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  OLDHAM: 
  GREAT 
  EARTHQUAKE 
  OF 
  1897. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Reserved 
  Police 
  Barrack 
  the 
  walls 
  bearing 
  N 
  io° 
  E 
  — 
  S 
  io° 
  W 
  have 
  

   been 
  cracked 
  much 
  more 
  seriously 
  than 
  those 
  in 
  the 
  opposite 
  direction. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Circuit 
  Houses 
  I 
  noticed 
  numerous 
  cracks 
  on 
  arches 
  in 
  N 
  — 
  S 
  walls 
  ; 
  but 
  

   only 
  one 
  arch 
  on 
  an 
  E 
  — 
  W 
  wall 
  was 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  cracked, 
  and 
  that 
  slightly. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  office 
  of 
  the 
  District 
  Superintendent 
  of 
  Police 
  arches 
  in 
  N 
  — 
  S 
  walls 
  

   have 
  been 
  cracked. 
  But 
  in 
  the 
  adjoining 
  Collector's 
  Court, 
  a 
  very 
  old 
  two 
  storied 
  

   building, 
  the 
  arches 
  cracked 
  are 
  mostly 
  4n 
  E— 
  W 
  walls. 
  

  

  Noakhali.— 
  ?th 
  July. 
  —Reached 
  Noakhali 
  about 
  6 
  p.m. 
  Heard 
  the 
  " 
  Barisal 
  

   guns 
  " 
  in 
  the 
  evening 
  distinctly. 
  They 
  appeared 
  to 
  come 
  from 
  south-eastern 
  direction. 
  

  

  8th 
  July. 
  — 
  The 
  house 
  at 
  present 
  occupied 
  by 
  the 
  Judge 
  and 
  the 
  District 
  

   Superintendent 
  of 
  Police 
  (a 
  very 
  old 
  two 
  storied 
  house) 
  has 
  got 
  several 
  vertical 
  

   cracks 
  on 
  N 
  — 
  S 
  walls 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  story. 
  The 
  arches 
  have 
  been 
  cracked 
  in 
  N— 
  S 
  

   as 
  well 
  as 
  E— 
  W 
  walls. 
  

  

  The 
  Circuit 
  House 
  (a 
  portion 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  occupied 
  by 
  the 
  District 
  Magis- 
  

   trate) 
  has 
  got 
  a 
  few 
  nearly 
  vertical 
  cracks 
  in 
  N 
  — 
  S 
  walls. 
  The 
  earthquake 
  here 
  

   travelled 
  very 
  nearly 
  in 
  N 
  — 
  S 
  direction. 
  

  

  The 
  house 
  occupied 
  by 
  the 
  Judge 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  earthquake 
  was 
  con- 
  

   demned 
  by 
  the 
  District 
  Engineer 
  three 
  years 
  ago. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  rickety 
  old 
  two 
  

   storied 
  structure. 
  The 
  cracks 
  here 
  are 
  numerous, 
  and 
  are 
  indifferently 
  in 
  N 
  — 
  S 
  

   and 
  E 
  — 
  W 
  walls, 
  nearly 
  always 
  above 
  arches. 
  Beyond 
  a 
  few 
  pieces 
  of 
  plaster 
  

   which 
  have 
  come 
  down 
  inside 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  rooms 
  nothing 
  has 
  been 
  overthrown. 
  

  

  Heard 
  the 
  " 
  Barisal 
  guns 
  " 
  again 
  this 
  evening 
  at 
  intervals 
  of 
  4 
  to 
  15 
  minutes. 
  

   They 
  appeared 
  to 
  come 
  from 
  a 
  southern 
  direction. 
  In 
  this 
  connection, 
  I 
  may 
  

   state 
  that 
  at 
  Barisal 
  itself 
  the 
  " 
  guns," 
  as 
  I 
  was 
  informed 
  by 
  the 
  District 
  Magis- 
  

   trate 
  and 
  others, 
  are 
  not 
  heard 
  distinctly 
  or 
  so 
  frequently 
  as 
  they 
  used 
  to 
  be, 
  so 
  

   I 
  heard 
  them 
  there 
  only 
  once, 
  and 
  that 
  too 
  faintly. 
  

  

  Barisal. 
  — 
  10th 
  and 
  nth 
  July. 
  — 
  A 
  clock 
  in 
  the 
  house 
  of 
  the 
  District 
  Judge, 
  

   which 
  stood 
  on 
  a 
  bracket 
  and 
  had 
  its 
  pendulum 
  swinging 
  W 
  34° 
  N 
  — 
  E 
  34 
  S, 
  stopped 
  

   during 
  the 
  shock. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  house 
  of 
  Mr. 
  N. 
  Gupta 
  (barrister-at-law), 
  a 
  clock 
  standing 
  on 
  a 
  bracket 
  

   and 
  having 
  its 
  pendulum 
  swinging 
  N 
  15 
  E~S 
  15° 
  W, 
  stopped 
  during 
  the 
  shock. 
  

   Another 
  clock 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  house 
  fixed 
  to 
  a 
  wall 
  bearing 
  N 
  15 
  E 
  — 
  S. 
  15 
  W. 
  did 
  not 
  

   stop, 
  showing 
  that 
  the 
  wall 
  could 
  not 
  have 
  moved 
  very 
  far 
  from 
  that 
  direction. 
  

   A 
  clock 
  in 
  the 
  post 
  office 
  fixed 
  to 
  a 
  N 
  — 
  S 
  wall 
  did 
  not 
  stop, 
  indicating 
  that 
  the 
  

   shock 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  in 
  that 
  direction. 
  

  

  The 
  clock 
  on 
  the 
  church 
  tower 
  which 
  faces 
  south 
  and 
  has 
  its 
  pendulum 
  swing- 
  

   ing 
  E 
  — 
  W, 
  stopped 
  during 
  the 
  earthquake, 
  showing 
  that 
  its 
  motion 
  could 
  not 
  have 
  

   been 
  in 
  that 
  direction. 
  

  

  The 
  evidence 
  afforded 
  by 
  the 
  last 
  named 
  three 
  clocks 
  — 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  two 
  

   not 
  being 
  reliable— 
  combined 
  with 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  cracks 
  in 
  the 
  Jail, 
  the 
  Circuit 
  House, 
  

   the 
  Reserved 
  Police 
  Barrack, 
  etc., 
  mentioned 
  above 
  shows 
  that 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  

   wave-path 
  at 
  Barisal 
  may 
  be 
  taken 
  approximately 
  to 
  be 
  N 
  15 
  E.— 
  S 
  15 
  W. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  D'Silva, 
  resident 
  of 
  Barisal, 
  saw 
  the 
  water 
  in 
  his 
  tank, 
  which 
  has 
  its 
  length 
  

   N— 
  S, 
  move 
  lengthwise 
  during 
  the 
  shock 
  and 
  then 
  take 
  a 
  twist 
  and 
  move 
  E 
  — 
  W. 
  

   The 
  Telegraph 
  Master 
  of 
  Barisal 
  informed 
  me 
  that 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  commencement 
  

   of 
  the 
  shock 
  at 
  Barisal 
  was 
  5-9 
  p.m. 
  (local 
  time), 
  that 
  is, 
  5-1 
  p.m. 
  Calcutta 
  time. 
  

  

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