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  OLDHAM: 
  GREAT 
  EARTHQUAKE 
  OF 
  1897. 
  

  

  They 
  are 
  apparently 
  only 
  3 
  to 
  4 
  inches 
  wide, 
  and 
  are 
  purely 
  local, 
  disappearing 
  

   again 
  immediately, 
  nor 
  are 
  fissures 
  again 
  seen 
  till 
  some 
  miles 
  beyond 
  Siliguri. 
  

  

  This 
  absence 
  of 
  fissures 
  between 
  Mandalghat 
  and 
  Siliguri 
  is 
  no 
  doubt 
  due 
  in 
  

   great 
  part 
  to 
  local 
  peculiarities 
  in 
  the 
  soil, 
  which, 
  from 
  being 
  of 
  a 
  light 
  sandy 
  

   nature 
  in 
  the 
  fissured 
  region, 
  gradually 
  assumes 
  a 
  dark 
  loamy 
  character, 
  and 
  it 
  

   would 
  appear 
  highly 
  probable 
  that 
  the 
  greater 
  tenacity 
  of 
  this 
  latter 
  enabled 
  it 
  to 
  

   withstand 
  strains 
  under 
  which 
  the 
  porous 
  and 
  ill-compacted 
  sands 
  gave 
  way. 
  A 
  

   similar 
  absence 
  of 
  fissures 
  for 
  a 
  considerable 
  distance 
  along 
  the 
  railway 
  to 
  the 
  

   south 
  of 
  Kuch 
  Bihar 
  will 
  be 
  noticed 
  further 
  on 
  (p. 
  286). 
  

  

  At 
  Siliguri 
  no 
  damage 
  appears 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  done, 
  in 
  fact 
  all 
  signs 
  of 
  a 
  

   violent 
  earthquake 
  are 
  strikingly 
  absent 
  : 
  the 
  railway 
  

   1 
  1§un 
  station 
  is 
  slightly 
  cracked, 
  but 
  does 
  not 
  appear 
  to 
  have 
  

  

  suffered 
  any 
  damage 
  beyond 
  the 
  loss 
  of 
  a 
  few 
  loose 
  bricks 
  ; 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  till 
  the 
  

   Mahanadi 
  river 
  has 
  been 
  crossed 
  that 
  we 
  come 
  on 
  any 
  marked 
  effects 
  of 
  the 
  

   shock, 
  Between 
  that 
  river 
  and 
  Sukna 
  Railway 
  Station, 
  however, 
  the 
  ground 
  is 
  

   fissured 
  in 
  several 
  places, 
  the 
  cart 
  road 
  which 
  runs 
  beside 
  the 
  railway 
  line 
  being 
  

   much 
  cut 
  up. 
  

  

  Darjiling 
  and 
  Himalayan 
  Railway. 
  — 
  Very 
  little 
  damage 
  was 
  done 
  at 
  any 
  part 
  

   of 
  this 
  line, 
  though 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  bungalows 
  and 
  tea 
  factories 
  on 
  the 
  neighbouring 
  

   spurs 
  suffered 
  considerably. 
  As 
  already 
  stated, 
  fissures 
  opened 
  between 
  Siliguri 
  

   and 
  Sukna. 
  

  

  At 
  Tindharia 
  railway 
  station 
  the 
  station 
  building 
  was 
  cracked 
  and 
  some 
  

  

  stones 
  fell 
  from 
  the 
  gables, 
  while 
  two 
  small 
  landslips 
  

  

  Tindharia. 
  occurred 
  on 
  southern 
  hill 
  slopes. 
  A 
  larger 
  landslip 
  

  

  occurred 
  subsequently 
  ( 
  June 
  24th 
  ) 
  at 
  this 
  station, 
  and 
  

  

  much 
  of 
  the 
  hillside 
  below 
  the 
  station 
  master's 
  house 
  was 
  carried 
  away, 
  

  

  Darjiling. 
  — 
  Here 
  the 
  most 
  striking 
  effects 
  of 
  the 
  earthquake 
  are 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  large 
  numbers 
  of 
  chimneys 
  which 
  have 
  fallen. 
  Many 
  houses, 
  which 
  were 
  other. 
  

  

  wise 
  uninjured, 
  have 
  been 
  badly 
  damaged 
  by 
  the 
  falling 
  

  

  arji 
  mg. 
  .^ 
  o 
  ^ 
  ^ 
  e 
  great 
  heavy 
  chimney 
  stacks 
  which 
  crashed 
  

  

  through 
  the 
  rocf, 
  breaking 
  everything 
  before 
  them. 
  As 
  a 
  rule, 
  however, 
  they 
  are 
  

  

  not 
  of 
  much 
  service 
  in 
  determining 
  the 
  direction 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  wave 
  travelled. 
  

  

  A 
  chimney 
  on 
  Collington 
  fell 
  to 
  the 
  N 
  8° 
  E 
  while 
  the 
  western 
  chimney 
  

   on 
  Dr, 
  Anderson's 
  house 
  on 
  Jalapahar 
  fell 
  E 
  8° 
  S. 
  

  

  At 
  Snowv 
  View, 
  the 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  fell 
  out 
  to 
  the 
  north, 
  while 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  

   inner 
  walls 
  also 
  fell, 
  and 
  a 
  small 
  window 
  in 
  the 
  east 
  wall 
  fell 
  inwards 
  in 
  the 
  

   direction 
  W 
  28 
  N. 
  A 
  small 
  cottage 
  a 
  few 
  yards 
  below 
  Snowy 
  View 
  was 
  

   completely 
  wrecked 
  : 
  the 
  walls 
  collapsed 
  and 
  the 
  roof 
  fell 
  to 
  the 
  W 
  38° 
  N 
  

   while 
  a 
  window 
  in 
  the 
  east 
  wall 
  fell 
  out 
  E 
  38° 
  S. 
  

  

  Singamari 
  was 
  a 
  new 
  house 
  built 
  of 
  stone 
  and 
  mortar. 
  The 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   western 
  gable 
  wall 
  fell 
  out 
  and 
  several 
  inner 
  walls 
  suffered 
  badly. 
  Cracks 
  ran 
  

   through 
  the 
  house 
  from 
  N 
  32 
  W 
  to 
  S 
  32 
  E. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  old 
  Bhutia 
  Cemetery, 
  on 
  the 
  eastern 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Ridge 
  and 
  just 
  below 
  

   the 
  Calcutta 
  Road, 
  several 
  old 
  tombs 
  were 
  partially 
  thrown 
  down. 
  These 
  

   were 
  built 
  chiefly 
  of 
  loose 
  stones, 
  uncemented 
  by 
  mortar, 
  and 
  having 
  on 
  their 
  

   summits 
  small 
  pyramidal 
  heaps 
  of 
  smaller 
  stones, 
  or 
  single 
  ovoid 
  or 
  conical 
  stones 
  

  

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