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  More 
  remarkable 
  still 
  are 
  the 
  houses 
  situated 
  in 
  a 
  symmetrical 
  position, 
  with 
  

   their 
  front 
  carrying 
  the 
  chimney 
  facing 
  east 
  instead 
  of 
  west. 
  In 
  that 
  case 
  the 
  

   chimneys 
  have 
  fallen 
  inward 
  instead 
  of 
  outward, 
  dragging 
  the 
  lightning 
  conductor 
  

   after 
  them, 
  so 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  still 
  bent 
  in 
  a 
  westward 
  direction. 
  

  

  Taking 
  into 
  account 
  the 
  orientation 
  of 
  the 
  houses, 
  these 
  results 
  agree 
  with 
  the 
  

   direction 
  as 
  indicated 
  at 
  Bhagalpur, 
  that 
  is, 
  the 
  shock 
  would 
  have 
  proceeded 
  

   from 
  a 
  direction 
  S 
  20 
  to 
  30° 
  E. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Rednell, 
  the 
  Locomotive 
  Inspector, 
  happened 
  to 
  be 
  outside 
  his 
  house 
  at 
  the 
  

   time 
  the 
  earthquake 
  began, 
  and 
  he 
  watched 
  it 
  very 
  carefully 
  from 
  the 
  commence- 
  

   ment; 
  he 
  realized 
  the 
  nature 
  of 
  the 
  phenomenon 
  at 
  once 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  vibration 
  of 
  a 
  

   large 
  iron 
  roof 
  built 
  over 
  the 
  terrace 
  of 
  the 
  house. 
  The 
  earthquake 
  commenced 
  at 
  

   4-27 
  railway 
  time, 
  and 
  lasted 
  seven 
  minutes. 
  According 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Rednell, 
  the 
  first 
  

   vibration, 
  which 
  was 
  very 
  moderate, 
  was 
  approximately 
  in 
  a 
  north»south 
  

   direction, 
  and 
  lasted 
  about 
  two 
  minutes 
  before 
  the 
  shock 
  became 
  more 
  serious 
  and 
  

   assumed 
  its 
  east-west 
  direction. 
  

  

  It 
  should 
  be 
  noticed 
  that 
  Jamalpur 
  (like 
  Tinpahar 
  and 
  Sahibganj) 
  differs 
  

   from 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  towns 
  I 
  have 
  visited, 
  in 
  being 
  built 
  at 
  the 
  very 
  foot 
  of 
  the 
  hills, 
  

   with 
  rock 
  appearing 
  at 
  the 
  surface 
  in 
  many 
  places, 
  while 
  the 
  other 
  towns 
  are 
  

   built 
  upon 
  a 
  great 
  thickness 
  of 
  alluvium. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  the 
  chimneys 
  in 
  the 
  workshops, 
  built 
  on 
  a 
  circular 
  plan, 
  was 
  damaged, 
  

   but 
  it 
  had 
  already 
  been 
  pulled 
  down 
  when 
  I 
  arrived 
  ; 
  the 
  crack, 
  as 
  described 
  to 
  me, 
  

   was 
  vertical 
  and 
  ran 
  through 
  the 
  chimney 
  in 
  an 
  east-west 
  direction 
  ; 
  the 
  northern 
  

   side 
  was 
  bulged 
  out 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  than 
  the 
  southern. 
  

  

  The 
  workshops 
  are 
  oriented 
  just 
  like 
  the 
  houses, 
  but 
  with 
  their 
  longer 
  dimension 
  

   east 
  and 
  west 
  instead 
  of 
  north 
  and 
  south, 
  the 
  walls 
  facing 
  east 
  and 
  west 
  are 
  torn 
  

   away 
  from 
  the 
  building 
  or 
  have 
  collapsed. 
  

  

  The 
  church 
  and 
  one 
  large 
  building 
  next 
  to 
  it 
  have 
  escaped 
  without 
  a 
  single 
  

   injury. 
  This 
  is 
  perhaps 
  largely 
  due 
  to 
  their 
  excellent 
  construction. 
  A 
  very 
  short 
  

   way 
  east 
  of 
  these»two 
  buildings, 
  the 
  ground 
  slopes 
  suddenly 
  towards 
  a 
  large 
  

   reservoir; 
  if 
  we 
  suppose 
  the 
  shock 
  to 
  have 
  come 
  from 
  the 
  east, 
  this 
  solution 
  of 
  

   continuity 
  in 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  ground 
  may 
  not 
  have 
  been 
  without 
  influence 
  in 
  

   interrupting 
  the 
  vibration. 
  

  

  Monghyr. 
  — 
  The 
  damage 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  in 
  degree 
  at 
  Monghyr 
  

   as 
  at 
  Jamalpur. 
  Many 
  of 
  the 
  one 
  storied 
  houses 
  are 
  injured, 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  

   inferior 
  style 
  of 
  construction 
  compared 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  Jamalpur. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  the 
  worst 
  damaged 
  buildings 
  is 
  the 
  Baptist 
  Chapel. 
  The 
  plan 
  is 
  no 
  1 
  

   unlike 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  church 
  at 
  Bhagalpur, 
  as 
  it 
  has 
  an 
  inner 
  room 
  with 
  flat 
  ceiling 
  

   and 
  an 
  outer 
  portico, 
  these 
  parts 
  being 
  without 
  any 
  connection 
  other 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  

   the 
  wooden 
  beams 
  which 
  they 
  support. 
  The 
  walls 
  of 
  the 
  inner 
  hall, 
  however, 
  have 
  

   more 
  consistence 
  than 
  at 
  Bhagalpur; 
  they 
  have 
  no 
  arches, 
  but 
  only 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  

   doors 
  in 
  their 
  lower 
  part. 
  

  

  The 
  axis 
  of 
  the 
  building 
  runs 
  north 
  and 
  south. 
  Over 
  the 
  porch, 
  which 
  faces 
  

   north, 
  is 
  a 
  square 
  tower 
  with 
  curious 
  round 
  windows. 
  This 
  tower 
  is 
  cracked 
  right 
  

   through 
  both 
  from 
  north 
  to 
  south 
  and 
  east 
  to 
  west, 
  the 
  northern 
  and 
  southern 
  faces 
  

   'being 
  the 
  most 
  injured. 
  A 
  great 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  masonry 
  has 
  fallen 
  southwards, 
  

   bringing 
  down 
  with 
  it 
  the 
  roof 
  of 
  the 
  church 
  ; 
  in 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  building 
  the 
  roof 
  

  

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