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  OLDHAM 
  : 
  GREAT 
  EARTHQUAKE 
  OF 
  1897. 
  

  

  railway 
  time; 
  the 
  other 
  one, 
  in 
  the 
  railway 
  telegraph 
  office, 
  stopped 
  at 
  4-30, 
  

   Possibly 
  they 
  did 
  not 
  stop 
  exactly 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time; 
  but 
  differences 
  amounting 
  

   to 
  that 
  extent 
  do 
  exist 
  between 
  the 
  different 
  clocks 
  at 
  one 
  station, 
  as 
  they 
  are 
  

   wound 
  only 
  once 
  a 
  week. 
  The 
  station 
  master's 
  appreciation 
  of 
  the 
  duration 
  of 
  

   the 
  earthquake 
  was 
  that 
  it 
  lasted 
  three 
  minutes. 
  

  

  Fissures 
  opened 
  out 
  in 
  the 
  ground 
  in 
  many 
  places 
  in 
  the 
  immediate 
  neighbour- 
  

   hood 
  of 
  Sahibganj. 
  This 
  is 
  interesting, 
  taken 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  

   cracks 
  at 
  Jamalpur 
  and 
  Monghyr; 
  the 
  thickness 
  of 
  alluvium 
  and 
  loose 
  ground 
  

   cannot 
  be 
  less 
  at 
  Jamalpur 
  than 
  at 
  Sahibganj, 
  for 
  both 
  are 
  situated 
  at 
  the 
  very 
  

   limit 
  of 
  the 
  alluvial 
  area, 
  while 
  at 
  Monghyr 
  the 
  thickness 
  must 
  be 
  much 
  greater. 
  

   This 
  confirms 
  the 
  conclusion 
  arrived 
  at 
  from 
  the 
  state 
  of 
  the 
  buildings, 
  that 
  the 
  

   shock 
  was 
  much 
  more 
  intense 
  at 
  Sahibganj 
  than 
  at 
  the 
  two 
  abovementioned 
  

   localities. 
  

  

  Tinpahar.— 
  At 
  Tinpahar 
  the 
  railway 
  station 
  and 
  smaller 
  buildings 
  surrounding 
  

   it 
  are 
  much 
  shattered. 
  As 
  at 
  Sahibganj 
  they 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  immediate 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  

   hills. 
  The 
  railway 
  station 
  is 
  a 
  long 
  building 
  facing 
  N 
  70 
  E, 
  with 
  an 
  upper 
  story 
  

   occupying 
  only 
  the 
  middle 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  building, 
  as 
  shown 
  in 
  fig. 
  38. 
  The 
  shaded 
  

   portions 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  floor 
  have 
  entirely 
  collapsed. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  northern 
  extremity, 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  floor, 
  is 
  a 
  waiting 
  room, 
  which 
  shows 
  

   somewhat 
  regular 
  cracks 
  ; 
  it 
  occupies 
  the 
  entire 
  width 
  of 
  the 
  building. 
  In 
  the 
  

   eastern 
  and 
  western 
  wall 
  the 
  cracks 
  agree 
  in 
  direction 
  ; 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  also 
  similarly 
  

   situated 
  with 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  corners 
  of 
  the 
  edjfice. 
  In 
  the 
  northern 
  wall, 
  however. 
  

  

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  Fig. 
  38. 
  Railway 
  Station 
  at 
  Tinpahar. 
  

  

  the 
  cracks 
  nearly 
  all 
  hade 
  eastwards; 
  if 
  these 
  cracks 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  depended 
  upon, 
  

   they 
  would 
  imply 
  that 
  the 
  shock 
  proceeded 
  from 
  a 
  direction 
  a 
  few 
  degrees 
  west 
  of 
  

   south. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  possible, 
  however, 
  to 
  place 
  great 
  reliance 
  in 
  these 
  cracks 
  ; 
  the 
  cracks 
  

   \n 
  the 
  end 
  wall 
  hade 
  towards 
  the 
  lower 
  ground 
  opposite 
  the 
  eastern 
  facade 
  of 
  the 
  

   building 
  ; 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  small 
  building 
  close 
  by, 
  placed 
  on 
  low 
  ground, 
  and 
  similarly 
  

   oriented, 
  the 
  northern 
  wall 
  has 
  cracks 
  hading 
  in 
  both 
  directions. 
  

  

  Rajmahal. 
  — 
  The 
  shock 
  appears 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  as 
  intense 
  at 
  Rajmahal 
  ; 
  but 
  there 
  

   are 
  few 
  buildings 
  to 
  bear 
  witness 
  to 
  it 
  ; 
  there 
  are 
  a 
  few 
  very 
  squat 
  bungalows 
  

   which 
  are 
  thatch 
  roofed, 
  and 
  the 
  bazar 
  consists 
  principally 
  of 
  mud 
  huts. 
  As 
  to 
  

   the 
  older 
  buildings 
  they 
  were 
  greatly 
  ruined 
  before 
  the 
  earthquake. 
  

  

  The 
  injuries 
  observed 
  do 
  not 
  afford 
  much 
  indication 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  origin 
  

   of 
  the 
  shock. 
  The 
  jail 
  has 
  a 
  few 
  cracks 
  in 
  its 
  outer 
  walls. 
  

  

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