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  A 
  : 
  E. 
  VREDEtfBURG. 
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  •surrounding 
  alluvial 
  plain. 
  The 
  fissures 
  ran 
  parallel 
  with 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  

   road 
  along 
  its 
  western 
  portion, 
  and 
  the 
  western 
  slope, 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  bridge, 
  for 
  a 
  

   distance 
  cf 
  750 
  feet; 
  the 
  low 
  ground 
  under 
  the 
  bridge 
  was 
  flooded 
  when 
  I 
  saw 
  

   it, 
  but 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  earthquake 
  it 
  was 
  dry 
  and 
  the 
  cracks 
  extended 
  under 
  

   the 
  bridge 
  for 
  another 
  150 
  feet. 
  The 
  bridge 
  is 
  an 
  iron 
  structure 
  ana 
  is 
  not 
  

   injured. 
  The 
  road 
  at 
  this 
  place 
  runs 
  N 
  30 
  E. 
  When 
  I 
  saw 
  it, 
  it 
  was 
  

   being 
  rapidly 
  repaired, 
  and 
  a 
  gang 
  of 
  coolies 
  were 
  busy 
  filling 
  the 
  fissures 
  with 
  

   rubble; 
  yet 
  in 
  many 
  places 
  the 
  cracks 
  were 
  still 
  more 
  than 
  ten 
  feet 
  deep; 
  some 
  

   were 
  over 
  afoot 
  in 
  width. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  not 
  merely 
  the 
  somewhat 
  unsupported 
  ground 
  of 
  the 
  embankment 
  which 
  

   has 
  been 
  effected, 
  for 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  fissures 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  plain 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  so 
  that 
  a 
  

   permanent 
  displacement 
  of 
  the 
  ground 
  must 
  have 
  taken 
  place 
  at 
  the 
  surface, 
  at 
  

   least 
  in 
  the 
  immediate 
  neighbourhood 
  of 
  the 
  embankment. 
  

  

  Fissures 
  were 
  opened 
  in 
  many 
  other 
  places 
  at 
  Purniah, 
  particularly 
  on 
  the 
  

   banks 
  of 
  rivers 
  ; 
  they 
  do 
  not 
  exhibit 
  any 
  constant 
  direction, 
  but 
  follow 
  lines 
  of 
  

   weakness 
  in 
  the 
  ground. 
  

  

  Sahibganj. 
  — 
  At 
  Sahibganj, 
  which 
  is 
  situated 
  at 
  the 
  very 
  foot 
  of 
  the 
  Rajmahal 
  

   hills, 
  the 
  effects 
  have 
  been 
  still 
  worse 
  than 
  at 
  Purniah. 
  Even 
  the 
  low, 
  one 
  storied 
  

   houses 
  of 
  the 
  railway 
  officials, 
  which 
  are 
  built 
  of 
  good 
  masonry 
  with 
  iron 
  beams* 
  

   have 
  been 
  badly 
  damaged, 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  even 
  completely 
  ruined. 
  When 
  they 
  are 
  

   examined, 
  however, 
  it 
  is 
  seen 
  that 
  they 
  have 
  given 
  way 
  in 
  the 
  weakest 
  portions 
  

   without 
  reference 
  to 
  any 
  special 
  direction. 
  F'or 
  instance, 
  many 
  houses 
  oriented 
  

   S 
  io° 
  W 
  have 
  had 
  the 
  verandah 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  house. 
  

  

  The 
  Institute 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  building 
  oriented 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  manner 
  ; 
  it 
  has 
  an 
  upper 
  

   story, 
  and 
  is 
  surrounded 
  by 
  a 
  portico. 
  It 
  is 
  almost 
  completely 
  wrecked, 
  but 
  arches 
  

   doors, 
  and 
  windows 
  are 
  so 
  numerous 
  that 
  the 
  cracks 
  have 
  merely 
  followed 
  the 
  easiest 
  

   path 
  offered 
  to 
  them. 
  The 
  building 
  had 
  a 
  tower 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  side 
  that 
  fell 
  south. 
  

  

  The 
  railway 
  station 
  faces 
  the 
  Institute, 
  being 
  similarly 
  oriented; 
  it 
  had 
  also 
  

   a 
  clock 
  tower, 
  placed 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  facade 
  which 
  fell 
  north, 
  causing 
  the 
  collapse 
  of 
  

   the 
  stone 
  portico 
  beneath. 
  

  

  The 
  northern 
  wall 
  in 
  a 
  small 
  mosque, 
  a 
  compact 
  building 
  about 
  twenty 
  feet 
  

   high, 
  three 
  sides 
  of 
  which 
  at 
  least 
  are 
  without 
  large 
  openings 
  or 
  with 
  only 
  blind 
  

   arches, 
  has 
  one 
  crack 
  hading 
  west, 
  but 
  by 
  referring 
  to 
  the 
  western 
  wall 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  

   seen 
  that 
  the 
  cracks 
  follow 
  no 
  law, 
  except 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  developed 
  in 
  the 
  weakest 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  building, 
  that 
  is, 
  the 
  corners. 
  The 
  northern 
  crack 
  of 
  the 
  main 
  wall, 
  

   taken 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  crack 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  wall 
  would 
  represent 
  the 
  

   shock 
  as 
  proceeding 
  from 
  the 
  south-east 
  ; 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  parallel 
  crack 
  at 
  the 
  northern 
  

   corner 
  of 
  the 
  mihrab, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  situated 
  exactly 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  manner 
  as 
  regards 
  

   the 
  masonry. 
  At 
  the 
  southern 
  corner 
  of 
  the 
  building 
  the 
  cracks 
  are 
  in 
  exactly 
  the 
  

   opposite 
  direction. 
  The 
  southern 
  little 
  turret 
  on 
  the 
  mihrab 
  has 
  fallen 
  partly 
  inwards 
  

   to 
  the 
  east, 
  partly 
  to 
  the 
  south. 
  The 
  southern 
  face 
  of 
  the 
  building 
  is 
  intact 
  ; 
  

   the 
  eastern 
  face 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  injured, 
  but 
  it 
  consists 
  of 
  arches 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  damage 
  

   is 
  restricted. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  bazar, 
  where 
  there 
  are 
  many 
  rows 
  of 
  two 
  storied 
  houses, 
  almost 
  every 
  

   bui 
  lding 
  is 
  wrecked. 
  

  

  Two 
  clocks 
  were 
  stopped 
  in 
  the 
  railway 
  station 
  ; 
  one 
  of 
  them 
  stopped 
  at 
  4-2S 
  

  

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