
  

   of 
  motion. 
  The 
  house 
  occupied 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Dring, 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  

   Baptist 
  Mission, 
  is 
  a 
  wooden 
  frame 
  house 
  resting 
  on 
  wooden 
  posts, 
  

   which 
  are 
  not 
  continued 
  into 
  the 
  frame 
  of 
  the 
  house. 
  After 
  the 
  

   earthquake, 
  Mr. 
  Dring 
  noticed 
  that 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  posts 
  had 
  rocked 
  

   in 
  the 
  ground 
  with 
  the 
  movement 
  of 
  the 
  house, 
  but 
  others 
  had 
  stood 
  

   firm 
  and 
  the 
  framework 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  had 
  slid 
  over 
  their 
  top. 
  The 
  

   extent 
  of 
  this 
  movement, 
  as 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  marks 
  on 
  the 
  under 
  side 
  

   of 
  the 
  frame, 
  was 
  5 
  inches 
  away 
  from 
  the 
  post, 
  or 
  a 
  total 
  range 
  of 
  

   10 
  inches. 
  Another 
  wooden 
  house, 
  also 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  Mission 
  

   but 
  built 
  with 
  posts 
  sunk 
  into 
  the 
  ground, 
  had 
  a 
  wooden 
  flight 
  of 
  steps 
  

   leading 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  ground; 
  after 
  the 
  earthquake 
  it 
  was 
  noticed 
  that 
  

   their 
  lower 
  end 
  had 
  been 
  thrust 
  out 
  about 
  5 
  inches 
  from 
  its 
  original 
  and 
  

   final 
  position. 
  Assuming, 
  as 
  is 
  fair 
  to 
  do, 
  that 
  there 
  had 
  been 
  an 
  equal 
  

   displacement 
  in 
  the 
  opposite 
  direction, 
  where 
  its 
  traces 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  

  

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