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  OLDHAM: 
  GREAT 
  EARTHQUAKE 
  OF 
  1897. 
  

  

  27. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  perfectly 
  new 
  brick 
  building, 
  but 
  is 
  greatly 
  damaged 
  by 
  the 
  

   Railway 
  station. 
  shock 
  « 
  lt 
  faces 
  S 
  lo° 
  E. 
  The 
  centre 
  gable 
  has 
  fallen 
  

  

  out 
  on 
  both 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  building 
  to 
  south 
  and 
  north 
  

   respectively, 
  the 
  brickwork 
  having 
  broken 
  up 
  into 
  large 
  masses. 
  The 
  end 
  walls 
  

   east 
  and 
  west 
  are 
  cracked 
  but 
  standing, 
  the 
  cracks 
  running 
  diagonally 
  in 
  both 
  

   directions, 
  north 
  and 
  south, 
  at 
  an 
  angle 
  of 
  about 
  45°, 
  from 
  the 
  corners 
  of 
  the 
  

   windows 
  in 
  centre 
  of 
  walls. 
  

  

  28. 
  This 
  Temple 
  is 
  an 
  octagonal 
  building 
  with 
  a 
  domed 
  roof, 
  built 
  of 
  tiles, 
  

   Old 
  temple 
  near 
  9 
  inches 
  X7 
  inches 
  x 
  i£ 
  inches 
  in 
  size. 
  The 
  sides 
  facing 
  

  

  steamer 
  ghat. 
  E 
  I5 
  « 
  S 
  and 
  W 
  15 
  N 
  have 
  fallen 
  outwards 
  altogether, 
  

  

  and 
  those 
  facing 
  north 
  and 
  south 
  are 
  partly 
  fallen. 
  

  

  29. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  brick 
  structure 
  with 
  a 
  flat 
  roof 
  supported 
  by 
  numerous 
  arches 
  

  

  with 
  minarets 
  at 
  each 
  corner 
  and 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   steamer" 
  laSg, 
  ^ 
  lar 
  S 
  e 
  central 
  arche 
  «- 
  The 
  larger 
  side, 
  towards 
  the 
  

  

  river, 
  faces 
  west. 
  Only 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  minarets 
  has 
  fallen, 
  

   that 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  central 
  arch 
  towards 
  the 
  river. 
  This 
  has 
  fallen 
  due 
  

   west. 
  The 
  two 
  side 
  arches 
  at 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  central 
  arch, 
  and 
  those 
  at 
  each 
  

   end 
  of 
  the 
  building, 
  are 
  cracked 
  at 
  the 
  crown. 
  

  

  30. 
  At 
  the 
  western 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  Gauhati 
  Bazar 
  is 
  a 
  bridge 
  of 
  three 
  girders 
  

  

  „., 
  ~ 
  , 
  „ 
  , 
  carrying 
  the 
  Grand 
  Trunk 
  Road 
  over 
  a 
  small 
  stream, 
  

  

  Bridge 
  on 
  Grand 
  Trunk 
  ,.,,•* 
  „i 
  r> 
  u 
  r^, 
  .... 
  ' 
  

  

  Road 
  west 
  of 
  Gauhati. 
  which 
  here 
  301ns 
  the 
  Brahmaputra. 
  The 
  original 
  length 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  bridge, 
  as 
  ' 
  measured 
  along 
  the 
  hand 
  rail, 
  was 
  

  

  99 
  feet 
  4 
  inches, 
  while 
  the 
  present 
  length, 
  between 
  the 
  same 
  points 
  is 
  97 
  feet 
  

  

  10 
  inches. 
  The 
  bridge 
  has 
  therefore 
  been 
  shortened 
  18 
  inches. 
  This 
  has 
  been 
  

  

  caused 
  by 
  Assuring 
  of 
  the 
  banks 
  on 
  both 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  stream, 
  the 
  abutments 
  

  

  having 
  been 
  carried 
  forward. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  piers 
  has 
  been 
  tilted 
  over, 
  probably 
  by 
  the 
  

  

  thrust 
  cf 
  the 
  girder. 
  There 
  are 
  no 
  cracks 
  in 
  the 
  abutments. 
  

  

  31. 
  On 
  the 
  north 
  bank 
  of 
  the 
  Brahmaputra, 
  opposite 
  Gauhati, 
  are 
  some 
  old 
  

  

  -. 
  - 
  „ 
  , 
  . 
  temples 
  standing 
  on 
  a 
  rocky 
  promontory 
  immediately 
  

  

  Temples 
  at 
  Gauhati 
  r 
  , 
  . 
  ° 
  , 
  .." 
  , 
  ... 
  f 
  ., 
  , 
  J 
  

  

  nortn 
  . 
  * 
  over 
  the 
  river. 
  These 
  were 
  built 
  of 
  tiles 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  

  

  in 
  the 
  temple 
  above 
  mentioned. 
  All 
  except 
  one, 
  which 
  

  

  is 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  promontory 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  water, 
  have 
  fallen, 
  the 
  tiles 
  having 
  slid 
  

  

  off 
  each 
  other 
  in 
  all 
  directions. 
  The 
  dome 
  of 
  the 
  one 
  which 
  is 
  standing 
  is 
  split 
  

  

  through 
  the 
  middle, 
  the 
  crack 
  running 
  N 
  15 
  E 
  and 
  vertical. 
  

  

  A 
  small 
  structure 
  consisting 
  of 
  a 
  corrugated 
  iron 
  roof 
  supported 
  by 
  four 
  low 
  

  

  brick 
  pillars, 
  erected 
  over 
  a 
  lingam 
  near 
  the 
  temples, 
  has 
  fallen 
  over 
  bodily 
  

  

  towards 
  E 
  io° 
  S. 
  

  

  32. 
  The 
  accounts 
  of 
  the 
  earthquake 
  received 
  from 
  the 
  surrounding 
  country 
  all 
  

  

  speak 
  of 
  fissures 
  opening 
  along 
  the 
  banks 
  of 
  rivers 
  and 
  

   Effect 
  of 
  earthquake 
  in 
  consequent 
  subsidence 
  of 
  the 
  surface, 
  also 
  of 
  quantities 
  of 
  

  

  sand 
  being 
  ejected, 
  filling 
  up 
  the 
  beds 
  of 
  rivers 
  and 
  

   jheels 
  and 
  causing 
  floods. 
  The 
  Sub-Deputy 
  Collector 
  of 
  the 
  Borpeta 
  Circle 
  says 
  

   that, 
  while 
  he 
  was 
  proceeding 
  by 
  boat 
  down 
  the 
  Singur 
  river 
  towards 
  Borpeta, 
  

   which 
  lies 
  to 
  the 
  west-north-west 
  of 
  Gauhati, 
  he 
  heard, 
  when 
  near 
  Kahi 
  Kuchi, 
  

   a 
  low 
  rumbling 
  noise 
  occasionally, 
  apparently 
  coming 
  from 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  

  

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