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  OLDHAM: 
  GREAT 
  EARTHQUAKE 
  OF 
  1897. 
  

  

  polygonal 
  in 
  its 
  lower 
  part, 
  and 
  on 
  this 
  is 
  built 
  a 
  tapering 
  spire, 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  which 
  has 
  

   fallen 
  in 
  one 
  piece 
  on 
  to 
  the 
  bank 
  of 
  the 
  tank. 
  After 
  falling- 
  the 
  top 
  has 
  slipped 
  a 
  

   little, 
  but 
  the 
  mark 
  in 
  the 
  ground 
  shows 
  where 
  it 
  first 
  struck 
  it, 
  and 
  also 
  shows 
  that 
  

   the 
  top 
  was 
  at 
  least 
  partially 
  overturned 
  before 
  it 
  reached 
  the 
  ground, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  

   now 
  lying 
  on 
  its 
  side 
  with 
  its 
  base 
  towards 
  the 
  tower. 
  The 
  following 
  necessary 
  

   dimensions 
  and 
  measurements 
  were 
  made 
  for 
  me 
  by 
  the 
  District 
  Engineer 
  :— 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  fallen 
  piece 
  6 
  feet. 
  

  

  Diameter 
  at 
  base 
  „ 
  2 
  feet 
  6 
  inches. 
  

  

  Do. 
  at 
  top 
  „ 
  8 
  inches. 
  

  

  Horizontal 
  distance 
  of 
  fallen 
  piece 
  fron 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  

   the 
  mutt, 
  i.e., 
  horizontal 
  distance 
  of 
  inner 
  edge 
  of 
  

   mark 
  where 
  top 
  struck 
  the 
  ground 
  from 
  the 
  centre 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  mutt 
  12 
  feet. 
  

  

  Diameter 
  of 
  tower 
  at 
  its 
  base 
  12 
  feet. 
  

  

  Height 
  of 
  base 
  of 
  mutt 
  above 
  where 
  the 
  top 
  first 
  struck 
  

  

  ground 
  3 
  feet. 
  

  

  Height 
  of 
  mutt 
  as 
  it 
  now 
  stands 
  43 
  feet 
  6 
  inches. 
  

  

  From 
  these 
  measurements, 
  I 
  think, 
  a 
  minimum 
  value 
  for 
  the 
  velocity 
  of 
  tht 
  wave 
  

   particle 
  may 
  be 
  calculated. 
  

  

  Mogra.— 
  Between 
  Mogra 
  and 
  Akhaura 
  ,about 
  30 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  Comillah, 
  I 
  visited 
  

   a 
  Hindu 
  temple 
  which 
  had 
  fallen 
  completely 
  over, 
  only 
  small 
  pieces 
  of 
  the 
  bottom 
  

   of 
  the 
  walls 
  being 
  left 
  standing; 
  unfortunately, 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  I 
  saw 
  it, 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  

   of 
  the 
  debris 
  had 
  been 
  removed 
  by 
  order 
  of 
  the 
  Maharajah 
  of 
  Hill 
  Tipperah, 
  in 
  

   order 
  that 
  tbe 
  idol 
  might 
  be 
  rescued, 
  but 
  there 
  was 
  still 
  sufficient 
  evidence 
  remain- 
  

   ing 
  for 
  me 
  to 
  measure 
  the 
  direction 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  temple 
  had 
  fallen 
  over, 
  and 
  my 
  

   reading 
  was 
  S 
  30 
  E, 
  which 
  would 
  indicate 
  a 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  earthquake-wave 
  

   very 
  nearly 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  that 
  I 
  obtained 
  for 
  Comillah. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  natives 
  here 
  

   told 
  me 
  he 
  heard 
  a 
  noise, 
  like 
  a 
  sharp 
  clap 
  of 
  thunder 
  in 
  the 
  distance, 
  about 
  15 
  

   minutes 
  after 
  the 
  earthquake. 
  

  

  A 
  minaret 
  had 
  fallen 
  freely 
  from 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  Hindu 
  shrines 
  near 
  Mogra 
  station 
  

   in 
  a 
  direction 
  of 
  N 
  30° 
  W, 
  and 
  the 
  south-east 
  corner 
  of 
  the 
  pucca 
  wall 
  at 
  Mogra 
  

   Headquarters 
  House 
  had 
  fallen 
  out. 
  

  

  Chittagong. 
  — 
  The 
  earthquake 
  was 
  not 
  felt 
  so 
  severely 
  at 
  Chittagong 
  as 
  at 
  the 
  

   other 
  stations 
  I 
  visited, 
  and 
  the 
  damage 
  there 
  was 
  confined 
  to 
  cracks 
  in 
  few 
  houses 
  

   of 
  which 
  the 
  following 
  are 
  the 
  chief 
  cases. 
  In 
  the 
  Anglican 
  Church 
  there 
  are 
  several 
  

   cracks 
  both 
  north 
  and 
  south 
  and 
  east 
  and 
  west, 
  but 
  the 
  former 
  are 
  most 
  prominent, 
  

   one 
  of 
  them 
  running 
  between 
  the 
  chancel 
  and 
  the 
  nave. 
  In 
  the 
  Old 
  Municipal 
  

   Hospital 
  there 
  are 
  several 
  bad 
  east 
  and 
  west 
  cracks, 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  runs 
  along 
  

   the 
  verandah 
  floor 
  in 
  a 
  direction 
  W 
  io° 
  N. 
  Right 
  across 
  the 
  Magazine 
  

   at 
  the 
  Police 
  Lines 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  big 
  east 
  and 
  west 
  crack, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  

   also 
  some 
  north 
  and 
  south 
  cracks, 
  but 
  not 
  nearly 
  so 
  bad 
  as 
  the 
  east 
  and 
  west 
  

   one 
  ; 
  the 
  walls 
  of 
  the 
  Magazine 
  are 
  built 
  in 
  directions 
  only 
  3 
  from 
  due 
  north 
  and 
  

   south 
  or 
  east 
  and 
  west. 
  Right 
  across 
  the 
  Municipal 
  School 
  there 
  were 
  large 
  

   cracks, 
  the 
  most 
  promiment 
  of 
  which 
  had 
  a 
  direction 
  of 
  E 
  20 
  N. 
  The 
  Sudder 
  

   Ghat 
  Police 
  beat-house 
  was 
  very 
  badly 
  damaged, 
  and 
  cracks 
  parallel 
  to 
  the 
  

   walls, 
  which 
  are 
  built 
  exactly 
  north 
  and 
  south, 
  have 
  practically 
  divided 
  the 
  house 
  

   into 
  three 
  parts. 
  These 
  cracks 
  are 
  both 
  of 
  them 
  worse 
  at 
  the 
  southern 
  end 
  of 
  

   the 
  house 
  than 
  at 
  the 
  northern. 
  

  

  ( 
  30° 
  ) 
  

  

  