﻿APPENDIX 
  A 
  : 
  T. 
  D. 
  LAiOUCHE. 
  259 
  

  

  said 
  to 
  run 
  to 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  nine 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  river, 
  and 
  very 
  likely 
  extends 
  much 
  

   further 
  than 
  I 
  traced 
  it.) 
  This 
  fissure 
  runs 
  along 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  a 
  tract 
  of 
  ground, 
  on 
  

   which 
  the 
  village 
  stands, 
  rather 
  higher 
  than 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  bank, 
  probably 
  

   marking 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  an 
  old 
  river 
  channel. 
  Sand 
  and 
  mud 
  have 
  been 
  ejected 
  

   from 
  the 
  fissure 
  to 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  at 
  least 
  four 
  feet. 
  Other 
  fissures 
  branch 
  off 
  from 
  this 
  

   through 
  the 
  higher 
  ground 
  to 
  the 
  north, 
  one 
  of 
  them 
  passing 
  beneath 
  the 
  huts 
  of 
  

   the 
  villages. 
  Subsequent 
  to 
  the 
  ejection 
  of 
  the 
  sand, 
  the 
  surface 
  sank 
  down 
  to 
  a 
  

   depth 
  proportional 
  to 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  material 
  ejected, 
  and 
  several 
  crater-like 
  

   hollows 
  were 
  formed 
  as 
  the 
  water 
  drained 
  back 
  into 
  the 
  fissure 
  (Plates 
  X 
  and 
  

   XI). 
  Where 
  the 
  principal 
  fissure 
  crosses 
  those 
  parallel 
  to 
  the 
  river 
  bank, 
  the 
  

   surface 
  of 
  the 
  ground 
  is 
  broken 
  up 
  into 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  square 
  blocks. 
  

  

  3. 
  At 
  Jatrapur 
  the 
  narrow 
  gauge 
  railway 
  from 
  Kaunia 
  to 
  Dhubri 
  joins 
  the 
  

  

  river. 
  The 
  railway 
  bund 
  1 
  is 
  much 
  fissured, 
  the 
  fissures 
  

  

  Ja 
  rapur. 
  running 
  parallel 
  to 
  the 
  bank 
  of 
  a 
  jheel 
  along 
  which 
  the 
  

  

  railway 
  is 
  carried. 
  In 
  places 
  the 
  bund 
  has 
  subsided 
  vertically 
  by 
  settlement 
  and 
  

  

  spreading 
  out 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  earth 
  composing 
  it, 
  and 
  the 
  rails 
  are 
  bent 
  and 
  

  

  twisted. 
  

  

  4. 
  Dhubri. 
  No 
  accurate 
  record 
  of 
  the 
  time 
  was 
  taken 
  at 
  the 
  Telegraph 
  Office, 
  

  

  as 
  the 
  pendulum 
  of 
  the 
  clock 
  was 
  broken 
  by 
  the 
  shock. 
  It 
  is 
  estimated 
  to 
  have 
  

  

  occurred 
  at 
  about 
  5-20 
  p.m. 
  local 
  time, 
  which 
  is 
  39 
  

   Time 
  of 
  shock. 
  , 
  c 
  .. 
  , 
  , 
  

  

  minutes 
  in 
  advance 
  of 
  Madras 
  time. 
  

  

  5. 
  The 
  gateway 
  faces 
  south-east. 
  The 
  pillars 
  are 
  of 
  square 
  section 
  1 
  foot 
  

   Gate 
  pillar 
  at 
  Telegraph 
  8 
  inches 
  square 
  by 
  4 
  feet 
  10 
  inches 
  high, 
  built 
  of 
  brick. 
  

  

  Office. 
  That 
  on 
  the 
  north-east 
  side 
  has 
  fallen 
  towards 
  N 
  40 
  E 
  

  

  and 
  struck 
  the 
  bank 
  alongside 
  the 
  gateway, 
  rolling 
  off 
  into 
  the 
  ditch. 
  The 
  capping 
  

  

  has 
  turned 
  round 
  in 
  its 
  fall 
  and 
  is 
  lying 
  with 
  its 
  point 
  facing 
  the 
  pillar. 
  The 
  

  

  other 
  post 
  is 
  standing, 
  but 
  cracked 
  through 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  

  

  •6. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  strongly 
  brick-built 
  structure, 
  measuring 
  outside 
  80 
  feet 
  by 
  41 
  feet 
  

  

  4 
  inches, 
  standing 
  nearly 
  cardinal, 
  the 
  longer 
  side 
  facing 
  

   Treasury. 
  N 
  ^ 
  £ 
  u 
  . 
  fl 
  divided 
  ; 
  n 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  its 
  | 
  ength 
  by 
  a 
  

  

  passage 
  eight 
  feet 
  wide, 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  two 
  large 
  rooms. 
  3 
  The 
  flat 
  roof 
  

   is 
  supported 
  as 
  usual 
  by 
  strong 
  beams, 
  on 
  which 
  small 
  battens 
  are 
  laid, 
  which 
  in 
  

   turn 
  support 
  the 
  tiles 
  of 
  the 
  ceiling. 
  In 
  the 
  passage 
  way 
  the 
  beams 
  run 
  east 
  and 
  

   west, 
  the 
  battens 
  north 
  and 
  south, 
  while 
  in 
  the 
  rooms 
  the 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  beams 
  and 
  

   battens 
  is 
  the 
  reverse 
  of 
  this. 
  In 
  the 
  passage 
  way 
  the 
  battens 
  have 
  been 
  dislodged 
  

   some 
  of 
  them 
  having 
  fallen 
  out 
  and 
  all 
  having 
  moved 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  out 
  of 
  their 
  

   places. 
  In 
  the 
  side 
  rooms, 
  on 
  the 
  contrary, 
  the 
  battens 
  have 
  not 
  moved 
  at 
  all, 
  but 
  

   the 
  beams 
  can 
  be 
  seen 
  to 
  have 
  moved 
  backwards 
  and 
  forwards 
  on 
  the 
  walls. 
  The 
  

   upper 
  part 
  of 
  each 
  corner 
  of 
  the 
  building 
  has 
  fallen, 
  in 
  the 
  most 
  symmetrical 
  

   manner, 
  for 
  about 
  eight 
  or 
  ten 
  feet 
  from 
  the 
  roof. 
  

  

  7. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  hexagonal 
  brick 
  structure, 
  two 
  storied, 
  measuring 
  9 
  feet 
  6 
  inches 
  

  

  on 
  each 
  side 
  (outside 
  measurement). 
  The 
  door 
  faces 
  

  

  serva 
  ory. 
  g 
  ^ 
  ^ 
  From 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  door-way, 
  7 
  feet 
  6 
  inches 
  

  

  1 
  Embankment. 
  

  

  a 
  The 
  Cutcherry 
  and 
  Treasury 
  clocks 
  both 
  stopped 
  at 
  5i 
  minutes 
  past 
  5 
  P.M. 
  

  

  3 
  i.e., 
  four 
  rooms 
  in 
  all. 
  

  

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