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  OLDHAM: 
  GREAT 
  EARTHQUAkE 
  OF 
  1897. 
  

  

  visible) 
  and 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  seen 
  rounding 
  the 
  next 
  spur, 
  where 
  I 
  was 
  

   positively 
  informed 
  the 
  road 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  seen 
  before 
  the 
  earthquake. 
  

  

  The 
  second 
  fact 
  is 
  that 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  after 
  the 
  great 
  earthquake 
  

   Mr. 
  Evans 
  took 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  board 
  and 
  nailed 
  it 
  to 
  a 
  stout 
  post 
  in 
  such 
  

   a 
  position 
  that 
  its 
  upper 
  edge 
  was 
  sighted 
  on 
  to 
  the 
  crest 
  of 
  a 
  ridge 
  

   about 
  one 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  mile 
  to 
  the 
  west. 
  When 
  I 
  saw 
  it, 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  

   December, 
  six 
  months 
  after 
  the 
  earthquake, 
  the 
  top 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  board 
  

   no 
  longer 
  pointed 
  to 
  the 
  Crest 
  of 
  this 
  ridge, 
  but 
  to 
  some 
  way 
  down 
  its 
  

   slope. 
  The 
  angle 
  subtended 
  between 
  the 
  point 
  where 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  

   the 
  board 
  then 
  pointed 
  to, 
  and 
  the 
  crest 
  of 
  the 
  hill 
  was 
  about 
  i°, 
  as 
  

   determined 
  by 
  an 
  Abney's 
  level, 
  and 
  the 
  change 
  might 
  be 
  due 
  to 
  a 
  

   displacement 
  of 
  the 
  post, 
  though 
  there 
  was 
  no 
  appearance 
  of 
  such. 
  

   Apart 
  from 
  this, 
  Mr. 
  Evans 
  informed 
  me 
  that 
  when 
  the 
  board 
  was 
  

   put 
  up 
  he 
  could 
  only 
  just 
  see 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  next 
  ridge, 
  beyond 
  that 
  

   on 
  which 
  the 
  board 
  was 
  sighted 
  ; 
  now 
  a 
  considerable 
  stretch 
  of 
  this 
  

   can 
  be 
  seen 
  and 
  according 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Evans 
  much 
  more 
  than 
  was 
  visible 
  

   soon 
  after 
  the 
  earthquake. 
  

  

  These 
  facts 
  are 
  of 
  interest 
  as 
  suggesting 
  that 
  no 
  inconsiderable 
  

   fraction 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  movements 
  which 
  have 
  taken 
  place, 
  were 
  accom- 
  

   paniments 
  of 
  the 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  severe 
  aftershocks. 
  

  

  The 
  next 
  place 
  where 
  similar 
  evidence 
  was 
  obtained 
  was 
  on 
  the 
  

   road 
  through 
  the 
  Garo 
  Hills 
  to 
  Damra, 
  where 
  it 
  crosses 
  the 
  high 
  

   ground 
  north 
  of 
  Cheran 
  and 
  just 
  before 
  descending 
  into 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  

   the 
  Bangshi. 
  Here 
  I 
  was 
  informed 
  by 
  the 
  mouzadar 
  accompanying 
  

   me 
  that 
  before 
  the 
  earthquake 
  it 
  was 
  only 
  just 
  possible 
  to 
  see 
  the 
  

   Brahmaputra 
  over 
  an 
  intervening 
  hill, 
  while 
  now 
  the 
  whole 
  width 
  of 
  

   the 
  river 
  was 
  visible. 
  As 
  this 
  statement 
  was 
  a 
  voluntary 
  one, 
  not 
  

   made 
  in 
  reply 
  to 
  a 
  leading 
  question, 
  and 
  as 
  a 
  change 
  cf 
  relative 
  level 
  

   of 
  the 
  hill 
  and 
  the 
  road 
  of 
  20 
  feet 
  at 
  the 
  outside 
  could 
  be 
  sufficient 
  to 
  

   account 
  for 
  the 
  facts, 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  improbable 
  that 
  there 
  has 
  been 
  

   a 
  change 
  here, 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  noticed 
  that 
  this 
  spot 
  is 
  near 
  the 
  con- 
  

   tinuation 
  of 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  Chedrang 
  fault, 
  and 
  less 
  than 
  5 
  miles 
  from 
  

   the 
  most 
  southerly 
  point 
  to 
  this 
  which 
  was 
  traced. 
  

  

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