﻿APPENDIX 
  A: 
  T. 
  D. 
  LATOUCHE, 
  267 
  

  

  Garo 
  Hills, 
  to 
  the 
  south-west. 
  The 
  shock 
  was 
  immediately 
  preceded 
  by 
  a 
  noise 
  of 
  

   the 
  same 
  kind. 
  The 
  river 
  became 
  filled 
  with 
  sand, 
  and 
  the 
  water 
  flowed 
  over 
  the 
  

   surrounding 
  country. 
  At 
  Borpeta 
  the 
  water 
  continued 
  rising 
  till 
  the 
  19th 
  June 
  

   and 
  the 
  station 
  was 
  flooded. 
  

  

  At 
  Patti 
  Darrang, 
  10 
  miles 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  Gauhati, 
  an 
  old£stone 
  bridge, 
  said 
  

   to 
  have 
  been 
  built 
  by 
  the 
  Mohamedans, 
  has 
  fallen. 
  

  

  At 
  Hazu 
  16 
  miles 
  west-south-west 
  from 
  Gauhati, 
  the 
  Mahdub 
  or 
  Madhava 
  

   temple, 
  1 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  the 
  oldest 
  in 
  Assam, 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  destroyed. 
  

  

  33. 
  Tezpur. 
  The 
  time 
  at 
  which 
  the 
  shock 
  occurred 
  was 
  not 
  observed 
  in 
  the 
  

   Telegraph 
  Office 
  here. 
  

  

  n±. 
  The 
  east 
  wall 
  of 
  the 
  Church 
  has 
  fallen 
  outwards. 
  The 
  north 
  and 
  south 
  

   walls 
  are 
  considerably 
  cracked. 
  The 
  cracks 
  run 
  vertically 
  

   Church. 
  upward 
  from 
  the 
  crowns 
  of 
  the 
  arches 
  over 
  the 
  windows. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  western 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  Church 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  belfry 
  supported 
  by 
  tall 
  wooden 
  posts 
  

   let 
  into 
  a 
  brick-and-cement 
  plinth, 
  raised 
  2 
  feet 
  9 
  inches 
  above 
  the 
  ground. 
  The 
  

   posts 
  have 
  rocked 
  from 
  east 
  to 
  west, 
  forcing 
  out 
  the 
  bricks 
  and 
  cement 
  at 
  the 
  edge 
  

   of 
  the 
  plinth 
  opposite 
  to 
  each 
  post. 
  

  

  35. 
  In 
  the 
  Cemetery 
  very 
  little 
  damage 
  has 
  been 
  done 
  and 
  no 
  good 
  measure- 
  

   ments 
  could 
  be 
  obtained. 
  An 
  inverted 
  ghurra 
  on 
  the 
  top 
  

   Cemetery. 
  Qf 
  & 
  square 
  p 
  jjj 
  ar 
  3 
  feet 
  h\gh, 
  has 
  fallen 
  over 
  to 
  south, 
  and 
  

  

  an 
  obelisk 
  on 
  another 
  tomb 
  has 
  been 
  cracked 
  through 
  at 
  about 
  one-third 
  of 
  its 
  

   height 
  from 
  the 
  top, 
  the 
  plane 
  of 
  the 
  crack 
  dipping 
  slightly 
  to 
  south-west. 
  

  

  A 
  large 
  pillar 
  on 
  one 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  gateway, 
  measuring 
  four 
  feet 
  square, 
  has 
  

   fallen 
  to 
  pieces, 
  the 
  greater 
  portion 
  having 
  gone 
  to 
  the 
  west. 
  The 
  corresponding 
  

   pillar 
  is 
  badly 
  cracked 
  but 
  standing. 
  These 
  were 
  built 
  of 
  very 
  loose 
  masonry. 
  

  

  36. 
  Beyond 
  the 
  cases 
  above 
  mentioned 
  I 
  could 
  find 
  no 
  overthrown 
  gate 
  pillars 
  

  

  or 
  anything 
  of 
  the 
  kind 
  which 
  would 
  enable 
  one 
  to 
  de- 
  

   termine 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  shock 
  at 
  Tezpur. 
  The 
  banks 
  

   of 
  the 
  river 
  here 
  were 
  not 
  fissured, 
  and 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  notice 
  any 
  fissures 
  to 
  the 
  east 
  of 
  

   Mangaldai. 
  Numerous 
  large 
  fissures 
  are, 
  however, 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  occurred 
  at 
  

   Nowgong. 
  

  

  37. 
  Assam-Bengal 
  Railway. 
  I 
  went 
  out 
  along 
  this 
  line 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  bridge 
  

   over 
  the 
  Kopili 
  river, 
  about 
  41 
  miles 
  from 
  Gauhati. 
  The 
  rock 
  cuttings, 
  in 
  gneiss, 
  

   have 
  not 
  been 
  affected 
  in 
  the 
  slightest 
  degree 
  by 
  the 
  shock, 
  but 
  where 
  the 
  line 
  

   passes 
  over 
  alluvium, 
  the 
  embankment 
  has 
  settled 
  down 
  carrying 
  the 
  rails 
  with 
  

   it. 
  Many 
  of 
  the 
  culverts 
  are 
  badly 
  cracked, 
  apparently 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  cause 
  as 
  

   has 
  affected 
  the 
  bridge 
  mentioned 
  above 
  at 
  Gauhati, 
  viz., 
  the 
  fissuring 
  of 
  the 
  banks 
  

   of 
  the 
  streams 
  and 
  the 
  consequent 
  sliding 
  forward 
  of 
  the 
  abutments 
  and 
  wing 
  walls. 
  

   The 
  piers 
  of 
  the 
  large 
  bridge 
  over 
  the 
  Kopili 
  are 
  cracked 
  through 
  horizontally 
  at 
  

   about 
  2 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  ground 
  level, 
  and 
  the 
  girders 
  have 
  shifted 
  lengthways 
  on 
  

   top 
  of 
  the 
  piers. 
  This 
  bridge 
  runs 
  east 
  to 
  west. 
  

  

  38. 
  Shillong. 
  The 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  shock 
  on 
  the 
  12th 
  June 
  was 
  not 
  observed 
  accu- 
  

   rately, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  occurred 
  at 
  5-15 
  p.m., 
  local-time. 
  Since 
  the 
  first 
  

   shocks 
  occurred 
  the 
  signallers 
  have 
  amused 
  themselves 
  by 
  

   e 
  egrap 
  ce, 
  telegraphing 
  a 
  certain 
  signal 
  to 
  Gauhati 
  or 
  Sylhet,whenever 
  

  

  1 
  This 
  temple 
  was 
  built 
  in 
  1672 
  Saka, 
  under 
  orders 
  of 
  the 
  King 
  Pramatta 
  Singha. 
  

  

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