﻿TilE 
  EARTHQUAKE 
  SOUN 
  ). 
  r 
  g~ 
  

  

  and 
  even 
  as 
  far 
  south 
  as 
  Coconada, 
  there 
  is 
  every 
  reason 
  to 
  suppose 
  

   that 
  a 
  similar 
  sound 
  could 
  have 
  been 
  heard 
  in 
  Calcutta, 
  and 
  that 
  

   those 
  who 
  assert 
  that 
  there 
  was 
  no 
  sound 
  to 
  be 
  heard, 
  either 
  did 
  not 
  

   notice 
  it, 
  or 
  confounded 
  it 
  with 
  the 
  crash 
  of 
  falling 
  plaster 
  and 
  brick- 
  

   work. 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  west 
  the 
  sounds 
  were 
  distinctly 
  heard 
  throughout 
  the 
  

   Santal 
  Parganas, 
  as 
  far 
  west 
  as 
  Gaya 
  and 
  Palamau. 
  At 
  Allahabad, 
  

   Jabalpur 
  and 
  Bhartpur 
  rumbling 
  sounds 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  

   heard, 
  and 
  even 
  as 
  far 
  off 
  as 
  Kotgarh 
  1 
  the 
  earthquake 
  was 
  accom- 
  

   panied 
  by 
  a 
  sound 
  like 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  passing 
  of 
  a 
  cart. 
  To 
  the 
  east 
  they 
  

   are 
  reported 
  from 
  several 
  stations, 
  the 
  most 
  easterly 
  being 
  Bhamo^ 
  

   though 
  at 
  other 
  stations 
  it 
  is 
  distinctly 
  stated 
  that 
  no 
  sounds 
  were 
  

   heard. 
  At 
  Mandalay 
  the 
  reports 
  all 
  state 
  that 
  no 
  sound 
  was 
  heard, 
  

   though 
  some 
  also 
  state 
  that 
  the 
  severe 
  secondary 
  shocks 
  which 
  

   occurred 
  at 
  about 
  I 
  A.M. 
  and 
  1-30 
  P.M. 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  day 
  were 
  

   accompanied 
  by 
  distinct 
  rumblings. 
  To 
  the 
  north 
  it 
  is 
  unknown 
  how 
  

   far 
  the 
  sounds 
  were 
  heard, 
  but 
  they 
  were 
  very 
  noticeable 
  in 
  the 
  

   DaVjiling 
  district, 
  and 
  even 
  at 
  the 
  frontier 
  station 
  of 
  Yatung. 
  

  

  Over 
  the 
  area 
  roughly 
  indicated 
  in 
  the 
  foregoing 
  paragraph, 
  

   rumbling 
  sounds 
  appear 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  very 
  generally 
  heard, 
  though 
  

   there 
  are 
  many 
  places 
  from 
  which 
  negative 
  reports 
  were 
  received. 
  

   The 
  reported 
  absence 
  of 
  sound 
  may 
  be 
  merely 
  due 
  to 
  its 
  not 
  having 
  

   been 
  noticed, 
  but 
  it 
  may 
  also 
  in 
  some 
  cases 
  represent 
  a 
  real 
  fact, 
  for 
  

   it 
  is 
  conceivable 
  that 
  within 
  the 
  area 
  over 
  which 
  the 
  sounds 
  were 
  

   generally 
  audible, 
  there 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  places 
  where 
  the* 
  local 
  condi- 
  

   tions 
  were 
  such 
  that 
  the 
  rapid 
  vibrations 
  were 
  damped, 
  or 
  for 
  some 
  

   other 
  reason 
  failed 
  to 
  make 
  themselves 
  sensible 
  as 
  sounds. 
  

  

  So 
  far, 
  mention 
  has 
  only 
  been 
  made 
  of 
  sounds 
  of 
  the 
  ordinary 
  

   type, 
  which 
  are 
  variously 
  described 
  as 
  resembling 
  distant 
  thunder, 
  

   the 
  passage 
  of 
  a 
  train 
  or 
  cart, 
  or 
  similar 
  sounds; 
  the 
  simile 
  employed 
  

   being 
  usually 
  a 
  sound 
  with 
  which 
  the 
  reporter 
  was 
  most 
  familiar. 
  

  

  Mn 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  Kotgarh 
  which 
  is 
  Jn 
  the 
  Himalayas, 
  it 
  is 
  possible 
  that 
  the 
  sound 
  waves 
  may 
  

   have 
  been 
  due 
  to 
  a 
  local 
  sympathetic 
  shock, 
  started 
  by 
  the 
  passage 
  of 
  the 
  earthquake 
  

   waves. 
  

  

  ( 
  '93 
  ) 
  

  

  