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  OLDHAM: 
  GREAT 
  EARTHQUAKE 
  OF 
  1897. 
  

  

  3. 
  IntheSupaul 
  subdivision 
  it 
  is 
  reported 
  that 
  •■ 
  a 
  very 
  small 
  piece 
  of 
  land 
  

   on 
  the 
  bank 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  Kosi 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  village 
  Guria, 
  was 
  cracked, 
  and 
  

   only 
  water 
  issued 
  out 
  of 
  it 
  for 
  one 
  day." 
  It 
  is 
  said 
  that 
  no 
  damage 
  was 
  done 
  

   to 
  any 
  land. 
  

  

  4. 
  In 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  Sadar 
  subdivision, 
  I 
  beg 
  to 
  submit 
  a 
  statement 
  showing 
  

   the 
  names 
  of 
  villages 
  and 
  the 
  extent 
  to 
  which 
  fissures 
  in 
  the 
  earth, 
  outpourings 
  of 
  

   sand 
  and 
  water, 
  etc., 
  were 
  observed. 
  . 
  

  

  Statement 
  showing 
  the 
  information 
  called 
  for 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  earthquake 
  

   of 
  the 
  12th 
  June 
  i8g7 
  — 
  vide 
  Commissioner's 
  No. 
  1036, 
  P. 
  W. 
  D. 
  

  

  Name 
  of 
  village 
  and 
  police 
  station. 
  

  

  Extent 
  to 
  which 
  fissures 
  to 
  

   the 
  earth. 
  

  

  Outpourings 
  of 
  sand 
  

   and 
  water. 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  3 
  

  

  Gopalpur, 
  Police-station 
  Colgong, 
  on 
  

   the 
  bank 
  of 
  River 
  Kalbulia. 
  

  

  Villages 
  Atania 
  and 
  Rassilpur, 
  outpost 
  

   Pirpainti, 
  Police-station 
  Colgong. 
  

  

  Village 
  Immamnagger, 
  outpost 
  Pir- 
  

   painti, 
  police-station 
  Colgong. 
  

  

  Village 
  Burgowri 
  in 
  police-station 
  

   Sultanganj, 
  bank 
  of 
  a 
  pond 
  in 
  a 
  guard 
  

   at 
  the 
  village 
  opened. 
  

  

  Kalgawan 
  in 
  Police-station 
  Sultanganj 
  . 
  

  

  Length 
  4 
  or 
  5 
  rassis, 
  breadth 
  

   1 
  cubit. 
  

  

  At 
  place? 
  ; 
  extent 
  not 
  given 
  ; 
  

   will 
  fpllow 
  on 
  receipt 
  of 
  

   report. 
  

  

  Ditto 
  ditto 
  

   Ditto 
  ditto 
  

  

  3 
  or 
  4 
  bighas. 
  

  

  Nil. 
  

   Nil. 
  

  

  Outpouring 
  of 
  sand 
  

   and 
  water. 
  

  

  Nil. 
  

   Nil. 
  

  

  Letter 
  No. 
  1444 
  G. 
  t 
  dated 
  Purnea, 
  the 
  nth 
  September 
  i8g7 
  t 
  from 
  J. 
  H. 
  

   Bernard, 
  Esq., 
  Collector 
  of 
  Purnea, 
  to 
  the 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  the 
  Bhagalpur 
  

   Division. 
  

  

  With 
  reference 
  to 
  your 
  memorandum 
  No. 
  103- 
  P. 
  W. 
  of 
  the 
  26th 
  ultimo, 
  

   forwarding 
  copy 
  of 
  the 
  Bengal 
  Government, 
  Judicial 
  Department, 
  letter 
  

   No. 
  4620-J. 
  of 
  the 
  14th 
  idem, 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  honour 
  to 
  state 
  that 
  many 
  fissures 
  were 
  

   caused 
  in 
  this 
  district 
  by 
  the 
  earthquake. 
  No 
  more 
  particular 
  note 
  was 
  made 
  of 
  

   their 
  character 
  than 
  is 
  given 
  in 
  paragraph 
  1 
  of 
  the 
  District 
  Engineer's 
  letter 
  

   No. 
  180 
  of 
  the 
  17th 
  June 
  last, 
  a 
  copy 
  of 
  which 
  was 
  submitted 
  to 
  you 
  with 
  this 
  

   office 
  memorandum 
  No. 
  7S0-G. 
  of 
  the 
  22nd 
  idem. 
  I 
  observed 
  several 
  fissures. 
  

   They 
  ran 
  in 
  different 
  directions, 
  and 
  apparently 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  followed 
  the 
  course 
  

   of 
  rivers, 
  water-courses 
  and 
  roads. 
  The 
  configuration 
  of 
  the 
  ground 
  appeared 
  to 
  

   r 
  ule 
  their 
  course 
  rather 
  than 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  seismic 
  wave. 
  

  

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