﻿APPENDIX 
  B. 
  325 
  

  

  9. 
  In 
  thana 
  Sakalipur 
  water 
  oozed 
  from 
  a 
  fissure 
  15 
  feet 
  long 
  in 
  a 
  field 
  near 
  the 
  

   village 
  of 
  Tagbora. 
  In 
  the 
  jurisdiction 
  of 
  the 
  Lobpur 
  Police 
  Station 
  there 
  were 
  

   three 
  cracks 
  observed. 
  One 
  was 
  at 
  Balshanda, 
  about 
  720 
  feet 
  in 
  length, 
  and 
  3 
  to 
  

   9 
  inches 
  in 
  width 
  at 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  about 
  840 
  feet 
  from 
  the 
  river 
  Majurakha 
  ; 
  the 
  

   second 
  was 
  at 
  Tilpara 
  about 
  840 
  feet 
  in 
  length 
  and 
  3 
  to 
  3 
  inches 
  in 
  width, 
  at 
  a 
  

   distance 
  of 
  about 
  360 
  feet 
  from 
  the 
  said 
  river, 
  and 
  the 
  3rd 
  at 
  Gopalpur 
  about 
  

   75 
  feet 
  in 
  length 
  and 
  6 
  to 
  12 
  inches 
  in 
  width, 
  at 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  about 
  15 
  feet 
  from 
  

   the 
  river 
  Bakreswar. 
  A 
  small 
  quantity 
  of 
  sand 
  and 
  water 
  issued 
  from 
  these 
  three 
  

   cracks 
  for 
  a 
  short 
  time. 
  In 
  the 
  Moweswar 
  thana 
  one 
  fissure 
  occurred 
  about 
  24 
  

   or 
  30 
  feet 
  in 
  length, 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  Kana 
  river, 
  in 
  village 
  Hatina, 
  from 
  which 
  water 
  

   was 
  seen 
  to 
  issue. 
  

  

  ******* 
  

  

  11. 
  Four 
  fissures 
  in 
  the 
  earth 
  are 
  reported 
  from 
  the 
  Subdivision 
  Of 
  Vishnupur. 
  

   One 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  sandy 
  bed 
  of 
  the 
  Damudar 
  at 
  Rangamati, 
  11 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  

   town 
  of 
  Sonamukhi 
  ; 
  a 
  second 
  was 
  in 
  a 
  ploughed 
  field 
  at 
  Dhousimla, 
  5 
  miles 
  east 
  

   of 
  the 
  said 
  town, 
  and 
  a 
  third 
  was 
  at 
  Chowlia, 
  6 
  miles 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  said 
  town 
  on 
  the 
  

   banks 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  Sali 
  ; 
  while 
  the 
  fourth 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  bed 
  of 
  the 
  Darkeswar 
  river 
  

   about 
  6 
  miles 
  north-east 
  of 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Vishnupur 
  and 
  15 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  Sona- 
  

   mukhi. 
  All 
  the 
  fissures 
  threw 
  up 
  jets 
  of 
  sand 
  and 
  water 
  with 
  considerable 
  force, 
  

   but 
  it 
  is 
  difficult 
  to 
  give 
  their 
  exact 
  size 
  now. 
  The 
  jets 
  were 
  some 
  10 
  to 
  15 
  feet 
  

   in 
  height, 
  it 
  is 
  said. 
  

  

  ******** 
  

  

  15. 
  There 
  were 
  several 
  fissures 
  in 
  the 
  earth 
  in 
  the 
  villages 
  of 
  Bhagabanpur, 
  

   Bharatpur, 
  and 
  Nandeswar, 
  all 
  within 
  the 
  jurisdiction 
  of 
  the 
  Debra 
  Police 
  Station 
  

   in 
  the 
  Sadar 
  Sub-division 
  of 
  Midnapur. 
  Sand, 
  water 
  and 
  mud 
  were 
  emitted 
  

   from 
  these 
  openings, 
  but 
  in 
  no 
  case 
  was 
  any 
  damage 
  done 
  to 
  the 
  river 
  channels 
  or 
  

   tanks. 
  The 
  average 
  length, 
  breadth 
  and 
  depth 
  of 
  the 
  fissures 
  were 
  45 
  feet, 
  9 
  

   incr 
  es 
  and 
  18 
  feet, 
  respectively. 
  Most 
  of 
  them 
  have 
  disappeared 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  

  

  rains. 
  

  

  ******* 
  

  

  26. 
  There 
  were 
  no 
  fissure 
  or 
  landslips 
  in 
  the 
  Hooghly 
  District 
  on 
  the 
  occasion 
  

   of 
  this 
  earthquake. 
  

  

  ******* 
  

   33. 
  There 
  were 
  no 
  fissures 
  or 
  landslips 
  in 
  the 
  District 
  of 
  Howrah. 
  

  

  Letter 
  ho. 
  2073J; 
  dated 
  Bhagalpur, 
  the 
  12th 
  September 
  i8q7, 
  from 
  H. 
  J* 
  

   Mcintosh, 
  Esq, 
  Magistrate 
  of 
  Bhagalpur, 
  to 
  the 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  the 
  

   Bhagalpur 
  Division. 
  

  

  With 
  reference 
  to 
  your 
  endorsement 
  No 
  103- 
  P. 
  W., 
  dated 
  the 
  25th 
  August 
  

   1897, 
  forwarding 
  a 
  copy 
  of 
  Government 
  of 
  Bengal's 
  No. 
  4620- 
  J., 
  dated 
  the 
  14th 
  

   idem, 
  regarding 
  the 
  earthquake 
  of 
  the 
  12th 
  June 
  last, 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  honour, 
  in 
  con- 
  

   tinuation 
  of 
  this 
  office 
  letter 
  No. 
  1406-J 
  , 
  dated 
  the 
  6th 
  July 
  1897, 
  to 
  state 
  as 
  

   follows. 
  

  

  2. 
  The 
  Subdi 
  visional 
  Officers 
  of 
  Banka 
  and 
  Madhipura 
  report 
  that 
  no 
  

   fissure 
  was 
  opened 
  in 
  the 
  earth 
  in 
  their 
  subdivisions 
  by 
  the 
  earthquake, 
  nor 
  have 
  

   any 
  outpourings 
  of 
  sand 
  or 
  water 
  or 
  filling 
  up 
  of 
  river 
  channels 
  or 
  landslips 
  been 
  

   observed 
  anywhere. 
  

  

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