﻿APPENDIX 
  A 
  : 
  G. 
  E. 
  GRIMES. 
  289 
  

  

  than 
  the 
  floor 
  would 
  have 
  supported, 
  was 
  being 
  rolled 
  along 
  the 
  corridor 
  just 
  outside 
  

   the 
  room. 
  I 
  started 
  up, 
  but 
  could 
  not 
  at 
  first 
  make 
  out 
  what 
  was 
  the 
  matter, 
  and 
  

   it 
  was 
  only 
  when 
  I 
  got 
  on 
  my 
  feet 
  that 
  I 
  felt 
  the 
  ground 
  rocking 
  underneath 
  me. 
  

   After 
  rushing 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  I 
  stood 
  in 
  the 
  compound 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side, 
  and 
  

   viewed 
  from 
  that 
  direction, 
  the 
  house 
  appeared 
  to 
  be 
  rocking 
  in 
  a 
  north 
  and 
  south 
  

   direction. 
  A 
  few 
  minutes 
  after 
  the 
  earthquake 
  was 
  over, 
  I 
  went 
  into 
  the 
  house 
  to 
  

   see 
  what 
  damage 
  had 
  been 
  done, 
  and 
  I 
  then 
  saw 
  that 
  the 
  north-east 
  and 
  south-west 
  

   corners 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  had 
  suffered 
  more 
  severely 
  than 
  the 
  other 
  parts, 
  and 
  that 
  

   there 
  the 
  walls 
  were 
  leaning 
  out 
  more 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  other 
  corners. 
  Besides 
  this, 
  

   the 
  verandah 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  house, 
  which 
  was 
  built 
  at 
  a 
  later 
  time 
  than 
  

   the 
  main 
  building, 
  was 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  rest 
  by 
  an 
  east 
  and 
  west 
  crack. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  following 
  days 
  I 
  went 
  round 
  parts 
  of 
  Calcutta, 
  chiefly 
  in 
  the 
  area 
  

   between 
  Park 
  Street 
  and 
  Bow 
  Bazar 
  Street, 
  and 
  also 
  to 
  Howrah, 
  to 
  examine 
  the 
  

   nature 
  of 
  the 
  damage 
  done. 
  Within 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  Calcutta 
  there 
  are 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  

   of 
  native 
  bastis, 
  the 
  cutcha 
  huts 
  of 
  which 
  show 
  practically 
  no 
  signs 
  of 
  being 
  shaken 
  

   by 
  the 
  earthquake, 
  but 
  scattered 
  amongst 
  them 
  there 
  are 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  pucca 
  

   houses, 
  many 
  of 
  a 
  considerable 
  height, 
  and 
  most 
  of 
  them 
  showing 
  signs 
  of 
  age 
  and 
  

   dilapidation, 
  but 
  despite 
  this 
  the 
  damage 
  done 
  was 
  not 
  so 
  severe 
  and 
  prominent 
  

   as 
  immediately 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  of 
  Park 
  Street, 
  where 
  the 
  houses 
  are 
  almost 
  all 
  detached 
  

   and 
  lofty; 
  many 
  of 
  these 
  are 
  old 
  and 
  show 
  signs 
  of 
  very 
  frequent 
  patching 
  up. 
  

   I 
  made 
  the 
  following 
  notes 
  on 
  the 
  chief 
  buildings 
  affected 
  by 
  the 
  earthquake 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  At 
  St. 
  Thomas' 
  Church, 
  Free 
  School 
  Street, 
  there 
  are 
  two 
  large 
  cracks 
  and 
  

   several 
  smaller 
  ones 
  in 
  a 
  north 
  and 
  south 
  direction 
  ; 
  by 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  larger 
  cracks 
  

   the 
  chancel 
  was 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  main 
  body 
  of 
  the 
  church, 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  other 
  

   Crack 
  the 
  porch 
  was 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  church. 
  In 
  the 
  Boys' 
  Free 
  School, 
  which 
  

   is 
  close 
  by 
  the 
  church, 
  the 
  cracks 
  were 
  at 
  right 
  angles 
  to 
  those 
  in 
  the 
  church, 
  the 
  

   facade 
  with 
  Doric 
  pillars 
  of 
  the 
  School, 
  which 
  faces 
  to 
  the 
  south, 
  being 
  damaged 
  

   by 
  east 
  and 
  west 
  cracks. 
  From 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  spire 
  of 
  the 
  Free 
  Church 
  of 
  Scotland, 
  

   Wellesley 
  Street, 
  a 
  considerable 
  piece 
  had 
  fallen, 
  and 
  the 
  next 
  day 
  I 
  saw 
  it 
  on 
  the 
  

   ground, 
  considerably 
  broken, 
  near 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  tower, 
  and 
  taking 
  the 
  position 
  of 
  

   the 
  largest 
  and 
  main 
  block 
  of 
  the 
  fallen 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  spire 
  as 
  the 
  position 
  where 
  the 
  

   top 
  had 
  struck 
  the 
  ground, 
  and 
  there 
  was 
  no 
  evidence 
  of 
  its 
  having 
  rolled 
  to 
  that 
  

   position. 
  I 
  found 
  that 
  it 
  must 
  have 
  fallen 
  in 
  a 
  direction 
  VV 
  io° 
  S. 
  The 
  tower 
  

   on 
  which 
  the 
  steeple 
  is 
  built 
  was 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  main 
  building 
  by 
  an 
  east 
  and 
  

   west 
  crack. 
  St. 
  James' 
  Church, 
  Lower 
  Circular 
  Road, 
  had 
  three 
  small 
  minarets 
  fallen 
  

   from 
  its 
  steeple, 
  but 
  as 
  the 
  fragments 
  had 
  been 
  cleared 
  away, 
  there 
  was 
  no 
  evidence 
  

   of 
  the 
  direction 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  were 
  thrown. 
  The 
  other 
  damage 
  to 
  the 
  church 
  con- 
  

   sisted 
  of 
  several 
  east 
  and 
  west 
  cracks 
  running 
  along 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  building. 
  

   From 
  a 
  house 
  just 
  off 
  Wellesley 
  Square, 
  near 
  St. 
  Saviour's 
  Church, 
  the 
  south 
  parapet 
  

   wall 
  had 
  fallen 
  into 
  the 
  yard 
  below 
  towards 
  the 
  south. 
  A 
  large 
  pucca 
  house 
  at 
  the 
  

   Circular 
  Road 
  end 
  of 
  Dhurumtollah 
  Street 
  was 
  very 
  badly 
  damaged, 
  and 
  the 
  front 
  

   (south) 
  quarter 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  was 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  rest 
  by 
  a 
  large 
  east 
  and 
  west 
  

   crack, 
  but 
  the 
  south-west 
  corner 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  was 
  much 
  more 
  damaged 
  than 
  the 
  

   south-east 
  corner. 
  No. 
  114, 
  Lower 
  Circular 
  Road 
  (Plate 
  XXIV, 
  fig. 
  1), 
  was 
  very 
  

   badly 
  damaged, 
  and 
  the 
  south 
  bay 
  of 
  the 
  top 
  story 
  had 
  fallen 
  out 
  towards 
  the 
  south. 
  

  

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