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  H. 
  H. 
  HAYDEN. 
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  line, 
  but 
  on 
  a 
  line 
  at 
  about 
  100 
  yards 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  a 
  somewhat 
  similar 
  bungalow 
  

   has 
  remained 
  standing, 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  buildings 
  along 
  this 
  second 
  line 
  have 
  come 
  

   off 
  without 
  much 
  damage 
  : 
  further 
  west 
  again, 
  we 
  find 
  a 
  line 
  of 
  greater 
  destruction 
  

   and 
  it 
  is 
  probable 
  that, 
  if 
  this 
  were 
  followed 
  up, 
  we 
  should 
  find 
  an 
  alternating 
  series 
  

   of 
  lines 
  of 
  destruction 
  and 
  of 
  comparative 
  immunity. 
  Even 
  allowing 
  for 
  the 
  vari- 
  

   able 
  factor 
  necessarily 
  introduced 
  by 
  the 
  difference 
  in 
  construction 
  and 
  age 
  of 
  the 
  

   various 
  buildings, 
  the 
  series 
  of 
  lines 
  above 
  mentioned 
  is 
  sufficiently 
  marked 
  to 
  

   make 
  it 
  a 
  matter 
  of 
  great 
  probability 
  that 
  the 
  destruction 
  or 
  escape 
  was 
  to 
  a 
  large 
  

   extent 
  due 
  to 
  interference. 
  

  

  Passing 
  on 
  from 
  Kaunia 
  towards 
  Kuch 
  Bihar, 
  much 
  damage 
  has 
  been 
  done 
  

   all 
  along 
  the 
  line 
  up 
  to 
  Chaarha 
  Hat. 
  For 
  some 
  5 
  or 
  6 
  

   Chaarha 
  Hat, 
  miles 
  beyond 
  t 
  ^j 
  s 
  stat 
  ion, 
  however, 
  the 
  effects 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  earthquake 
  are 
  hardly 
  perceptible, 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  fissures 
  being 
  as 
  marked 
  in 
  

   this 
  area 
  at 
  it 
  was 
  between 
  Mandalghat 
  and 
  Siliguri. 
  The 
  soil, 
  too, 
  bears 
  

   some 
  resemblance 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  area, 
  but 
  is 
  rather 
  more 
  sandy. 
  

   It 
  is, 
  however, 
  not 
  improbable 
  that 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  fissures 
  may 
  in 
  some 
  part 
  

   be 
  due 
  also 
  to 
  the 
  large 
  numbers 
  of 
  bamboo 
  clumps 
  throughout 
  the 
  surrounding 
  

   country 
  : 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  one 
  can 
  see 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  railway, 
  the 
  country 
  is 
  

   covered 
  with 
  these 
  clumps, 
  which, 
  by 
  their 
  thickly 
  matted 
  roots, 
  bind 
  the 
  earth 
  

   together 
  and 
  thereby 
  prevent 
  the 
  formation 
  of 
  fissures 
  : 
  but 
  as 
  the 
  railway 
  itself 
  

   is 
  barely 
  damaged, 
  it 
  is 
  more 
  probable 
  that 
  the 
  soil 
  is 
  chiefly 
  accountable 
  for 
  this 
  

   immunity. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  neighbourhood 
  of 
  Dewan 
  Hat, 
  however, 
  the 
  line 
  has 
  suffered 
  severely 
  

  

  and 
  the 
  bridges, 
  particularly 
  that 
  over 
  the 
  Manshai 
  

   Dewan 
  Hat. 
  ^^ 
  haye 
  been 
  broken# 
  At 
  about 
  7 
  m 
  j 
  ]es 
  south 
  

  

  of 
  Kuch 
  Bihar 
  a 
  small 
  bridge 
  passing 
  over 
  a 
  water 
  channel 
  in 
  swampy 
  land 
  has 
  

   been 
  damaged 
  by 
  the 
  thrusting 
  up 
  of 
  the 
  central 
  pier. 
  At 
  this 
  spot 
  also 
  the 
  sur- 
  

   face 
  of 
  the 
  surrounding 
  country 
  has 
  been 
  covered 
  with 
  sand 
  and 
  water, 
  from 
  

   which 
  in 
  many 
  places 
  bubbles 
  of 
  gas 
  are 
  seen 
  rising 
  : 
  this 
  gas 
  has 
  an 
  unpleasant 
  

   odour 
  somewhat 
  resembling 
  both 
  H 
  2 
  S 
  and 
  S0 
  2 
  , 
  but 
  though 
  it 
  was 
  asserted 
  by 
  

   many 
  people 
  that 
  the 
  opening 
  of 
  the 
  fissures 
  during 
  the 
  earthquake 
  was 
  accom- 
  

   panied 
  by 
  a 
  " 
  smell 
  of 
  sulphur 
  " 
  which 
  was 
  popularly 
  accredited 
  to 
  volcanic 
  pheno- 
  

   mena, 
  it 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  these 
  gases 
  are 
  merely 
  derived 
  from 
  the 
  decaying 
  vegeta- 
  

   tion 
  which 
  has 
  in 
  so 
  many 
  places 
  been 
  covered 
  by 
  the 
  sand 
  and 
  water. 
  This 
  

   is 
  the 
  more 
  probable 
  as 
  the 
  same 
  ebullition 
  of 
  gas 
  may 
  be 
  seen 
  taking 
  place 
  in 
  

   small 
  puddles 
  in 
  the 
  fields 
  in 
  districts 
  such 
  as 
  Krishnagar 
  where 
  no 
  fissures 
  

   were 
  formed. 
  

  

  At 
  Torsa 
  Railway 
  Station 
  the 
  station-house 
  has 
  not 
  suffered, 
  but 
  the 
  banks 
  

   of 
  the 
  river 
  have 
  been 
  much 
  cut 
  up 
  by 
  fissures 
  on 
  both 
  sides, 
  and 
  have 
  in 
  many 
  

   places 
  caved 
  in. 
  

  

  At 
  Kuch 
  Bihar 
  most 
  brick 
  buildings 
  have 
  been 
  severely 
  damaged. 
  With 
  the 
  

   exception 
  of 
  the 
  Palace 
  and 
  the 
  Superintendent's 
  house, 
  the 
  principal 
  build- 
  

  

  ings 
  surround 
  a 
  large 
  tank, 
  and 
  have 
  conse- 
  

   quently 
  been 
  injured 
  by 
  the 
  fissures 
  which 
  have 
  

   opened 
  in 
  their 
  neighbourhood. 
  Curiously 
  enough, 
  however, 
  the 
  building 
  which 
  

  

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