﻿5o 
  

  

  OLDHAM: 
  GREAT 
  EARTHQUAKE 
  OF 
  1897. 
  

  

  which 
  was 
  completely 
  levelled 
  to 
  the 
  ground 
  and 
  numerous 
  earth- 
  

   fissures 
  opened. 
  Some 
  of 
  them 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  directly 
  connected 
  with 
  

   the 
  fracture, 
  as 
  the 
  depth 
  reported 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  measured, 
  45 
  feet* 
  

   seems 
  greater 
  than 
  is 
  likely 
  to 
  be 
  consistent 
  with 
  an 
  origin 
  in 
  the 
  

   manner 
  described 
  in 
  chapter 
  VII. 
  

  

  A 
  feature 
  like 
  this 
  is 
  naturally 
  more 
  difficult 
  to 
  follow 
  than 
  a 
  

   fault 
  scarp, 
  and 
  for 
  some 
  distance 
  to 
  the 
  south-west 
  it 
  is 
  only 
  im- 
  

   perfectly 
  marked 
  by 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  small 
  landslips 
  and 
  destruction 
  of 
  

   jungle. 
  About 
  2\ 
  miles 
  south-west 
  of 
  the 
  hill 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  forest 
  path 
  

  

  Fig. 
  16. 
  Sal 
  tree 
  in 
  forest 
  near 
  Bordwar, 
  broken 
  by 
  the 
  earthquake. 
  

  

  leading 
  north 
  and 
  south, 
  along 
  which, 
  on 
  the 
  continuation 
  of 
  the 
  

   line 
  of 
  the 
  fracture, 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  well 
  defined 
  band 
  of 
  about 
  half 
  a 
  mile 
  

   broad 
  in 
  which 
  overturned 
  trees 
  are 
  much 
  more 
  abundant 
  than 
  on 
  

  

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