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  OLDHAM; 
  GREAT 
  EARTHQUAKE 
  OF 
  1897. 
  

  

  considerable 
  degree. 
  They 
  have 
  laterally 
  afforded 
  mutual 
  support 
  to 
  one 
  another 
  

   and 
  only 
  the 
  last 
  one 
  at 
  either 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  series 
  is 
  injured. 
  

  

  The 
  domes 
  of 
  the 
  mosques 
  are 
  generally 
  without 
  a 
  crack, 
  even 
  though 
  the 
  

   structures 
  supporting 
  them 
  may 
  be 
  somewhat 
  damaged. 
  

  

  Buildings 
  with 
  iron 
  beams 
  have 
  suffered 
  less 
  than 
  those 
  with 
  wooden 
  beams. 
  

   In 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  barracks 
  at 
  Berhampur, 
  where 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  wall 
  has 
  given 
  

   way, 
  the 
  beams 
  are 
  still 
  resting 
  on 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  layers 
  of 
  masonry 
  (Fig. 
  (41). 
  

   A 
  similar 
  effect 
  is 
  shown 
  in 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  photographs 
  from 
  Jamalpur. 
  Whenever 
  

   this 
  happens, 
  it 
  may 
  help 
  to 
  save 
  the 
  lower 
  stories 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  more 
  likely 
  to 
  occur 
  

   with 
  iron 
  than 
  with 
  wooden 
  beams. 
  

  

  Fig 
  41. 
  Injury 
  to 
  roofs 
  at 
  Berhampur. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  not 
  easy 
  to 
  give 
  exactly 
  the 
  relative 
  intensity 
  of 
  the 
  shock 
  at 
  the 
  various 
  

   places 
  observed. 
  The 
  following 
  list, 
  by 
  order 
  of 
  increasing 
  intensity, 
  is 
  however 
  

   approximately 
  exact 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  „ 
  , 
  L 
  , 
  .... 
  fBardwan. 
  

  

  Great 
  damage 
  to 
  buildings, 
  \ 
  Ca 
  i 
  cutta 
  

  

  but 
  ground 
  not 
  fissured. 
  \ 
  j 
  amalpur 
  

  

  Bhagalpur. 
  

   Monghyr. 
  

  

  ^ 
  .. 
  ,. 
  11 
  1 
  j 
  fPurniah. 
  

  

  Build.ngs 
  totally 
  wrecked 
  \ 
  SaMb 
  . 
  

  

  and 
  ground 
  fissured. 
  ^ 
  Berha 
  ^ 
  pi 
  l 
  r 
  

  

  Tinpahar, 
  Rajmahal. 
  

   Murshidabad, 
  Azimganj. 
  

  

  5. 
  Report 
  by 
  Mr. 
  P. 
  N. 
  Bose, 
  Deputy 
  Superintendent, 
  Geological 
  Survey 
  of 
  

  

  India. 
  

  

  Eastern 
  Bengal. 
  

  

  My 
  tour 
  lay 
  through 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  country— 
  Jessor, 
  Khulna, 
  Baiisal, 
  Noa- 
  

   khali 
  and 
  Faridpur— 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  but 
  little 
  affected 
  by 
  the 
  earthquake 
  of 
  the 
  

   12th 
  of 
  June. 
  The 
  greater 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  area 
  is 
  composed 
  of 
  deep, 
  soft, 
  recently 
  

   formed, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  homogeneous 
  loam, 
  and 
  is 
  intersected 
  by 
  numerous 
  rivers 
  

   and 
  Khals. 
  There 
  are 
  no 
  places 
  which 
  can 
  claim 
  any 
  great 
  antiquity; 
  and 
  

   some, 
  like 
  Noakhali, 
  have 
  sprung 
  up 
  only 
  within 
  the 
  last 
  century. 
  

  

  Hous.-s 
  are 
  as 
  a 
  rule 
  very 
  lightly 
  built, 
  having 
  mat 
  walls 
  and 
  thatched 
  or 
  

   corrugated 
  iron 
  roofing. 
  Brick 
  built 
  houses 
  or 
  temples 
  are 
  few 
  and 
  far 
  between, 
  

   and 
  they 
  have 
  usually 
  escaped 
  with 
  comparatively 
  insignificant 
  cracks 
  (mostly 
  

  

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