﻿APPENDIX 
  A 
  : 
  P. 
  N. 
  BOSE, 
  315 
  

  

  above 
  arches). 
  Only 
  one 
  case 
  of 
  earth-fissure 
  was 
  reported 
  to 
  me 
  ; 
  but 
  at 
  the 
  

   time 
  of 
  my 
  visit 
  it 
  was 
  under 
  water, 
  and 
  could 
  not 
  therefore 
  be 
  seen.* 
  

  

  Calcutta. 
  — 
  Before 
  leaving 
  Calcutta 
  I 
  made 
  a 
  few 
  observations 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  

   conveniently 
  recorded 
  here. 
  

  

  At 
  No. 
  5, 
  Bankshall 
  Street 
  (an 
  old 
  two 
  storied 
  house), 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  parapet 
  

   at 
  the 
  north-eastern 
  corner 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  was 
  thrown 
  down 
  in 
  direction 
  N 
  20 
  S. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  next 
  house 
  (No. 
  6, 
  a 
  very 
  old 
  two 
  storied 
  house), 
  the 
  walls 
  bear 
  N 
  30 
  E 
  

   and 
  E 
  30 
  S. 
  The 
  former 
  walls 
  (those 
  bearing 
  N 
  30 
  E) 
  were 
  most 
  severely 
  cracked, 
  

   the 
  cracks 
  being 
  nearly 
  vertical 
  (except 
  those 
  above 
  arches). 
  The 
  walls 
  at 
  the 
  

   northern 
  and 
  southern 
  ends 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  were 
  slightly 
  fissured 
  off. 
  The 
  house 
  

   would 
  appear 
  to 
  have 
  swayed 
  not 
  very 
  far 
  from 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  walls 
  N 
  30 
  E 
  

   - 
  S 
  30 
  W. 
  

  

  At 
  No. 
  2, 
  Old 
  Court 
  House 
  Street, 
  one 
  set 
  of 
  walls 
  bears 
  NE— 
  SW. 
  A 
  

   portion 
  of 
  the 
  parapet 
  from 
  the 
  south-western 
  corner 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  was 
  thrown 
  

   in 
  direction 
  S 
  W. 
  

  

  Gobardanga. 
  — 
  2nd 
  July. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  morning 
  examined 
  the 
  zamindar's 
  house, 
  the 
  

   largest 
  and 
  most 
  imposing 
  building 
  seenlin'the 
  course 
  of 
  my 
  tour. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  badly 
  

   cracked. 
  The 
  cracks, 
  I 
  noticed, 
  however, 
  were 
  all 
  on 
  arches. 
  The 
  most 
  interesting 
  

   fact 
  in 
  connnection 
  with 
  this 
  house 
  was 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  a 
  roundish 
  turret-like 
  structure 
  

   which 
  surmounted 
  the 
  parapet 
  on 
  its 
  southern 
  side. 
  Unfortunately 
  the 
  debris 
  

   had 
  been 
  removed 
  before 
  my 
  visit. 
  But 
  from 
  the 
  evidence 
  of 
  eye-witnesses 
  I 
  

   ascertained 
  the 
  direction 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  turret 
  fell 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  S 
  25 
  W. 
  

  

  Reached 
  Jessor 
  in 
  the 
  afternoon. 
  Saw 
  the 
  District 
  Magistrate, 
  the 
  Civil 
  

   Surgeon, 
  etc. 
  Their 
  impression 
  was 
  that 
  the 
  shock 
  was 
  in 
  a 
  north-south 
  direction. 
  

   Ramnagar. 
  — 
  3rd 
  July.— 
  Visited 
  Ramnagar, 
  about 
  5 
  miles 
  from 
  Jessor. 
  The 
  

   garden 
  house 
  of 
  the 
  zamindar 
  of 
  that 
  place 
  has 
  been 
  somewhat 
  severely 
  damaged. 
  

   The 
  cracks 
  were 
  all 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  on 
  arches. 
  The 
  wall 
  of 
  the 
  verandah 
  bearing 
  

   N 
  20 
  E— 
  S 
  20 
  W 
  has 
  been 
  shifted 
  northward 
  about 
  2 
  inches. 
  The 
  shock 
  here 
  

   would 
  appear 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  very 
  nearly 
  in 
  that 
  direction. 
  

  

  Jessor. 
  — 
  At 
  Jessor 
  the 
  damage 
  to 
  buildings 
  was 
  slight. 
  The 
  roof 
  of 
  a 
  room 
  

   in 
  the 
  Collector's 
  Court 
  has 
  been 
  rather 
  badly 
  cracked, 
  the 
  cracks 
  being 
  parallel 
  

   and 
  running 
  east-west. 
  

  

  4th 
  July. 
  — 
  Left 
  for 
  Khulna 
  in 
  the 
  morning. 
  All 
  the 
  way 
  from 
  Jessor 
  to 
  

   Khulna 
  did 
  not 
  see 
  a 
  single 
  brick 
  built 
  house, 
  except 
  the 
  railway 
  stations, 
  which 
  are 
  

   new, 
  small, 
  and 
  have 
  mostly 
  corrugated 
  iron 
  roofing. 
  They 
  have 
  suffered 
  but 
  little. 
  

   Khulna. 
  — 
  Reached 
  Khulna 
  at 
  11-30. 
  Buildings 
  here, 
  belonging 
  mostly 
  to 
  

   Government, 
  are 
  generally 
  new, 
  low 
  and 
  well 
  built, 
  and 
  have 
  suffered 
  but 
  little 
  

   damage. 
  The 
  house 
  occupied 
  by 
  the 
  District 
  Magistrate, 
  the 
  oldest 
  in 
  the 
  station, 
  

   has 
  been 
  damaged 
  to 
  some 
  extent. 
  The 
  parapet 
  on 
  the 
  northern 
  side 
  has 
  got 
  

   a 
  long 
  crack 
  running 
  nearly 
  E 
  — 
  W. 
  There 
  are 
  other 
  cracks 
  on 
  the 
  roof 
  more 
  

   or 
  less 
  parallel 
  to 
  it. 
  

  

  Barisal.— 
  6th 
  July. 
  — 
  \r\ 
  the 
  Jail 
  some 
  walls 
  bearing 
  N 
  — 
  S 
  have 
  been 
  cracked 
  

   above 
  arches. 
  So 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  saw, 
  the 
  walls 
  in 
  the 
  opposite 
  direction 
  have 
  not 
  had 
  

   any 
  cracks. 
  

  

  * 
  The 
  fissure, 
  reported 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  formed 
  at 
  a 
  village 
  called 
  Beliya 
  Bhekutiya 
  some 
  

   4 
  miles 
  west 
  of 
  Jessor. 
  It 
  was 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  about 
  24 
  feet 
  deep, 
  and 
  sand 
  and 
  water 
  were 
  

   affirmed 
  to 
  have 
  issued 
  from 
  it. 
  

  

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