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  H. 
  H. 
  HAYDEN. 
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  of 
  the 
  building 
  - 
  , 
  and 
  the 
  massive 
  brick 
  pillars 
  supporting 
  it 
  have 
  bulged 
  out 
  near 
  

   the 
  base. 
  

  

  Examples 
  of 
  falls 
  to 
  east 
  and 
  west, 
  however, 
  are 
  not 
  wanting, 
  the 
  best 
  being 
  

   seen 
  in 
  the 
  Baptist 
  Chapel, 
  No. 
  44, 
  Circular 
  Road, 
  already 
  mentioned, 
  and 
  the 
  

   house 
  No. 
  38, 
  Chowringhee, 
  from 
  which 
  much 
  of 
  the 
  western 
  parapet 
  and 
  a 
  

   verandah 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  fell. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  little 
  doubt 
  that 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  greater 
  damage 
  was 
  done 
  to 
  north 
  and 
  

   south 
  walls 
  is 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  peculiar 
  construction 
  of 
  Calcutta 
  houses 
  ; 
  for 
  the 
  

   majority 
  are 
  so 
  oriented 
  as 
  to 
  obtain 
  as 
  much 
  of 
  the 
  south 
  breeze 
  as 
  possible, 
  

   and 
  consequently 
  they 
  are 
  in 
  most 
  cases 
  considerably 
  longer 
  from 
  east 
  to 
  west 
  

   than 
  from 
  north 
  to 
  south, 
  and 
  are 
  therefore 
  more 
  stable 
  in 
  the 
  former 
  direction. 
  

  

  Calcutta 
  to 
  Darjiling.— 
  Eastern 
  Bengal 
  State 
  Railway, 
  and 
  Darjiling 
  and 
  

   Himalayan 
  Railway. 
  

  

  No 
  damage 
  has 
  been 
  done 
  at 
  Bagula 
  beyond 
  cracks 
  in 
  the 
  houses, 
  

   but 
  at 
  Krishnagar 
  many 
  houses 
  in 
  the 
  bazar 
  were 
  

   Krishnagar. 
  bad]y 
  in 
  j 
  urcd> 
  tho 
  ugh 
  few 
  actually 
  fell. 
  In 
  the 
  

  

  European 
  quarter, 
  the 
  Collector's 
  house 
  and 
  the 
  house 
  of 
  the 
  District 
  Super- 
  

   intendent 
  of 
  Police 
  were 
  badly 
  damaged, 
  while 
  a 
  considerable 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Joint 
  

   Magistrate's 
  house 
  fell 
  down. 
  The 
  east 
  gable 
  also 
  fell 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  kaclieri, 
  but 
  the 
  

   Circuit 
  House, 
  which 
  stands 
  only 
  about 
  50 
  yards 
  away, 
  was 
  scarcely 
  even 
  

   cracked 
  ; 
  this 
  was 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  a 
  low 
  building 
  and 
  fairly 
  new. 
  

  

  The 
  church 
  of 
  the 
  London 
  Missionary 
  Society 
  suffered 
  severely 
  and 
  the 
  steeple 
  

   fell. 
  This 
  steeple, 
  which 
  was 
  over 
  the 
  porch 
  at 
  the 
  west 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  church, 
  did 
  not 
  

   fall 
  eti 
  bloc 
  ; 
  portions 
  appear 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  shaken 
  off 
  at 
  various 
  times, 
  falling 
  in 
  

   ten 
  different 
  directions, 
  viz, 
  — 
  

  

  S. 
  27*° 
  W. 
  S. 
  3S 
  VV. 
  S. 
  48° 
  W. 
  

   S. 
  i7*°E. 
  N. 
  i 
  7 
  £° 
  W. 
  N. 
  13*° 
  E. 
  

  

  N. 
  38 
  E. 
  E. 
  22£ 
  3 
  N. 
  E. 
  27*° 
  S. 
  

  

  E. 
  38° 
  S. 
  

   The 
  two 
  largest 
  masses 
  fell 
  to 
  E. 
  27!° 
  S. 
  and 
  E. 
  22^° 
  N. 
  respectively. 
  

   It 
  would 
  thus 
  seem 
  that 
  the 
  steeple 
  had 
  vibrated 
  in 
  almost 
  every 
  direction, 
  

   but 
  it 
  is 
  more 
  probable 
  that 
  these 
  directions 
  are 
  merely 
  modifications 
  of 
  two 
  

   principal 
  vibrations 
  at 
  right 
  angles 
  to 
  one 
  another, 
  the 
  one 
  being 
  about 
  NE 
  to 
  

   SW 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  SE 
  to 
  NW 
  :and 
  that 
  partly 
  owing 
  to 
  a 
  resultant 
  elliptical 
  

   motion 
  and 
  partly 
  to 
  unequal 
  resistance 
  at 
  different 
  points 
  in 
  the 
  masonry, 
  ap- 
  

   parent 
  irregularities 
  in 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  overthrow 
  were 
  introduced. 
  

  

  At 
  Chapra, 
  a 
  village 
  11 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  Krishr.agar, 
  the 
  church 
  steeple 
  also 
  

   r 
  , 
  fell 
  : 
  the 
  main 
  portion 
  fell 
  to 
  S. 
  42^° 
  E., 
  while 
  smaller 
  

  

  portions 
  fell 
  in 
  various 
  directions. 
  Pinnacles 
  also 
  from 
  

   the 
  corners 
  of 
  the 
  church 
  fell 
  E. 
  52 
  N. 
  and 
  E. 
  32 
  N. 
  

  

  After 
  leaving 
  Bagula 
  no 
  striking 
  effects 
  of 
  the 
  earthquake 
  are 
  seen 
  till 
  

   reaching 
  the 
  Baral 
  river. 
  Here 
  the 
  railway 
  bridge 
  has 
  been 
  much 
  damaged; 
  the 
  

  

  , 
  _ 
  . 
  , 
  massive 
  hexagonal 
  brick 
  piers 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  

  

  Baral 
  Bridge. 
  , 
  • 
  ,, 
  , 
  T 
  1 
  

  

  have 
  sunk 
  and 
  lean 
  over 
  to 
  the 
  south-west. 
  In 
  one 
  case 
  the 
  

  

  sinking 
  amounted 
  to 
  11 
  § 
  inches 
  and 
  in 
  another 
  to 
  7 
  inches. 
  The 
  rails 
  on 
  the 
  bridge 
  

  

  were 
  displaced 
  to 
  the 
  west; 
  when 
  seen 
  by 
  me, 
  they 
  had 
  been 
  to 
  some 
  extent 
  

  

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