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  A: 
  E. 
  VREDENBURG, 
  

  

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  ings 
  with 
  a 
  longer 
  north 
  to 
  south 
  axis 
  would 
  show 
  that 
  the 
  shock 
  followed 
  an 
  east 
  

   and 
  west 
  direction. 
  

  

  Azimganj. 
  — 
  Azimganj 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  state 
  of 
  ruin 
  as 
  the 
  neighbouring 
  cities. 
  

   The 
  tall 
  and 
  well 
  built 
  houses 
  have 
  almost 
  entirely 
  collapsed 
  ; 
  the 
  very 
  few 
  which 
  

   have 
  not 
  fallen 
  are 
  much 
  damaged. 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  place 
  I 
  have 
  visited 
  where 
  

   temples 
  of 
  the 
  Hindu 
  style 
  of 
  architecture 
  have 
  been 
  damaged. 
  Those 
  of 
  Azimganj 
  

   are 
  all 
  Jain 
  temples. 
  One 
  of 
  them, 
  a 
  very 
  beautiful 
  building 
  in 
  Jaipur 
  marble, 
  

   is 
  almost 
  totally 
  wrecked 
  ; 
  the 
  others 
  have 
  suffered 
  slight 
  injuries. 
  

  

  The 
  wrecked 
  temple 
  consists 
  of 
  two 
  courts 
  surrounded 
  by 
  porticoes 
  : 
  it 
  is 
  

   oriented 
  east 
  and 
  west. 
  The 
  inner 
  or 
  western 
  court 
  is 
  on 
  a 
  raised 
  platform 
  connected 
  

   with 
  the 
  outer 
  court 
  by 
  a 
  flight 
  of 
  steps. 
  In 
  the 
  centre 
  was 
  a 
  group 
  of 
  five 
  towers 
  ; 
  

   the 
  central 
  one 
  fell 
  to 
  the 
  east, 
  causing 
  the 
  ruin 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  building. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  three 
  localties 
  described 
  above, 
  just 
  as 
  in 
  Calcutta, 
  the-shock 
  was 
  not 
  at 
  

   all 
  instantaneous, 
  and 
  moderately 
  severe 
  vibrations 
  lasted 
  for 
  a 
  minute 
  or 
  two 
  

   before 
  the 
  buildings 
  began 
  to 
  fall. 
  This 
  accounts 
  for 
  the 
  comparatively 
  small 
  

   number 
  of 
  fatalities. 
  

  

  Nalhati. 
  — 
  At 
  Nalhati 
  the 
  shock 
  was 
  not 
  so 
  severe; 
  no 
  fissures 
  were 
  observed 
  in 
  

   the 
  ground 
  in 
  the 
  neighbourhood. 
  

  

  Bardwan. 
  — 
  At 
  Bardwan 
  it 
  was 
  still 
  less 
  intense. 
  The 
  damage 
  done 
  is 
  much 
  

   less 
  than 
  in 
  Calcutta. 
  I 
  saw 
  very 
  few 
  houses 
  that 
  were 
  even 
  cracked 
  to 
  any 
  marked 
  

   extent. 
  At 
  the 
  palace, 
  on 
  the 
  western 
  side 
  of 
  a 
  three 
  storied 
  building, 
  a 
  small 
  

   portion 
  of 
  the 
  balustrade 
  from 
  the 
  roof 
  fell 
  to 
  the 
  west. 
  Much 
  of 
  the 
  balustrade 
  

   is 
  missing, 
  but 
  on 
  information 
  I 
  found 
  it 
  was 
  removed 
  since 
  the 
  shock 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  

   considered 
  unsafe. 
  

  

  Summary 
  of 
  effects 
  on 
  buildings.— 
  The 
  structures 
  which 
  have 
  suffered 
  most 
  of 
  all 
  

   are 
  imperfectly 
  supported 
  arches 
  ; 
  the 
  lower 
  the 
  curvature, 
  the 
  worse 
  they 
  have 
  

   fared, 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  instance 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  palace 
  at 
  Murshidabad. 
  In 
  the 
  clock 
  tower 
  

   at 
  Monghyr 
  a 
  very 
  slight 
  displacement 
  of 
  the 
  western 
  wall 
  has 
  caused 
  the 
  com- 
  

   plete 
  wreckage 
  of 
  the 
  small 
  arches 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  and 
  south 
  faces; 
  while 
  those 
  on 
  

   the 
  two 
  other 
  faces 
  which 
  are 
  supported 
  by 
  flying 
  buttresses 
  are 
  intact. 
  

  

  A 
  form 
  of 
  structure 
  still 
  worse 
  calculated 
  to 
  resist 
  this 
  form 
  of 
  casualty 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  

   the 
  sentry-tower 
  at 
  Bhagalpur, 
  which, 
  being 
  of 
  a 
  polygonal 
  shape, 
  leaves 
  the 
  arches 
  

   particularly 
  unsupported. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  40. 
  Elevation 
  of 
  buildings 
  at 
  Berhampur. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  other 
  hand, 
  rows 
  of 
  arches 
  like 
  those 
  in 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  public 
  buildings 
  at 
  

   Berhampur 
  (Fig. 
  40) 
  have 
  stood 
  very 
  well, 
  whatever 
  position 
  they 
  may 
  have 
  oct- 
  

   cupied 
  with 
  respect 
  to 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  shock, 
  and 
  notwithstanding 
  that 
  the 
  

   transverse 
  beams 
  they 
  support 
  have 
  often 
  displaced 
  them 
  from 
  the 
  vertical 
  to 
  a 
  

  

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