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  B. 
  331 
  

  

  and 
  mud 
  were 
  thrown 
  up. 
  Some 
  damages 
  occurred 
  in 
  village 
  Ukra. 
  

  

  Some 
  pieces 
  of 
  land 
  in 
  village 
  Char 
  Hijli 
  have 
  subsided; 
  water 
  

  

  was 
  thrown 
  up. 
  

  

  Some 
  pieces 
  of 
  land 
  in 
  village 
  Takuni 
  have 
  cracked 
  ; 
  water 
  and 
  sand 
  

  

  were 
  thrown 
  up. 
  

   Gheor 
  outpost.— 
  Several 
  pieces 
  of 
  land 
  in 
  the 
  jurisdiction 
  of 
  Gheor 
  

  

  outpost 
  have 
  cracked 
  ; 
  water 
  and 
  sand 
  were 
  thrown 
  up. 
  

   Harirampur. 
  — 
  Some 
  pieces 
  of 
  land 
  in 
  Baragarabil 
  have 
  cracked 
  ; 
  water 
  

  

  and 
  sand 
  were 
  thrown 
  up. 
  

   Munshiganj. 
  — 
  About 
  one 
  kani 
  of 
  land 
  in 
  village 
  Raghur 
  Char 
  has 
  subsid- 
  

   ed 
  ; 
  water 
  was 
  thrown 
  up. 
  

  

  A 
  piece 
  of 
  land 
  in 
  village 
  Alipura 
  has 
  cracked, 
  and 
  water 
  was 
  thrown 
  

  

  up. 
  About 
  one 
  kani 
  of 
  land 
  in 
  village 
  Bhater 
  Char 
  has 
  subsided 
  ; 
  

  

  water 
  was 
  thrown 
  up. 
  

  

  Letter 
  No. 
  1330J., 
  dated 
  Mymensingh, 
  the 
  2nd 
  November 
  1897, 
  from 
  E. 
  B. 
  Harris, 
  

  

  Esq., 
  Magistrate 
  of 
  Mymensingh, 
  to 
  the 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  the 
  Dacca 
  

  

  Division. 
  

  

  With 
  reference 
  to 
  your 
  No. 
  1300-G., 
  dated 
  the 
  26th 
  August 
  last, 
  forwarding 
  

  

  copy 
  of 
  Government 
  letter 
  No. 
  4620, 
  dated 
  the 
  14th 
  idem, 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  honour 
  to 
  

  

  refer 
  you 
  to 
  this 
  office 
  No. 
  942-J., 
  dated 
  the 
  3rd 
  July 
  1897, 
  in 
  which 
  I 
  gave 
  an 
  

  

  account 
  of 
  the 
  damage 
  caused 
  by 
  the 
  earthquake 
  of 
  the 
  12th 
  June 
  1897. 
  

  

  2. 
  In 
  the 
  Jamalpur, 
  Netrakona 
  and 
  Sadar 
  subdivisions 
  fissures 
  were 
  in« 
  

   numerable. 
  There 
  were 
  a 
  good 
  number 
  in 
  parts 
  of 
  Kishorganj 
  ; 
  and 
  none 
  at 
  all 
  in 
  

   the 
  Tangail 
  subdivision. 
  All 
  the 
  smaller 
  rivers 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  three 
  subdivisions 
  had 
  

   their 
  beds 
  upheaved 
  in 
  places, 
  particularly 
  the 
  Katcha 
  Matia, 
  Kharia 
  and 
  Mirgi 
  

   rivers. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  tanks 
  and 
  wells 
  in 
  these 
  parts 
  were 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  silted 
  up. 
  

  

  3. 
  As 
  regard 
  landslips, 
  several 
  have 
  occurred 
  since 
  the 
  12th 
  June 
  1897, 
  trie 
  

   majority 
  of 
  which 
  no 
  doubt 
  have 
  been 
  caused 
  by 
  seismic 
  shocks. 
  Some, 
  of 
  course, 
  

   are 
  due 
  to 
  constant 
  rainfall. 
  As 
  no 
  observations 
  were 
  made 
  at 
  the 
  time, 
  it 
  is 
  

   impossible 
  to 
  distinguish 
  landslips 
  during 
  the 
  earthquake 
  and 
  those 
  caused 
  by 
  

   the 
  subsequent 
  rain. 
  The 
  Garo 
  Hills, 
  which 
  border 
  the 
  district 
  to 
  the 
  north, 
  bear 
  

   marks 
  of 
  numerous 
  landslips. 
  

  

  Extract 
  from 
  Notes 
  on 
  the 
  earthquake 
  of 
  the 
  12th 
  June 
  1897, 
  by 
  the 
  Munsif 
  of 
  

   Isvarganj, 
  in 
  the 
  District 
  of 
  Mymensingh, 
  forwarded 
  with 
  his 
  letter, 
  dated 
  

   Isvarganj, 
  the 
  20th 
  August 
  1897, 
  addressed 
  to 
  the 
  Officiating 
  Director, 
  Geolo- 
  

   gical 
  Survey 
  of 
  India. 
  

  

  (3) 
  Formation 
  of 
  the 
  springs 
  of 
  sand 
  and 
  mud. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  earthquake 
  these 
  springs 
  were 
  formed 
  at 
  several 
  places 
  here. 
  

   I 
  have 
  seen 
  with 
  my 
  own 
  eyes 
  springs 
  forming 
  upon 
  the 
  bank 
  of 
  the 
  river. 
  

   The 
  pressure 
  with 
  which 
  the 
  sand, 
  mud 
  and 
  water 
  were 
  thrown 
  up 
  by 
  these 
  

   springs 
  was 
  very 
  great. 
  At 
  several 
  places 
  these 
  were 
  thrown 
  up 
  over 
  10 
  feet 
  

   high. 
  The 
  sand 
  and 
  water 
  were 
  forced 
  up 
  at 
  a 
  very 
  rapid 
  rate, 
  and 
  the 
  forcing 
  

  

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