﻿APPENDIX 
  A 
  : 
  G. 
  E. 
  GRIMES. 
  295 
  

  

  Of 
  these, 
  Nos. 
  o 
  and 
  1 
  had 
  fallen 
  over 
  towards 
  the 
  north 
  in 
  directions 
  which 
  

   were 
  measured 
  by 
  the 
  protractor 
  as 
  4 
  E 
  of 
  N 
  and 
  4 
  30' 
  W 
  of 
  N. 
  The 
  only 
  other 
  

   piece 
  of 
  evidence 
  I 
  could 
  obtain 
  of 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  earthquake 
  was 
  a 
  state- 
  

   ment 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  telegraph 
  master 
  that 
  the 
  water 
  in 
  the 
  tank 
  at 
  the 
  back 
  of 
  the 
  

   telegraph 
  office 
  was, 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  earthquake, 
  swaying 
  from 
  north 
  to 
  south. 
  

  

  Assam-Bengal 
  Railway. 
  — 
  At 
  Badarpur 
  I 
  started 
  the 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  Assam- 
  

   Bengal 
  Railway. 
  In 
  the 
  section, 
  at 
  present 
  unopened, 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  Barak* 
  

   between 
  Badarpur 
  and 
  the 
  hills 
  to 
  the 
  north, 
  there 
  was 
  very 
  little 
  damage, 
  

   although 
  for 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  way 
  it 
  runs 
  over 
  recent 
  alluvium. 
  In 
  the 
  first 
  tunnel, 
  

   however, 
  of 
  the 
  hill 
  sections 
  some 
  rather 
  big 
  slips 
  had 
  occurred, 
  and 
  along 
  the 
  

   southern 
  scarp 
  of 
  the 
  Khasi 
  Hills, 
  facing 
  the 
  Surma 
  Valley, 
  large 
  bare 
  patches 
  

   may 
  be 
  seen 
  where 
  landslips 
  caused 
  by 
  the 
  earthquake 
  have 
  torn 
  away 
  the 
  jungle 
  

   from 
  the 
  slopes 
  and 
  laid 
  bare 
  the 
  rock 
  beneath. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  unopened 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  railway 
  between 
  Badarpur 
  and 
  Silchar 
  the 
  

   damage 
  is 
  very 
  severe, 
  especially 
  to 
  the 
  bridges. 
  For 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  from 
  Badarpur 
  

   this 
  line 
  runs 
  through 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  cuttings 
  in 
  hills 
  formed 
  of 
  tertiary 
  beds, 
  

   and 
  here 
  it 
  is 
  but 
  little 
  disturbed, 
  the 
  chief 
  damage 
  being 
  the 
  slipping 
  in 
  of 
  the 
  

   sides 
  of 
  the 
  cutting. 
  A 
  little 
  further 
  on, 
  where 
  the 
  line 
  has 
  left 
  the 
  hills 
  and 
  is 
  on 
  

   the 
  flat 
  open 
  country, 
  mostly 
  bhil 
  land 
  and 
  all 
  covered 
  by 
  a 
  new 
  alluvium, 
  the 
  

   damage 
  is 
  much 
  more 
  considerable, 
  and 
  for 
  some 
  way 
  the 
  bridges 
  are 
  all 
  badly 
  

   damaged, 
  especially 
  those 
  over 
  the 
  Dalasar 
  Nadi, 
  the 
  Gangru 
  Gong 
  near 
  

   Polaspar, 
  and 
  the 
  Bara 
  Khal. 
  In 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  two 
  bridges 
  the 
  piers 
  are 
  

   leaning 
  over 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  ; 
  probably 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  broken, 
  but, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  stirring 
  

   up 
  of 
  the 
  silt 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  foundations 
  are 
  sunk, 
  the 
  masonry 
  has, 
  with 
  the 
  shock, 
  

   tilted 
  bodily 
  over 
  to 
  one 
  side 
  in 
  its 
  then 
  partially 
  liquid 
  bed. 
  The 
  embankments 
  

   close 
  to 
  these 
  piers 
  are 
  badly 
  damaged 
  and 
  sunk 
  in 
  places, 
  the 
  damage 
  being 
  

   caused 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  way 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  described 
  for 
  the 
  road 
  at 
  Muktagachha. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  bridge 
  over 
  the 
  Bara 
  Khal 
  the 
  piers 
  have 
  fallen 
  right 
  over 
  

   into 
  the 
  river 
  and 
  disappeared 
  entirely 
  ; 
  before 
  the 
  earthquake 
  this 
  bridge 
  had 
  

   eleven 
  piers 
  standing, 
  each 
  with 
  9,000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  of 
  masonry, 
  there 
  being 
  three 
  

   spans 
  of 
  60 
  feet 
  and 
  six 
  spans 
  of 
  40 
  feet, 
  but 
  after 
  the 
  shock 
  only 
  two 
  piers 
  on 
  each 
  

   bank 
  were 
  left 
  standing 
  and 
  the 
  intermediate 
  space 
  is 
  quite 
  blank. 
  At 
  the 
  time 
  

   of 
  the 
  shock 
  the 
  two 
  embankments 
  are 
  said 
  by 
  those 
  who 
  were 
  present 
  to 
  have 
  

   first 
  moved 
  towards 
  one 
  another 
  and 
  then 
  apart, 
  when 
  the 
  telegraph 
  wires 
  were 
  

   snapped 
  across 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  insulators 
  were 
  hurled 
  violently 
  for 
  a 
  considerable 
  

   distance 
  backwards 
  from 
  the 
  river. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  neighbourhood 
  of 
  the 
  railway 
  line 
  the 
  country 
  is 
  in 
  places 
  seen 
  to 
  have 
  

   sunk 
  considerably, 
  and 
  near 
  the 
  bridge 
  of 
  the 
  Gangru 
  Gong 
  only 
  the 
  tops 
  

   of 
  several 
  huts 
  are 
  now 
  above 
  water. 
  The 
  chief 
  case 
  of 
  sinking 
  in 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  country 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  an 
  area 
  a 
  little 
  east 
  of 
  Polarpar, 
  which 
  extends 
  for 
  

   some 
  distance 
  to 
  the 
  south, 
  and 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  sinking 
  near 
  the 
  Gangru 
  Gong 
  

   bridge 
  is 
  a 
  part. 
  Where 
  the 
  boundary 
  of 
  this 
  sunken 
  area 
  crosses 
  the 
  Govern- 
  

   ment 
  road, 
  it 
  is 
  almost 
  at 
  right 
  angles 
  to 
  the 
  road, 
  the 
  cracks 
  being 
  roughly 
  

   north 
  and 
  south, 
  and 
  the 
  embankment 
  is 
  not 
  broken 
  down, 
  but 
  the 
  crack 
  across 
  the 
  

   road 
  has 
  faulted 
  it 
  about 
  4 
  feet. 
  

  

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