﻿APPENDIX 
  A: 
  G. 
  E. 
  GRIMES. 
  301 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  the 
  clerks 
  in 
  the 
  District 
  Engineer's 
  office 
  told 
  me 
  that 
  directly 
  he 
  felt 
  

   the 
  earthquake 
  he 
  rushed 
  out 
  of 
  his 
  house 
  to 
  watch 
  the 
  water 
  in 
  the 
  tank 
  close 
  by. 
  

   The 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  tank 
  is 
  80 
  feet 
  by 
  85 
  feet, 
  and, 
  according 
  to 
  him, 
  the 
  direction 
  

   in 
  which 
  the 
  water 
  was 
  swaying, 
  when 
  he 
  first 
  saw 
  it, 
  measured 
  as 
  W 
  20 
  S, 
  

   and 
  he 
  tells 
  me 
  that 
  this 
  gradually 
  turned 
  in 
  a 
  direction 
  opposite 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  

   hands 
  of 
  a 
  watch 
  until 
  the 
  water 
  was 
  moving 
  almost 
  exactly 
  north 
  and 
  south. 
  

  

  Sirajganj. 
  — 
  At 
  Sirajganj 
  the 
  earthquake 
  was 
  very 
  severely 
  felt, 
  the 
  Sirajganj 
  

   Jute 
  Mill 
  being 
  badly 
  wrecked, 
  and 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  houses 
  in 
  the 
  bazar 
  in 
  

   complete 
  ruin. 
  Unfortunately, 
  although 
  so 
  much 
  damage 
  has 
  been 
  done, 
  there 
  

   is 
  nothing 
  to 
  indicate 
  the 
  direction 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  earthquake 
  waves 
  came, 
  

   and 
  without 
  this 
  information 
  other 
  observations, 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  angle 
  of 
  

   emergence, 
  velocity 
  of 
  motion 
  of 
  wave 
  particle, 
  etc., 
  might 
  be 
  calculated, 
  are 
  of 
  no 
  

   avail, 
  and 
  so 
  I 
  will 
  merely 
  give 
  a 
  few 
  notes 
  on 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  prominent 
  

   buildings 
  damaged 
  by 
  the 
  earthquake. 
  

  

  The 
  Sirajganj 
  Jute 
  Mill 
  had 
  suffered 
  very 
  severely, 
  so 
  much 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  

   building 
  has 
  had 
  to 
  be 
  abandoned 
  ; 
  all 
  the 
  walls 
  are 
  very 
  badly 
  cracked 
  and 
  some 
  

   have 
  fallen 
  down, 
  whilst 
  others 
  are 
  leaning 
  outwards, 
  the 
  roof 
  has 
  fallen 
  in 
  

   places, 
  and 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  chimney 
  has 
  fallen 
  down. 
  The 
  damage, 
  too, 
  is 
  increased 
  

   by 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  large 
  cracks 
  in 
  the 
  ground 
  underneath 
  the 
  mill 
  and 
  across 
  its 
  

   compound, 
  which 
  are 
  nearly 
  all 
  running 
  in 
  a 
  direction 
  about 
  N 
  55 
  E, 
  and 
  those 
  I 
  

   measured 
  varied 
  in 
  direction 
  from 
  N 
  38 
  E 
  to 
  N 
  70 
  E, 
  but 
  the 
  biggest 
  and 
  most 
  

   prominent 
  ones 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  direction 
  mentioned 
  above, 
  which 
  is 
  about 
  a 
  mean 
  

   between 
  these 
  last 
  two 
  ; 
  the 
  damage 
  effected 
  by 
  these 
  cracks 
  is 
  increased, 
  too, 
  by 
  

   the 
  sinking 
  of 
  the 
  ground 
  on 
  one 
  side 
  of 
  them. 
  In 
  the 
  walls 
  of 
  the 
  mill 
  buildings 
  

   there 
  are 
  not 
  so 
  many 
  windows, 
  doors, 
  and 
  other 
  openings 
  as 
  in 
  private 
  houses, 
  

   and 
  the 
  following 
  is 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  cracks, 
  whose 
  dip 
  I 
  measured 
  : 
  — 
  

   In 
  wall 
  bearing 
  N. 
  26 
  E, 
  crack 
  dips 
  57 
  to 
  S. 
  

   E 
  17° 
  S, 
  „ 
  51° 
  to 
  W. 
  

  

  „ 
  „ 
  E 
  20° 
  S, 
  ,, 
  46° 
  to 
  W. 
  

  

  E 
  8° 
  N, 
  „ 
  48" 
  to 
  W. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  mill 
  chimney 
  the 
  top 
  has 
  fallen; 
  before 
  the 
  shock 
  it 
  was 
  110 
  

   feet 
  high, 
  but 
  at 
  present 
  is 
  only 
  79 
  feet 
  high, 
  31 
  feet 
  of 
  it 
  having 
  fallen. 
  This 
  

   fallen 
  part 
  did 
  not 
  fall 
  en 
  masse, 
  but 
  the 
  upper 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  stack 
  apparently 
  

   crumbled 
  with 
  the 
  violent 
  agitation, 
  and 
  the 
  bricks 
  fell 
  separately, 
  or 
  a 
  few 
  at 
  a 
  time, 
  

   and 
  the 
  upper 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  part 
  left 
  standing 
  is 
  very 
  irregular. 
  The 
  bricks 
  were 
  

   lying 
  all 
  round, 
  and 
  an 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  debris 
  showed 
  that 
  there 
  had 
  been 
  very 
  

   little 
  cohesion 
  between 
  the 
  bricks 
  and 
  the 
  mortar, 
  as 
  almost 
  all 
  the 
  bricks 
  after 
  the 
  

   fall 
  were 
  clean, 
  or 
  else 
  the 
  mortar 
  could 
  be 
  separated 
  from 
  them 
  by 
  hand 
  ; 
  the 
  

   mortar 
  was 
  very 
  inferior, 
  with 
  very 
  little 
  lime 
  in 
  it, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  the 
  chimney 
  was 
  

   built 
  the 
  bricks 
  had 
  evidently 
  not 
  been 
  properly 
  steeped 
  in 
  water. 
  

  

  The 
  southern 
  walls 
  of 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  godowns 
  have 
  partly 
  fallen 
  out 
  towards 
  the 
  

   south 
  (Plate 
  XXIX, 
  fig. 
  1). 
  The 
  walls 
  bear 
  E 
  19 
  S, 
  and 
  are 
  2 
  feet 
  1 
  inch 
  

   thick, 
  and 
  the 
  side 
  walls 
  of 
  the 
  building 
  to 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  joined 
  are 
  15 
  inches 
  

   thick. 
  In 
  the 
  worst 
  case 
  the 
  upper 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  wall 
  has 
  fallen 
  outwards 
  after 
  

   fracturing 
  the 
  junction 
  with 
  the 
  end 
  walls, 
  and 
  an 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  debris 
  shows 
  

   that 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  wall 
  has 
  fallen 
  bodily. 
  The 
  roof 
  is 
  made 
  of 
  galvanised 
  

  

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