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  Letter 
  No. 
  761 
  G., 
  dated 
  Malda, 
  the 
  27th 
  September 
  1897, 
  from 
  J. 
  H. 
  Lea, 
  

   Esq., 
  Magistrate 
  ofMaidu, 
  tn 
  the 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  the 
  Bhagalpur 
  Division. 
  

  

  With 
  reference 
  to 
  your 
  letter 
  No. 
  103-P. 
  W., 
  dated 
  25th 
  August 
  1897, 
  for- 
  

   warding 
  ccpy 
  of 
  Judicial 
  Circular 
  No. 
  4620-J. 
  of 
  the 
  Government 
  of 
  Bengal, 
  in 
  

   connection 
  with 
  the 
  earthquake 
  of 
  12th 
  June, 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  honour 
  to 
  report 
  that 
  the 
  

   District 
  Superintendent 
  of 
  Police 
  and 
  myself 
  have 
  made 
  personal 
  enquiries 
  as 
  to 
  

   cracks 
  and 
  fissures, 
  etc., 
  in 
  the 
  ground, 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  the 
  earthquake, 
  and 
  that 
  I 
  

   find 
  that 
  cracks 
  opened 
  ou' 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  low-lying 
  or 
  diara 
  lands 
  of 
  the 
  district, 
  

   varying 
  from 
  a 
  few 
  feet 
  to 
  half 
  a 
  mile 
  in 
  length. 
  The 
  long 
  cracks 
  were 
  generally 
  

   very 
  narrow, 
  from 
  1 
  to 
  4 
  inches, 
  while 
  some 
  short 
  cracks 
  were 
  several 
  feet 
  wide 
  

   and 
  5 
  or 
  6 
  feet 
  deep. 
  From 
  these 
  wide 
  cracks 
  in 
  many 
  places 
  sand 
  and 
  water 
  

   spouted 
  out. 
  and 
  from 
  one 
  fissure 
  close 
  to 
  Gomastapur 
  Thana 
  on 
  a 
  char 
  near 
  the 
  

   River 
  Mahananda, 
  the 
  Sub-Inspector 
  of 
  that 
  thana 
  states 
  that 
  he 
  saw 
  water 
  and 
  

   sand 
  and 
  sulphur 
  spouting 
  out 
  for 
  20 
  minutes 
  after 
  the 
  earthquake 
  was 
  over. 
  

  

  2. 
  I 
  could 
  not 
  find 
  that 
  these 
  cracks 
  extended 
  as 
  a 
  general 
  rule 
  in 
  any 
  

   particular 
  direct'on, 
  but 
  where 
  they 
  occurred 
  on 
  char 
  lands, 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  Ganges, 
  

   Mahananda 
  or 
  Kalindri 
  rivers, 
  where 
  they 
  mostly 
  did 
  occur, 
  they 
  ran 
  generally 
  

   parallel 
  to 
  the 
  river. 
  In 
  a 
  few 
  places 
  also 
  highlands 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  rivers 
  

   sank 
  a 
  small 
  distance. 
  No 
  fissures 
  or 
  other 
  surface 
  disturbances 
  were 
  observed 
  

   in 
  the 
  highland 
  tracts 
  of 
  the 
  Barind. 
  

  

  Letter 
  No. 
  3266 
  /?., 
  dated 
  Dumka, 
  the 
  28th 
  October 
  1897, 
  from 
  R. 
  Carstairs 
  t 
  

   Esq., 
  Deputy 
  Commissioner, 
  Sonthal 
  Parganas, 
  to 
  the 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  the 
  

   Bhagalpur 
  Division. 
  

  

  2. 
  In 
  a 
  village 
  called 
  Satar 
  in 
  Taluk 
  Rohini, 
  Subdivision 
  Deoghur, 
  there 
  was 
  

   a 
  fissure 
  of 
  about 
  18 
  cubits 
  in 
  length 
  and 
  4 
  to 
  6 
  inches 
  in 
  width 
  from 
  east 
  to 
  west, 
  

   from 
  which 
  gushed 
  a 
  small 
  quantity 
  of 
  sand 
  and 
  hot 
  water. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  

   stream 
  passing 
  by 
  the 
  place 
  where 
  the 
  fissure 
  took 
  place, 
  but 
  no 
  change 
  in 
  it 
  has 
  

   been 
  observed. 
  

  

  3- 
  In 
  village 
  Karharia, 
  in 
  the 
  Godda 
  Subdivision, 
  there 
  appears 
  a 
  fissure 
  

   in 
  the 
  earth. 
  It 
  was 
  on 
  both 
  sides 
  of 
  a 
  river 
  and 
  at 
  right 
  angle 
  to 
  it. 
  Sand 
  and 
  

   water 
  outpoured 
  from 
  it. 
  Before 
  the 
  earthquake 
  there 
  was 
  no 
  water 
  in 
  the 
  bed 
  of 
  

   the 
  river, 
  but 
  after 
  the 
  fissure 
  had 
  formed 
  it 
  was 
  observed 
  that 
  water 
  was 
  trickling 
  

   down 
  from 
  the 
  bank 
  of 
  the 
  river. 
  It 
  was 
  also 
  seen 
  that 
  the 
  water 
  was 
  oozing 
  out 
  

   from 
  the 
  ground. 
  The 
  fissure 
  was 
  120 
  yards 
  long 
  and 
  4 
  to 
  5 
  inches 
  wide. 
  With 
  

   a 
  stick 
  of 
  3 
  cubits 
  its 
  bottom 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  found. 
  There 
  were 
  also 
  little 
  cracks 
  

   about 
  the 
  place. 
  

  

  4. 
  In 
  no 
  other 
  subdivision 
  was 
  any 
  appearance 
  of 
  fissure 
  reported. 
  

  

  5. 
  There 
  were 
  no 
  landslips 
  in 
  the 
  hills. 
  

  

  Letter 
  No. 
  547G., 
  dated 
  Bankipore, 
  the 
  20th 
  September 
  1897, 
  from 
  J. 
  A, 
  

   Bourdillon, 
  Esq., 
  Officiating 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  the 
  Patna 
  Division, 
  to 
  the 
  

   Chief 
  Secretary 
  to 
  the 
  Government 
  of 
  Bengal, 
  

  

  4. 
  In 
  Bihar 
  the 
  public 
  buildings 
  developed 
  cracks. 
  The 
  clock 
  tower 
  in 
  the 
  

   Bayley 
  serai 
  was 
  seriously 
  damaged, 
  and 
  was 
  subsequent'y 
  condemned 
  by 
  the 
  

  

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