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  OLDHAM: 
  GREAT 
  EARTHQUAKE 
  OF 
  1S97. 
  

  

  9 
  inches 
  from 
  the 
  ground 
  and 
  twisted 
  6°, 
  from 
  N 
  24 
  W 
  to 
  N 
  30 
  W. 
  The 
  

   other 
  pillar 
  is 
  broken 
  through 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  level 
  but 
  is 
  not 
  twisted. 
  

  

  21. 
  Of 
  the 
  four 
  gate 
  pillars 
  at 
  the 
  two 
  entrances 
  to 
  this 
  bungalow, 
  1 
  three 
  are 
  

   Old 
  Dak 
  bungalow 
  Dr 
  °ken 
  off 
  and 
  twisted 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  direction 
  as 
  that 
  

  

  gate 
  pillars, 
  PI. 
  "XX 
  I, 
  mentioned 
  above. 
  The 
  fourth 
  pillar 
  has 
  fallen 
  to 
  

   S 
  20 
  W. 
  These 
  pillars 
  are 
  all 
  built 
  of 
  brick 
  masonry. 
  

  

  22. 
  The 
  coping 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  gate 
  pillar 
  in 
  the 
  compound 
  wall 
  of 
  this 
  bunga- 
  

   Civil 
  Surgeon's 
  bun- 
  low 
  was 
  shot 
  off 
  and 
  is 
  now 
  lying 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  at 
  a 
  

  

  galow 
  gate 
  pillar. 
  distance 
  of 
  4 
  feet 
  4 
  inches 
  from 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  pillar. 
  The 
  direction 
  in 
  which 
  it 
  was 
  thrown 
  was 
  S 
  35 
  E. 
  

  

  23. 
  Both 
  the 
  cutcherries 
  were 
  wrecked, 
  but 
  a 
  great 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  roof 
  of 
  

   Commissioner's 
  and 
  each 
  is 
  standing, 
  merely 
  the 
  walls 
  having 
  fallen. 
  The 
  

  

  Deputy 
  Commissioner's 
  Commissioner's 
  cutcherry 
  is 
  shown 
  in 
  Plate 
  XX, 
  fig. 
  2. 
  

   cutcherries. 
  ^g 
  roo 
  f 
  Q 
  f 
  t 
  ^ 
  s 
  was 
  p 
  art 
  iy 
  SU 
  pp 
  rted 
  by 
  strong 
  wooden 
  

  

  posts. 
  The 
  Deputy 
  Commissioner's 
  cutcherry 
  (Plate 
  XX, 
  fig. 
  1) 
  is 
  in 
  

   the 
  form 
  of 
  a 
  cross 
  with 
  equal 
  arms 
  facing 
  the 
  four 
  points 
  of 
  the 
  compass. 
  

   The 
  roof 
  was 
  partially 
  supported 
  by 
  round 
  brick 
  pillars, 
  which, 
  though 
  

   cracked 
  through, 
  have 
  not 
  fallen. 
  The 
  weathercock, 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  photograph, 
  was 
  

   an 
  effigy 
  of 
  a 
  peacock 
  and 
  has 
  tilted 
  over 
  to 
  the 
  north, 
  so 
  that 
  its 
  tail 
  is 
  hang- 
  

   ing 
  down 
  beside 
  the 
  rod 
  supporting 
  the 
  letter 
  N. 
  

  

  friTs* 
  

  

  Fig. 
  27. 
  Plan 
  of 
  overthrown 
  gate 
  pillars 
  at 
  Gauhati. 
  

   J 
  1 
  his 
  is 
  the 
  sarr.e 
  building 
  as 
  the 
  Telegraph 
  signallers' 
  quarters 
  mentioned 
  in 
  Chapter 
  XIV- 
  

  

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