﻿APPENDIX 
  A: 
  G. 
  E. 
  GRIMES. 
  291 
  

  

  I 
  could 
  make 
  out, 
  was 
  N 
  25 
  W. 
  In 
  the 
  Armenian 
  churchyard 
  there 
  is 
  

   a 
  lofty 
  square 
  tower, 
  the 
  walls 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  set 
  almost 
  exactly 
  north 
  and 
  

   south, 
  east 
  and 
  west 
  (N 
  6° 
  E, 
  and 
  at 
  right 
  angles) 
  : 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  

   northern 
  half 
  of 
  this 
  tower 
  has 
  fallen 
  over 
  towards 
  the 
  north. 
  From 
  the 
  

   European 
  cemetery 
  but 
  little 
  evidence 
  is 
  obtainable, 
  as 
  only 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  tombs 
  

   showed 
  any 
  signs 
  of 
  damage. 
  From 
  the 
  tomb 
  of 
  John 
  Charles, 
  infant 
  son 
  of 
  

   T. 
  Richardson, 
  Judge 
  of 
  the 
  Civil 
  Court 
  of 
  Dacca, 
  the 
  top 
  is 
  broken 
  off, 
  but 
  most 
  

   of 
  it 
  is 
  still 
  held 
  onto 
  the 
  central 
  rod, 
  which 
  is 
  bent 
  over 
  to 
  one 
  side, 
  and 
  the 
  direc- 
  

   tion 
  in 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  bent, 
  and 
  the 
  fragments 
  have 
  fallen, 
  is 
  E 
  io° 
  S. 
  The 
  

   only 
  other 
  tomb 
  which 
  shows 
  any 
  indication 
  of 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  earthquake 
  

   is 
  the 
  very 
  large 
  and 
  lofty 
  one 
  which 
  <s 
  ascribed 
  to 
  ' 
  Columbus 
  saheb, 
  hampani 
  ka 
  

   naukar' 
  ; 
  this 
  had 
  on 
  its 
  sides, 
  at 
  three 
  different 
  heights, 
  small 
  minarets, 
  some 
  of 
  

   which 
  have 
  fallen 
  ; 
  little, 
  however, 
  could 
  be 
  ascertained 
  from 
  these, 
  as 
  there 
  was 
  

   evidence 
  to 
  show 
  that 
  in 
  almost 
  every 
  case 
  the 
  top 
  ones 
  in 
  falling 
  had 
  struck 
  those 
  

   lower 
  down 
  : 
  besides 
  this, 
  the 
  fallen 
  pieces 
  had, 
  previous 
  to 
  my 
  visit 
  to 
  Dacca, 
  been 
  

   shifted 
  from 
  their 
  original 
  position, 
  and 
  although 
  the 
  marks 
  where 
  they 
  had 
  struck 
  

   the 
  ground 
  were 
  visible, 
  it 
  was 
  impossible 
  to 
  tell 
  which 
  fallen 
  minaret 
  had 
  made 
  

   them 
  ; 
  one, 
  however, 
  of 
  these 
  minarets 
  had 
  apparently 
  fallen 
  free 
  in 
  a 
  direction 
  

   W 
  io° 
  S. 
  The 
  Engineer 
  Babu 
  at 
  the 
  water-works 
  told 
  me 
  that 
  at 
  the 
  

   time 
  of 
  the 
  earthquake 
  he 
  was 
  standing 
  close 
  by 
  the 
  tank 
  there, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  

   water 
  in 
  it 
  was 
  swaying 
  to 
  and 
  fro 
  in 
  a 
  direction 
  which 
  I 
  measured, 
  when 
  pointed 
  

   out 
  tome, 
  as 
  S 
  15 
  — 
  20 
  E. 
  

  

  Putting 
  the 
  above 
  in 
  a 
  tabular 
  form, 
  we 
  see 
  that 
  — 
  

  

  Club 
  and 
  Dak 
  Bung-alow 
  . 
  

  

  Low 
  Pillar, 
  near 
  Racecourse 
  . 
  

  

  Second 
  „ 
  ,, 
  „ 
  

  

  Gate 
  „ 
  „ 
  „ 
  

  

  Hindu 
  Temple 
  on 
  Racecourse 
  

  

  Nazir's 
  mutt 
  

  

  John 
  Charles 
  Richardson's 
  Tomb 
  

  

  Columbus 
  Saheb's 
  Tomb 
  

  

  Tank 
  at 
  Water-works 
  • 
  . 
  

  

  Looking 
  at 
  this 
  evidence, 
  and 
  also 
  considering 
  that 
  the 
  impression 
  of 
  the 
  

   inhabitants 
  of 
  Dacca 
  was 
  that 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  earthquake-wave 
  was 
  along 
  

   a 
  line 
  north-west 
  and 
  south-east, 
  we 
  see 
  that 
  the 
  most 
  reliable 
  observations 
  point 
  

   to 
  a 
  direction 
  N 
  20 
  — 
  25 
  W. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  velocity 
  of 
  motion 
  of 
  the 
  wave-particle 
  the 
  pillar 
  near 
  the 
  racecourse 
  

   is 
  the 
  only 
  thing 
  which 
  gives 
  any 
  evidence. 
  

  

  Before 
  the 
  earthquake 
  this 
  pillar, 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  horizontal 
  section 
  is 
  square, 
  was 
  

   2 
  feet 
  9 
  inches 
  high, 
  and 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  its 
  sides 
  1 
  foot 
  8| 
  inches. 
  From 
  this 
  

   the 
  top 
  part, 
  1 
  foot 
  high, 
  had 
  been 
  thrown 
  off 
  in 
  a 
  direction 
  S 
  25 
  E, 
  and 
  so 
  

   the 
  height 
  from 
  which 
  its 
  centre 
  of 
  gravity 
  had 
  fallen 
  was 
  1 
  foot 
  9 
  inches; 
  this 
  

   piece 
  was 
  standing 
  upright 
  and 
  perfectly 
  square 
  with 
  the 
  bottom 
  part, 
  the 
  

   distance 
  of 
  its 
  centre, 
  from 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  the 
  basal 
  piece, 
  being 
  3 
  feet 
  2 
  inches. 
  

   At 
  first 
  I 
  felt 
  doubtful 
  if 
  this 
  had 
  been 
  thrown 
  off 
  by 
  the 
  earthquake, 
  but 
  an 
  

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  2 
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  ) 
  

  

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  W, 
  

  

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  W, 
  

  

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  S. 
  

  

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  N, 
  

  

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