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  OLDHAM*. 
  GREAT 
  EARTHQUAKE 
  OF 
  1897. 
  

  

  District 
  Engineer. 
  There 
  was 
  a 
  fissure 
  in 
  the 
  cutcherry 
  compound 
  50 
  feet 
  long 
  

   by 
  1 
  foot, 
  which 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  absorbed 
  the 
  heavy 
  rain 
  which 
  followed 
  the 
  earth- 
  

   quake, 
  and 
  had 
  to 
  be 
  filled 
  up. 
  The 
  hot 
  springs 
  at 
  Rajgir 
  are 
  reported 
  to 
  have 
  

   discharged 
  discoloured 
  water 
  for 
  three 
  days. 
  

  

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  11. 
  Except 
  in 
  the 
  district 
  of 
  Patna, 
  as 
  described 
  above, 
  no 
  such 
  phenomena 
  

   as 
  fissures 
  in 
  the 
  earth, 
  outpouring 
  of 
  sand 
  and 
  water 
  and 
  filling 
  up 
  of 
  river 
  

   channels 
  were 
  observed 
  in 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  districts, 
  nor 
  has 
  there 
  been 
  any 
  landslip 
  in 
  

   the 
  hills. 
  

  

  Letter 
  No. 
  ioiG.-Mis., 
  dated 
  Calcutta, 
  the 
  22nd 
  October 
  1897, 
  from 
  E. 
  V. 
  West' 
  

   macott, 
  Esq., 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  the 
  Presidency 
  Division, 
  to 
  the 
  Chief 
  Secretary 
  

   to 
  the 
  Government 
  of 
  Bengal. 
  

  

  With 
  reference 
  to 
  your 
  letter 
  No. 
  4620J., 
  dated 
  the 
  14th 
  August 
  1897, 
  and 
  in 
  

   continuation 
  of 
  my 
  No 
  95G.-M1S., 
  dated 
  the 
  nth 
  September 
  following, 
  on 
  the 
  

   subject 
  of 
  earthquake 
  of 
  the 
  12th 
  June 
  1897, 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  honour 
  to 
  report 
  that 
  no 
  

   fissure 
  in 
  the 
  earth, 
  or 
  outpouring 
  of 
  sand 
  or 
  water, 
  or 
  filling 
  up 
  of 
  river 
  channels 
  

   were 
  observed 
  in 
  the 
  24-Parganas 
  or 
  Khulna. 
  

  

  " 
  _ 
  „,,... 
  Meherpur 
  Subdivi- 
  2. 
  In 
  Nadia 
  fissures 
  or 
  cracks 
  

  

  Sadar 
  Subdivision, 
  ~; 
  n 
  „ 
  , 
  « 
  . 
  , 
  . 
  

  

  sion. 
  were 
  observed 
  in 
  the 
  places 
  

  

  c 
  ,„ 
  i 
  __ 
  In 
  the 
  neighbourhood 
  _ 
  . 
  . 
  ., 
  - 
  , 
  . 
  

  

  I 
  amna 
  "ar 
  of 
  Shikarpur 
  and 
  Hogul- 
  n° 
  ted 
  in 
  the 
  margin, 
  and 
  sand 
  

  

  itLiAimnr 
  Ril 
  baria, 
  along 
  the 
  course 
  or 
  water 
  spouted 
  forth 
  from 
  

  

  Knidirpur 
  tm. 
  of 
  the 
  Matabhanga 
  River, 
  tl 
  _ 
  * 
  T 
  u 
  1 
  r 
  • 
  

  

  , 
  Gu 
  f; 
  ira 
  J 
  r 
  a 
  bed 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  sand 
  banks 
  them. 
  No 
  upheaval 
  of 
  river 
  

  

  close 
  to 
  Muragacna. 
  and 
  ^^ 
  of 
  fchat 
  ^^ 
  beds 
  . 
  g 
  reported 
  tQ 
  haye 
  occur- 
  

  

  red 
  in 
  any 
  place 
  in 
  Nadia, 
  Jessore 
  or 
  Murshidabad. 
  

  

  3. 
  Two 
  small 
  holes, 
  four 
  feet 
  in 
  diameter 
  and 
  four 
  feet 
  deep, 
  were 
  observed 
  in 
  

   village 
  Dudsur, 
  thana 
  Sailkupa 
  in 
  the 
  Jhenidah 
  subdivision 
  of 
  the 
  district 
  of 
  

   Jessore. 
  In 
  the 
  Magura 
  subdivision 
  cracks 
  were 
  observed 
  on 
  the 
  banks 
  of 
  the 
  

   River 
  Madhumati, 
  near 
  a 
  place 
  called 
  char 
  Bonni. 
  Sinking 
  of 
  land 
  is 
  also 
  

   reported 
  from 
  the 
  following 
  villages 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Name 
  of 
  villages. 
  Depressions. 
  

  

  Sarsuna 
  • 
  . 
  . 
  9/ 
  x 
  6' 
  x^' 
  

  

  Satapara 
  . 
  7¥ 
  x 
  lk' 
  *9' 
  

  

  Parsarsuna 
  6' 
  x 
  6' 
  x6' 
  

  

  Gazirganti 
  18' 
  x 
  6' 
  Ml' 
  

  

  Bagdanga 
  6' 
  x 
  4$' 
  x 
  i$' 
  

  

  Sablat 
  7\' 
  x 
  7^ 
  x 
  3' 
  

  

  Amean 
  . 
  , 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  6|' 
  x 
  4^ 
  x 
  4%' 
  

  

  Sabekkhatore 
  12' 
  x 
  6' 
  x6' 
  

  

  Satakhall 
  7*' 
  x 
  74' 
  *3' 
  

  

  4. 
  In 
  the 
  Sadar 
  subdivision 
  of 
  the 
  district 
  of 
  Murshidabad, 
  fissures 
  accom- 
  

   panied 
  by 
  discharge 
  of 
  sand 
  and 
  water 
  were 
  observed 
  in 
  nine 
  places 
  in 
  Thanas 
  

   Goas 
  and 
  jellinghi. 
  These 
  were 
  chiefly 
  in 
  marshy 
  lands 
  and 
  in 
  old 
  river 
  beds. 
  

   The 
  fissures 
  were 
  generally 
  of 
  considerable 
  size, 
  the 
  longest 
  observed 
  being 
  at 
  a 
  

   village 
  named 
  Bhuttornintolah 
  in 
  thana 
  Jellinghi, 
  and 
  measuring 
  two 
  miles 
  long 
  

  

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