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  OLDHAM: 
  GREAT 
  EARTHQUAKE 
  OF 
  1 
  897. 
  

  

  above 
  the 
  plinth, 
  a 
  crack 
  runs 
  diagonally 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  roof 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side, 
  passing 
  

  

  through 
  the 
  small 
  hexagonal 
  window 
  on 
  that 
  side. 
  A 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  cornice 
  has 
  

  

  fallen 
  from 
  the 
  east-south-east 
  and 
  north-east 
  sides. 
  

  

  7(a). 
  The 
  thermometer 
  shed 
  is 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  observatory 
  building. 
  A 
  plan 
  

   of 
  this 
  is 
  given 
  in.fi 
  g. 
  24. 
  It 
  consists 
  of 
  a 
  thatched 
  roof 
  

   up 
  ported 
  by 
  eight 
  brick 
  pillars, 
  each 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  cracked 
  

  

  through 
  near 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  twisted 
  in 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  a 
  watch 
  

  

  from 
  5 
  to 
  12 
  degrees. 
  

  

  Thermometer 
  shed. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  24. 
  Plan 
  of 
  pillars 
  of 
  thermometer 
  shed 
  at 
  Dhubri. 
  

  

  The 
  anemometer, 
  which 
  was 
  fixed 
  to 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  a 
  wooden 
  structure 
  14 
  feet 
  

   high, 
  was 
  thrown 
  down, 
  but 
  had 
  been 
  removed 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  my 
  visit. 
  

  

  8. 
  Of 
  these 
  two 
  gate 
  pillars 
  one 
  has 
  fallen 
  due 
  north, 
  having 
  broken 
  off 
  at 
  

   Gate 
  pillars 
  at 
  Zamin- 
  2o 
  inches 
  from 
  ground 
  level. 
  The 
  other 
  pillar 
  has 
  

  

  dar's 
  house. 
  not 
  fallen, 
  but 
  is 
  leaning 
  over 
  at 
  an 
  angle 
  of 
  5 
  from 
  

  

  the 
  perpendicular 
  towards 
  S 
  15 
  E. 
  

  

  9. 
  This 
  was 
  an 
  octagonal 
  structure, 
  well 
  built 
  of 
  brick 
  masonry, 
  with 
  alternate 
  

  

  walls 
  about 
  14 
  feet 
  high 
  supporting 
  an 
  ornamental 
  

  

  ** 
  u 
  l 
  roof. 
  Between 
  these 
  on 
  three 
  sides 
  were 
  low 
  walls 
  

  

  supporting 
  an 
  iron 
  tank 
  above 
  the 
  well, 
  the 
  fourth 
  side 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  being 
  left 
  

  

  open 
  to 
  allow 
  access 
  to 
  the 
  well. 
  Of 
  the 
  four 
  walls 
  supporting 
  the 
  roof 
  three, 
  vi*., 
  

  

  those 
  on 
  the 
  south-west, 
  north-west 
  and 
  north-east 
  sides, 
  have 
  each 
  fallen 
  flat 
  

  

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