﻿APPENDIX 
  B. 
  323 
  

  

  on 
  the 
  other 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Karatoya 
  it 
  is 
  scarcely 
  possible 
  to 
  go 
  over 
  a 
  mile 
  of 
  

   ground 
  without 
  meeting 
  several 
  such 
  places. 
  Small 
  craters 
  were 
  formed 
  out 
  of 
  

   which 
  sand 
  and 
  water 
  issued 
  with 
  a 
  peculiar 
  sound, 
  which 
  the 
  people 
  described 
  

   as 
  " 
  hun 
  hun." 
  

  

  Letter 
  No. 
  goo 
  J. 
  ., 
  dated 
  Pabna, 
  the 
  20th 
  September 
  i8g7, 
  from 
  C. 
  A. 
  Radice, 
  

   Esq., 
  Offg. 
  Magistrate 
  of 
  Pabna, 
  to 
  the 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  the 
  Rajshahi 
  

   Division. 
  

  

  With 
  reference 
  to 
  your 
  memorandum 
  No. 
  706 
  Mel., 
  dated 
  23rd 
  August 
  1897, 
  

   forwarding 
  for 
  compliance 
  the 
  Under-Secretary 
  to 
  Government 
  in 
  the 
  Judicial 
  

   Department, 
  Circular 
  No. 
  4621]., 
  dated 
  14th 
  August 
  1897, 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  honour 
  to 
  

   report 
  that, 
  in 
  the 
  Sadar 
  Sub-division 
  of 
  this 
  District, 
  the 
  earthquake 
  of 
  the 
  12th 
  

   June 
  only 
  caused 
  the 
  beds 
  of 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  dry 
  river-beds, 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  big 
  rivers, 
  

   to 
  sink 
  for 
  a 
  few 
  inches 
  Cracks 
  were 
  consequently 
  formed 
  along 
  the 
  banks 
  and 
  

   parallel 
  to 
  the 
  bed. 
  In 
  the 
  beds 
  themselves, 
  sand 
  was, 
  in 
  places, 
  projected 
  to 
  a 
  

   small 
  extent. 
  These 
  disturbances, 
  showing 
  as 
  they 
  do, 
  subsidence 
  of 
  surfaces, 
  

   below 
  which 
  the 
  soil 
  is 
  merely 
  lightly 
  deposited 
  sand, 
  are 
  all 
  very 
  slight. 
  

  

  2. 
  In 
  the 
  Sirajganj 
  Subdivision, 
  the 
  seismic 
  effects 
  have 
  been 
  far 
  more 
  

   marked. 
  I 
  annex 
  copy 
  of 
  the 
  Sub-divisional 
  Officer's 
  letter. 
  This 
  officer 
  has 
  failed 
  

   to 
  be 
  sufficiently 
  precipe, 
  but 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  avoid 
  further 
  delay 
  in 
  the 
  submission 
  of 
  

   this 
  report, 
  I 
  forward 
  it 
  in 
  its 
  incomplete 
  state, 
  with 
  the 
  suggestion 
  that 
  the 
  

   Officiating 
  Director 
  of 
  lhe 
  Geological 
  Survey 
  of 
  India 
  be 
  asked 
  to 
  refer 
  direct 
  to 
  

   that 
  officer, 
  if 
  he 
  desire 
  to 
  have 
  further 
  particulars. 
  This 
  procedure 
  will 
  save 
  

   time 
  and 
  labour 
  and 
  is, 
  moreover, 
  to 
  be 
  recommended, 
  as 
  the 
  Subdivisional 
  

   Officer 
  of 
  Sirajganj 
  is 
  a 
  well 
  informed 
  officer, 
  well 
  acquainted 
  with 
  his 
  sub- 
  

   division. 
  

  

  Letter 
  No. 
  350 
  J., 
  dated 
  Sirajganj, 
  the 
  17th 
  September 
  i8gy,from 
  T. 
  Emerson, 
  

   Esq., 
  Sub-divisional 
  Officer 
  of 
  Sirajganj, 
  to 
  the 
  Magistrate 
  of 
  Pabna. 
  

  

  In 
  reference 
  to 
  your 
  memorandum 
  No. 
  791 
  J., 
  of 
  1st 
  September 
  1897, 
  ' 
  

   have 
  the 
  honour 
  to 
  send 
  the 
  following 
  notes 
  of 
  what 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  myself 
  of 
  the 
  

   effects 
  of 
  which 
  in 
  r 
  ormation 
  is 
  required 
  by 
  the 
  Director 
  of 
  the 
  Geological 
  Survey. 
  

   The 
  delay 
  was 
  occasioned 
  by 
  the 
  non-compliance 
  of 
  the 
  Kanungo 
  and 
  Sub- 
  

   Overseer, 
  Local 
  Board, 
  to 
  report 
  what 
  they 
  had 
  seen. 
  

  

  1. 
  Fissures 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Sirajg/inj 
  were 
  generally 
  parallel 
  to 
  the 
  nearest 
  

   water 
  channel. 
  In 
  the 
  Kutcherry 
  maidan 
  there 
  were 
  several 
  fissures, 
  from 
  12 
  to 
  

   18 
  inches 
  wide. 
  The 
  ground 
  invariably 
  subsided 
  on 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  fissure 
  

   nearest 
  the 
  Kal.akhal 
  channel. 
  The 
  subsidence 
  was 
  from 
  1 
  to 
  2 
  feet. 
  The 
  

   greatest 
  fissure 
  about 
  2\ 
  to 
  3 
  feet 
  wide 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  an 
  arc 
  of 
  a 
  circle 
  was 
  

   in 
  Messrs. 
  Hannah 
  and 
  Co's. 
  compound. 
  The 
  roads 
  were 
  fissured 
  in 
  several 
  

   places, 
  always 
  at 
  right 
  angles 
  to 
  their 
  direction. 
  The 
  road 
  from 
  Sirajganj 
  to 
  

   Pabna 
  was 
  fissured 
  in 
  this 
  way, 
  and 
  sank 
  in 
  many 
  places. 
  The 
  road 
  from 
  

   Sirajganj 
  to 
  Badraghat 
  was 
  split 
  at 
  various 
  places 
  and 
  also 
  subsided. 
  The 
  

   chief 
  fissures 
  in 
  this 
  road 
  were 
  near 
  the 
  jute 
  mill 
  at 
  the 
  entrance 
  to 
  the 
  town 
  and 
  

   at 
  Sealkole 
  village. 
  

  

  At 
  Alukdia 
  and 
  Narnia 
  were 
  fissures 
  from 
  1 
  to 
  2 
  feet 
  wide 
  parallel 
  to 
  the 
  river. 
  

  

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