﻿APPENDIX 
  A: 
  G. 
  E. 
  GRIMES. 
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  and 
  was 
  lying 
  at 
  the 
  side 
  ; 
  it 
  had 
  not, 
  however, 
  fallen 
  free, 
  for 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  mark 
  on 
  

   the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  tower 
  where 
  it 
  had 
  struck 
  it, 
  but 
  one 
  could 
  see 
  that 
  the 
  direction 
  

   of 
  the 
  horizontal 
  component 
  of 
  the 
  movement 
  of 
  the 
  fallen 
  top 
  was 
  not 
  much 
  

   altered. 
  Besides 
  this, 
  none 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  buildings 
  show 
  any 
  accurate 
  evidence 
  

   of 
  the 
  earthquake 
  ; 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  gate 
  pillars 
  of 
  the 
  Rajah's 
  palace 
  compound 
  

   was 
  twisted 
  and 
  shifted 
  slightly 
  in 
  a 
  direction 
  N 
  15 
  E, 
  but 
  as 
  there 
  is 
  

   a 
  heavy 
  iron 
  gate 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  pillar, 
  the 
  latter 
  could 
  not 
  have 
  moved 
  freely. 
  

   Corroborating 
  evidence 
  of 
  the 
  direction 
  deduced 
  from 
  the 
  Deota 
  Din 
  Siwala 
  

   is, 
  however, 
  obtainable 
  from 
  the 
  cracks 
  in 
  the 
  open 
  country; 
  these, 
  of 
  

   course, 
  vary 
  very 
  greatly 
  in 
  direction, 
  but 
  the 
  ones 
  which 
  I 
  chose 
  are 
  those 
  

   which 
  were 
  most 
  out 
  in 
  the 
  open 
  country, 
  and 
  which 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  least 
  

   interfered 
  with 
  by 
  irregularities 
  in 
  the 
  surface 
  ; 
  these 
  were 
  running 
  in 
  a 
  NW 
  to 
  

   SE 
  direction, 
  and 
  so 
  the 
  direction 
  at 
  right 
  angles 
  to 
  them, 
  which 
  would 
  

   in 
  this 
  case 
  be 
  presumably 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  earthquake-wave, 
  was 
  

   NE 
  to 
  SW. 
  At 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  earthquake 
  the 
  north-east 
  corner 
  and 
  part 
  

   of 
  the 
  outer 
  walls 
  of 
  the 
  jail 
  fell 
  down, 
  the 
  measurements 
  of 
  which 
  from 
  the 
  corner 
  

   were 
  105 
  feet 
  8 
  inches 
  of 
  the 
  wall 
  built 
  in 
  a 
  direction 
  E 
  30 
  S 
  and 
  

   46 
  feet 
  of 
  the 
  wall 
  at 
  right 
  angles 
  ; 
  if 
  we 
  join 
  the 
  ends 
  of 
  the 
  broken 
  part 
  by 
  a 
  

   straight 
  line 
  and 
  take 
  a 
  direction 
  at 
  right 
  angles 
  to 
  this 
  line, 
  we 
  find 
  it 
  works 
  out 
  

   N 
  54 
  E, 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  far 
  from 
  the 
  N 
  4S 
  E, 
  which 
  I 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  Deota 
  

   Din 
  Siwala 
  ; 
  this 
  may 
  be 
  only 
  a 
  coincidence, 
  as 
  in 
  such 
  a 
  case 
  as 
  this 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  safe 
  

   to 
  assume 
  that 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  limit 
  of 
  the 
  breaking 
  of 
  the 
  wall 
  was 
  parallel 
  to 
  the 
  

   crest 
  of 
  a 
  wave. 
  Beyond 
  the 
  above 
  case 
  I 
  was 
  unable 
  to 
  obtain 
  any 
  evidence 
  

   of 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  earthquake 
  wave, 
  but 
  I 
  think 
  I 
  may 
  safely 
  assume 
  that 
  it 
  

   was, 
  approximately, 
  N 
  E. 
  to 
  S 
  W. 
  

  

  For 
  obtaining 
  the 
  velocity 
  of 
  the 
  wave 
  particle, 
  the 
  only 
  thing 
  we 
  have 
  to 
  rely 
  

   on 
  is 
  the 
  overturning 
  of 
  the 
  jail 
  walls, 
  which 
  are 
  10 
  feet 
  8 
  inches 
  high, 
  and 
  18 
  

   inches 
  thick, 
  the 
  overturned 
  portion 
  being 
  105 
  feet 
  8 
  inches 
  of 
  the 
  wall 
  in 
  a 
  

   direction 
  E 
  30 
  S, 
  W 
  30 
  N, 
  and 
  46 
  feet 
  of 
  wall 
  in 
  a 
  direction 
  N 
  30 
  E, 
  S 
  30 
  W. 
  

  

  For 
  the 
  time 
  and 
  duration 
  of 
  the 
  shock 
  the 
  best 
  information 
  I 
  have 
  was 
  

   obtained 
  through 
  the 
  Traffic 
  Superintendent 
  of 
  the 
  Dacca-Mymensing 
  Railway. 
  

   He 
  told 
  me 
  that 
  one 
  of 
  his 
  guards, 
  a 
  Sibpur 
  boy, 
  who 
  was 
  at 
  Maimansingh 
  at 
  the 
  

   time, 
  took 
  out 
  his 
  watch 
  directly 
  he 
  felt 
  the 
  shock, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  5-10 
  p.m., 
  local 
  

   time, 
  and 
  the 
  shock 
  lasted 
  almost 
  exactly 
  90 
  seconds. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  station 
  of 
  Maimansingh, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  country 
  around, 
  the 
  ground 
  is 
  fissured 
  

   in 
  very 
  numerous 
  places, 
  the 
  cracks 
  near 
  the 
  river 
  being 
  mostly 
  parallel 
  to 
  it, 
  but 
  

   not 
  in 
  all 
  cases; 
  in 
  the 
  surrounding 
  country, 
  however, 
  they 
  are 
  in 
  all 
  directions, 
  

   following 
  the 
  lines 
  of 
  weakness. 
  From 
  most 
  of 
  these 
  cracks 
  sand 
  and 
  water, 
  like 
  

   that 
  seen 
  near 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Dacca-Mymensing 
  Railway, 
  has 
  been 
  

   forced 
  out 
  and 
  has 
  flowed 
  over 
  the 
  fields, 
  damaging 
  the 
  crops 
  to 
  a 
  certain 
  extent. 
  

  

  The 
  Assuring 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  is 
  accompanied, 
  too, 
  by 
  sinking 
  of 
  the 
  ground 
  

   often 
  over 
  large 
  areas. 
  More 
  prominent 
  cases 
  of 
  this 
  may 
  be 
  seen 
  in 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  

   places 
  on 
  the 
  road 
  from 
  Maimansingh 
  to 
  Muktagachha, 
  where 
  the 
  cracks 
  are 
  nearly 
  

   at 
  right 
  angles 
  to 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  road. 
  In 
  these 
  cases 
  the 
  road 
  is 
  faulted, 
  the 
  

   ground 
  having 
  sunk 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  road 
  on 
  one 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  crack 
  is 
  about 
  4 
  feet 
  

   higher 
  than 
  it 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  other. 
  Wherever 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  earthquake-wave 
  is 
  

  

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