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  OLDHAM: 
  GREAT 
  EARTHQUAKE 
  OF 
  1897. 
  

  

  Tezpur.— 
  A 
  small 
  oblong 
  enclosure, 
  with 
  minarets 
  at 
  the 
  corners, 
  octagonal 
  

   section, 
  8* 
  side, 
  about 
  3' 
  high 
  was 
  not 
  injured. 
  Brickwork 
  evidently 
  poor. 
  

   The 
  Dak 
  Bungalow 
  gate 
  pillars, 
  8' 
  high 
  X 
  2' 
  6" 
  square, 
  were 
  uninjured. 
  

   Dacca.— 
  The 
  pillars 
  round 
  the 
  racecourse,' 
  5' 
  high, 
  1' 
  7" 
  diameter, 
  circular 
  

   section, 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  injured. 
  

  

  Chhatak. 
  — 
  The 
  tomb 
  of 
  Lt. 
  H. 
  T. 
  Bird 
  stands 
  in 
  a 
  separate 
  enclosure 
  by 
  

   itself 
  ; 
  the 
  gate 
  pillars 
  at 
  the 
  south 
  side 
  have 
  been 
  overthrown, 
  the 
  east 
  pillar 
  to 
  N 
  

   the 
  west 
  to 
  S. 
  They 
  were 
  attached 
  to 
  walls 
  which 
  controlled 
  their 
  fall. 
  Height 
  

   6' 
  6", 
  base 
  2' 
  square. 
  

  

  Cherrapunji.— 
  Gate 
  pillars 
  on 
  eastern 
  road 
  oriented 
  N 
  25 
  W, 
  4' 
  high 
  X 
  2' 
  2" 
  

   square. 
  Northern 
  fell 
  to 
  W 
  13 
  S, 
  southern 
  to 
  N 
  40 
  E. 
  

  

  Dak 
  Bungalow 
  western 
  entrance, 
  east 
  pillar 
  fell 
  S 
  30 
  W, 
  west 
  pillar 
  S 
  25 
  E. 
  

   They 
  were 
  too 
  much 
  broken 
  up 
  to 
  obtain 
  the 
  original 
  orientation. 
  

  

  A 
  Khasia 
  monument 
  in 
  the 
  compound, 
  a 
  stone 
  slab 
  4' 
  6" 
  high 
  and 
  about 
  

   2' 
  6" 
  broad 
  by 
  6" 
  thick, 
  longer 
  axis 
  N 
  2 
  U 
  E, 
  has 
  been 
  broken 
  across 
  at 
  ground 
  

   level 
  and 
  thrown 
  to 
  east. 
  

  

  The 
  tallest 
  pillar 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  aqueduct 
  leading 
  to 
  Inglis' 
  bungalow 
  is 
  7' 
  9/ 
  

   high 
  and 
  2' 
  square. 
  It 
  rises 
  from 
  the 
  bed 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  nala 
  or 
  ravine, 
  and 
  is 
  frac- 
  

   tured 
  and 
  twisted, 
  but 
  not 
  overthrown. 
  

  

  The 
  gate 
  pillars 
  of 
  Hudson's 
  bungalow 
  are 
  9' 
  high 
  X 
  V 
  square. 
  Those 
  of 
  east 
  

   gatewaybear 
  E 
  13 
  N 
  ; 
  the 
  east 
  pillar 
  has 
  fallen 
  to 
  S 
  50 
  W, 
  the 
  west 
  pillar 
  to 
  

   s 
  55° 
  W. 
  The 
  western 
  entrance 
  bears 
  N 
  30 
  W 
  ; 
  the 
  south 
  pillar 
  has 
  fallen 
  to 
  

   W 
  ii° 
  S, 
  but 
  the 
  masonry 
  is 
  much 
  crumbled 
  at 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  ; 
  the 
  northern 
  pillar 
  

   is 
  intact. 
  

  

  A 
  small 
  bungalow 
  near 
  by 
  had 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  round 
  pillars 
  in 
  front, 
  evidently 
  

   old 
  verandah 
  pillars. 
  These 
  fell 
  to 
  N 
  23 
  E, 
  N 
  55 
  E, 
  S 
  27 
  E, 
  N 
  75 
  E. 
  

  

  About 
  two 
  miles 
  from 
  Cherrapunji 
  the 
  road 
  to 
  Shillong 
  crosses 
  a 
  saddle, 
  and 
  

   here 
  an 
  old 
  Khasia 
  monument 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  an 
  octagon 
  of 
  solid 
  rubble 
  masonry 
  

   about 
  9' 
  side 
  has 
  been 
  overthrown 
  and 
  hurled 
  to 
  E 
  5 
  S- 
  The 
  debris 
  extends 
  for 
  

   nearly 
  50 
  feet 
  ; 
  the 
  original 
  height 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  ascertained. 
  

  

  Shillong. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  cemetery 
  a 
  headstone 
  over 
  the 
  grave 
  of 
  Major 
  Stewart 
  was 
  

   fractured. 
  The 
  headstone 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  usual 
  type 
  with 
  vertical 
  sides 
  rounded 
  off 
  in 
  a 
  

   semicircle 
  at 
  the 
  top. 
  The 
  dimensions 
  are 
  2' 
  if" 
  high, 
  2' 
  |" 
  broad 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  

   5" 
  thick. 
  It 
  is 
  broken 
  across 
  near 
  the 
  bottom, 
  the 
  fracture 
  running 
  irregularly 
  from 
  

   4!" 
  above 
  ground 
  at 
  one 
  side 
  to 
  \" 
  above 
  ground 
  at 
  the 
  other. 
  The 
  head 
  stone 
  is 
  

   made 
  of 
  firm 
  sandstone, 
  a 
  partially 
  weathered 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  Shillong 
  quartzite. 
  

  

  A 
  short 
  way 
  beyond 
  the 
  bridge, 
  five 
  miles 
  out 
  of 
  Shillong, 
  on 
  the 
  road 
  to 
  

   Cherrapunji, 
  a 
  small 
  Khasia 
  monument 
  was 
  fractured. 
  It 
  is 
  roughly 
  5' 
  4" 
  high 
  

   and 
  broken 
  off 
  10" 
  above 
  ground, 
  the 
  part 
  broken 
  off 
  being 
  4' 
  6" 
  long 
  and 
  the 
  

   fractured 
  surface 
  about 
  1' 
  8 
  7 
  by 
  8". 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  striking 
  case 
  of 
  fracture 
  I 
  

   saw 
  as 
  the 
  rock 
  was 
  a 
  hard 
  glassy 
  quartzite 
  and 
  showed 
  no 
  signs 
  of 
  weathering 
  

   except 
  for 
  a 
  thin 
  layer 
  on 
  the 
  outside. 
  

  

  Silchar. 
  — 
  According 
  to 
  Dr. 
  Williams, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  gate 
  pillars 
  of 
  the 
  Mission 
  

   bungalow 
  was 
  thrown 
  due 
  north. 
  The 
  pillar 
  was 
  15' 
  high 
  x 
  2' 
  4" 
  square 
  and 
  

   was 
  slightly 
  inclined 
  northwards 
  before 
  the 
  earthquake. 
  Its 
  fellow, 
  which 
  was 
  

   upright, 
  was 
  unaffected. 
  

  

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