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  OLDHAM: 
  GREAT 
  EARTHQUAKE 
  OF 
  1897. 
  

  

  have 
  opened 
  in 
  the 
  Bihar 
  cutchery 
  compound. 
  In 
  the 
  Santa! 
  

   Parganas 
  they 
  were 
  formed 
  near 
  Deogarh 
  and 
  Godda. 
  Stray 
  

   fissures 
  are 
  reported 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  formed 
  in 
  the 
  Bardwan, 
  Bankura, 
  

   Birbhum, 
  and 
  Midnapur 
  districts, 
  but 
  none 
  in 
  Hugh 
  or 
  Hovvrah. 
  

  

  Fissures 
  and 
  vents 
  are 
  also 
  reported 
  from 
  the 
  Murshidabad, 
  Nadiya, 
  

   Jessor 
  districts, 
  none 
  were 
  formed 
  in 
  Faridpur 
  or 
  Bakarganj, 
  or 
  in 
  

   the 
  Chittagong 
  division, 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  the 
  extreme 
  northern 
  

   part 
  of 
  Tipperah. 
  

  

  In 
  Assam 
  fissures 
  are 
  reported 
  from 
  as 
  far 
  east 
  as 
  the 
  Lakhim- 
  

   pur 
  district, 
  but 
  only 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  Subansiri 
  river. 
  In 
  the 
  

   Sibsagar 
  district 
  a 
  few 
  occurred 
  in 
  the 
  western 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Sibsagar 
  

   sub-division, 
  but 
  none 
  to 
  the 
  east 
  of 
  Sibsagar. 
  They 
  were 
  formed 
  in 
  

   the 
  alluvium 
  of 
  the 
  Dhanesvvari 
  (Dhansirij 
  valley, 
  but 
  none 
  in 
  Mani- 
  

   pur. 
  In 
  Cachar 
  they 
  are 
  confined 
  to 
  the 
  north-western 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   district, 
  and 
  they 
  were 
  formed 
  all 
  over 
  Sylbet. 
  

  

  From 
  this 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  that 
  the 
  area 
  over 
  which 
  fissures 
  were 
  

   fairly 
  frequent, 
  wherever 
  conditions 
  are 
  such 
  as 
  render 
  their 
  forma- 
  

   tion 
  practicable, 
  corresponds 
  very 
  closely 
  with 
  that 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  

   fifth 
  isoseist 
  on 
  map 
  No. 
  I, 
  while 
  the 
  fourth 
  isoseist 
  includes 
  the 
  

   most 
  distant 
  places 
  at 
  which 
  fissures 
  could 
  be 
  formed 
  even 
  where 
  

   circumstances 
  were 
  most 
  favourable. 
  In 
  other 
  words, 
  the 
  area 
  over 
  

   which 
  fissures 
  were 
  formed 
  abundantly, 
  or 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  if 
  local 
  

   conditions 
  were 
  not 
  adverse, 
  reaches 
  about 
  400 
  miles 
  from 
  east 
  to 
  

   west 
  and 
  about 
  350 
  miles 
  from 
  north 
  to 
  south, 
  while 
  the 
  extreme 
  

   limits 
  from 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  reported 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  formed 
  was 
  nearly 
  

   600 
  miles 
  in 
  an 
  E. 
  N. 
  E.— 
  W. 
  S. 
  W. 
  direction, 
  between 
  Sibsagar 
  and 
  

   Bihar 
  ; 
  and 
  300 
  miles 
  from 
  north 
  to 
  south, 
  between 
  the 
  Nepal 
  Tarai 
  

   and 
  Midnapur. 
  1 
  

  

  The 
  greater 
  length 
  in 
  an 
  east-west 
  direction 
  is, 
  however, 
  de- 
  

   ceptive, 
  for 
  it 
  is 
  partly, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  wholly, 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  great 
  range 
  of 
  

  

  1 
  Fissures 
  were 
  reported 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  formed 
  in 
  Gwalior 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  Kistna 
  district. 
  On 
  

   closer 
  enquiry 
  being 
  made, 
  it 
  was 
  found 
  that 
  no 
  connection 
  could 
  be 
  traced 
  between 
  them 
  

   and 
  the 
  earthquake 
  beyond 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  they 
  opened 
  somewhere 
  about 
  12th 
  June. 
  They 
  were 
  

   probably 
  due 
  to 
  drying 
  or 
  slippage 
  of 
  t,be 
  soil 
  and 
  would 
  have 
  attracted 
  no 
  notice 
  had 
  it 
  

   not 
  been 
  for 
  the 
  earthquake. 
  

  

  ( 
  no 
  ) 
  

  

  