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  A 
  large 
  mosque, 
  now 
  transformed 
  into 
  a 
  hospital, 
  has 
  one 
  crack 
  in 
  its 
  northern 
  

   Wall, 
  and 
  one 
  in 
  its 
  southern 
  wall 
  running 
  through 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  arches. 
  The 
  

   rest 
  of 
  the 
  building 
  and 
  the 
  domes 
  are 
  uninjured. 
  

  

  The 
  large 
  railway 
  station, 
  a 
  long 
  building 
  facing 
  SE 
  is 
  almost 
  entirely- 
  

   wrecked 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  walls 
  having 
  swayed 
  south-east 
  and 
  north-west, 
  which 
  

   has 
  displaced 
  the 
  iron 
  beams. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  clocks 
  in 
  the 
  railway 
  statiou, 
  facing 
  

   south-east, 
  stopped 
  at 
  4-30; 
  another 
  facing 
  north-west, 
  did 
  not 
  stop. 
  According 
  

   to 
  the 
  station 
  master, 
  the 
  shock 
  lasted 
  three 
  minutes. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  earthquake 
  Mr. 
  McGavin, 
  the 
  Collector 
  and 
  Magistrate, 
  

   was 
  on 
  the 
  opposite 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  to 
  that 
  where 
  Rajmahal 
  is 
  situated. 
  The 
  

   ground 
  cracked 
  in 
  many 
  directions, 
  and 
  water 
  and 
  mud 
  were 
  ejected 
  from 
  the 
  

   fissures. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  indigo 
  fields 
  were 
  entirely 
  flooded 
  with 
  a 
  kind 
  of 
  soft 
  mud. 
  

   In 
  some 
  places 
  the 
  jets 
  of 
  water 
  and 
  mud 
  formed 
  small 
  conical 
  mounds 
  with 
  a 
  

   crater, 
  about 
  one 
  foot 
  high. 
  The 
  largest 
  fissure 
  observed 
  was 
  three 
  feet 
  wide. 
  

  

  The 
  earthquake 
  had 
  a 
  curious 
  effect 
  upon 
  the 
  fish 
  in 
  the 
  river 
  near 
  Rajmahal 
  ; 
  

   they 
  rushed 
  into 
  side 
  creeks, 
  several 
  of 
  which 
  communicated 
  with 
  tanks, 
  where 
  they 
  

   collected 
  in 
  large 
  numbers. 
  

  

  Berhampur. 
  — 
  The 
  four 
  towns 
  of 
  Berhampur, 
  Murshidabad, 
  Baluchar, 
  and 
  

   Azimganj 
  are 
  the 
  most 
  damaged 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  seen, 
  scarcely 
  a 
  building 
  being 
  left 
  

   entirely 
  standing, 
  and 
  even 
  those 
  which 
  have 
  not 
  collapsed 
  are 
  badly 
  injured. 
  

  

  At 
  Berhampur 
  the 
  Government 
  Offices 
  are 
  situated 
  in 
  large 
  buildings, 
  of 
  ex- 
  

   cellent 
  construction, 
  formerly 
  used 
  as 
  barracks. 
  They 
  are 
  double-storied 
  buildings, 
  

   facing 
  S 
  20 
  \V. 
  The 
  corners 
  have 
  generally 
  given 
  way 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  floor 
  part 
  

   of 
  the 
  ceiling 
  has 
  fallen 
  down 
  in 
  each 
  of 
  these 
  barracks, 
  also 
  carrying 
  down 
  the 
  

   ceilings 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  story. 
  In 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  buildings 
  some 
  bricks 
  from 
  the 
  south- 
  

   east 
  corner 
  were 
  projected 
  a 
  long 
  distance, 
  over 
  one 
  hundred 
  feet, 
  to 
  the 
  east, 
  but 
  

   as 
  the 
  corner 
  fell 
  throughout 
  the 
  entire 
  height 
  of 
  the 
  building, 
  which 
  is 
  50 
  to 
  60 
  feet, 
  

   they 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  propelled 
  rather 
  by 
  the 
  falling 
  mass 
  than 
  by 
  the 
  shock. 
  The 
  

   greatest 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  masonry 
  fell 
  outwards 
  at 
  a 
  short 
  distance. 
  

  

  The 
  dak 
  bungalow, 
  church, 
  post 
  office, 
  etc., 
  are 
  situated 
  in 
  long 
  rows 
  of 
  low 
  

   buildings 
  with 
  arches 
  on 
  either 
  side. 
  They 
  are 
  very 
  massive 
  buildings, 
  about 
  20 
  

   feet 
  in 
  height. 
  Both 
  the 
  inner 
  walls 
  and 
  outer 
  arches 
  are 
  considerably 
  thrust 
  out- 
  

   wards 
  by 
  the 
  beams 
  they 
  support, 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  displaced 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  one 
  foot 
  

   in 
  some 
  places. 
  The 
  orientation 
  is 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  barracks, 
  S 
  20 
  W. 
  

  

  The 
  southern 
  end 
  of 
  one 
  large 
  double-storied 
  house 
  facing 
  S 
  70 
  E 
  has 
  

   entirely 
  collapsed. 
  In 
  this 
  case, 
  however, 
  it 
  gave 
  way 
  along 
  the 
  cracks 
  of 
  the 
  1885 
  

   earthquake. 
  

  

  The 
  tower 
  of 
  the 
  college 
  is 
  cracked 
  along 
  the 
  four 
  corners 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  oriented 
  N 
  22 
  

   E 
  and 
  N 
  68° 
  W. 
  The 
  damage 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  somewhat 
  greater 
  along 
  the 
  north- 
  

   south 
  diagonal. 
  The 
  clock 
  in 
  this 
  tower 
  has 
  two 
  dials 
  ; 
  one 
  of 
  them 
  is 
  stopped 
  at 
  

   5-10, 
  the 
  other 
  at 
  4-45; 
  they 
  may 
  be 
  looked 
  upon 
  as 
  equally 
  unreliable. 
  Mr. 
  

   Leavinge, 
  the 
  Collector 
  and 
  Magistrate, 
  says 
  that 
  his 
  clocks 
  stopped 
  at 
  4-55, 
  

   Calcutta 
  time. 
  Of 
  course, 
  this 
  is 
  only 
  approximate. 
  At 
  the 
  Telegraph 
  Office 
  they 
  

   were 
  not 
  able 
  to 
  give 
  any 
  definite 
  information. 
  

   The 
  ground 
  was 
  fissured 
  in 
  many 
  directions. 
  

   Murshidabad.— 
  At 
  Murshidabad 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  buildings 
  are 
  oriented 
  exactly, 
  

  

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