﻿APPENDIX 
  A: 
  H. 
  H. 
  HAYDEN. 
  281 
  

  

  After 
  leaving 
  Haldibari 
  the 
  line 
  is 
  very 
  badly 
  damaged 
  : 
  at 
  telegraph 
  post 
  

   161/8 
  the 
  gate-house 
  is 
  cracked 
  and 
  the 
  south 
  wall 
  leans 
  outward, 
  gaping 
  7 
  inches 
  

   at 
  the 
  top 
  and 
  about 
  1 
  inch 
  at 
  the 
  foot, 
  being 
  displaced 
  5 
  from 
  the 
  vertical. 
  The 
  

   fissures 
  here 
  run 
  from 
  S. 
  18 
  W. 
  to 
  N. 
  18 
  E. 
  Beyond 
  this, 
  deep 
  

   fissures, 
  varying 
  from 
  3 
  to 
  7 
  feet 
  in 
  depth, 
  run 
  along 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  rails 
  : 
  as 
  a 
  

   rule 
  they 
  are 
  from 
  6 
  inches 
  to 
  1 
  foot 
  in 
  width, 
  but 
  in 
  places 
  wider, 
  in 
  which 
  case 
  

   the 
  rails 
  and 
  sleepers 
  are 
  supported 
  only 
  by 
  a 
  narrow 
  column 
  of 
  earth 
  running 
  

   along 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  the 
  permanent 
  way. 
  

  

  The 
  rails 
  also 
  are 
  often 
  displaced, 
  the 
  displacement 
  being 
  usually 
  towards 
  the 
  

   west. 
  In 
  some 
  cases 
  the 
  displacing 
  force 
  has 
  been 
  sufficient 
  to 
  break 
  the 
  solid 
  

   steel 
  rails, 
  but, 
  more 
  frequently, 
  fracture 
  has 
  taken 
  place 
  at 
  the 
  junction 
  of 
  the 
  rails, 
  

   the 
  fish-plates 
  being 
  broken 
  and 
  bolts 
  torn 
  out. 
  

  

  At 
  about 
  halfway 
  between 
  Haldibari 
  and 
  Mandalghat 
  four 
  telegraph 
  posts 
  

   have 
  fallen, 
  and 
  point 
  in 
  the 
  direction 
  W 
  io° 
  S 
  : 
  this 
  observation 
  is, 
  however, 
  

   of 
  no 
  great 
  value, 
  as 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  fall 
  must 
  have 
  been 
  largely 
  modified 
  

   by 
  the 
  pull 
  of 
  the 
  wires. 
  Here 
  fissures 
  run 
  transversely 
  to 
  the 
  railway 
  (S. 
  io* 
  

   E, 
  N 
  io° 
  W), 
  but 
  gradually 
  draw 
  away 
  from 
  the 
  neighbourhood 
  of 
  the 
  line 
  

   and 
  strike 
  across 
  the 
  open 
  country 
  in 
  a 
  direction 
  S 
  9 
  W, 
  N 
  9 
  E. 
  

  

  At 
  about 
  3 
  miles 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  of 
  Mandalghat 
  the 
  fissures 
  gradually 
  begin 
  to 
  

  

  disappear, 
  and 
  at 
  Mandalghat 
  railway 
  station 
  they 
  are 
  

  

  an 
  ag 
  a 
  * 
  no 
  longer 
  seen. 
  Between 
  this 
  station 
  and 
  Jalpaiguri 
  

  

  small 
  overhanging 
  banks 
  of 
  drains 
  and 
  ditches 
  have 
  collapsed, 
  but 
  no 
  true 
  fissures 
  

  

  are 
  seen. 
  

  

  At 
  Jalpaiguri 
  some 
  little 
  damage 
  was 
  done: 
  the 
  post 
  office, 
  a 
  two 
  storied 
  

  

  brick 
  building, 
  was 
  rather 
  badly 
  cracked, 
  while 
  some 
  of 
  

  

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  paigun. 
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  nner 
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  c 
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  t 
  w 
  hich 
  is 
  in 
  process 
  of 
  

  

  construction, 
  were 
  damaged, 
  large 
  cracks 
  having 
  opened 
  in 
  directions 
  at 
  right 
  

  

  angles 
  to 
  one 
  another 
  and 
  at 
  47 
  to 
  the 
  horizon. 
  

  

  The 
  only 
  actual 
  falls, 
  however, 
  took 
  place 
  at 
  the 
  District 
  Board 
  Office. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  

   rectangular 
  building, 
  24 
  feet 
  high, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  flat 
  roof, 
  round 
  which 
  runs 
  a 
  parapet 
  

   4' 
  5'' 
  in 
  height 
  ; 
  at 
  each 
  corner 
  the 
  parapet 
  was 
  surmounted 
  by 
  a 
  solid 
  cupola 
  ; 
  

   two 
  of 
  these 
  cupolas 
  fell. 
  

  

  One 
  fell 
  in 
  a 
  direction 
  S 
  18 
  E 
  and 
  stands 
  upright 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  exactly 
  as 
  it 
  

   originally 
  stood 
  on 
  the 
  parapet. 
  . 
  

  

  Original 
  height 
  of 
  base 
  above 
  ground 
  =24 
  feet. 
  

  

  Horizontal 
  distance 
  through 
  which 
  it 
  was 
  projected=8ft. 
  6in. 
  from 
  base 
  of 
  wall. 
  

  

  The 
  other 
  cupola 
  fell 
  N 
  2\° 
  W 
  and 
  lies 
  on 
  the 
  roof 
  at 
  an 
  horizontal 
  distance 
  

   of 
  9 
  feet 
  from 
  its 
  original 
  position 
  ; 
  the 
  height 
  through 
  which 
  it 
  fell 
  — 
  i.e., 
  height 
  of 
  

   parapet 
  from 
  roof=4ft. 
  5in. 
  It 
  is 
  probable, 
  ^however, 
  that 
  it 
  rolled 
  over 
  after 
  it 
  

  

  fell. 
  

  

  At 
  Belakoba 
  railway 
  station 
  the 
  eastern 
  wall 
  of 
  the 
  station 
  house 
  is 
  cracked 
  

   at 
  its 
  north-east 
  corner, 
  while 
  other 
  small 
  brick 
  buildings 
  

   Belakoba. 
  - 
  n 
  ^ 
  ne 
  jghbourhood 
  have 
  been 
  cracked, 
  but 
  no 
  serious 
  

  

  damage 
  appears 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  done. 
  

  

  Between 
  Belakoba 
  and 
  Siliguri 
  fissures 
  again 
  appear 
  at 
  telegraph-post 
  192/12 
  I 
  

   here 
  they 
  run 
  parallel 
  to 
  a 
  small 
  river 
  and 
  cross 
  the 
  railway 
  at 
  right 
  angles. 
  

  

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