﻿APPENDIX 
  B. 
  333 
  

  

  Thana 
  Kasva. 
  

  

  3. 
  Three 
  fissures 
  about 
  500 
  cubits 
  long 
  about 
  2 
  inches 
  wide 
  and 
  about 
  half 
  a 
  

   cubit 
  deep 
  in 
  village 
  Kharampur. 
  They 
  poured 
  out 
  sand. 
  Many 
  small 
  ditches 
  

   appeared 
  and 
  poured 
  out 
  sand. 
  Long, 
  wide 
  and 
  deep 
  fissures 
  were 
  seen 
  

   in 
  the 
  surrounding 
  char 
  lands 
  near 
  Mogra. 
  Sand 
  and 
  water 
  were 
  spouted 
  out. 
  

   Some 
  portions 
  of 
  land 
  subsided 
  and 
  at 
  points 
  the 
  subsidence 
  was 
  about 
  5 
  inches 
  

   below 
  the 
  normal 
  ground 
  level. 
  

  

  Thana 
  Nabinagar. 
  

  

  4. 
  A 
  fissure 
  about 
  300 
  cubits 
  in 
  length, 
  about 
  4 
  cubits 
  wide, 
  and 
  about 
  v\ 
  

   cubits 
  deep 
  at 
  Madhupur. 
  It 
  threw 
  up 
  sand. 
  

  

  2. 
  No 
  landslips 
  were 
  noticed 
  in 
  this 
  subdivison. 
  

  

  Report 
  of 
  the 
  District 
  Engineer 
  of 
  Tipperah. 
  

   Begs 
  to 
  state 
  that 
  there 
  has 
  neither 
  been 
  any 
  fissure 
  in 
  the 
  earth 
  nor 
  any 
  

   landslip 
  within 
  the 
  area 
  of 
  this 
  district, 
  except 
  the 
  tapping 
  of 
  a 
  big 
  spring 
  about 
  

   8 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter 
  in 
  a 
  pucka 
  well 
  under 
  construction 
  at 
  Chandpur, 
  emitting 
  

   sand 
  and 
  water 
  and 
  filling 
  in 
  the 
  well. 
  

  

  (a) 
  A 
  long 
  fissure 
  about 
  500 
  feet 
  in 
  length 
  and 
  average 
  18 
  inches 
  wide 
  on 
  

  

  the 
  road 
  leading 
  to 
  Agartala, 
  about 
  one 
  mile 
  from 
  the 
  British 
  

   boundary. 
  Direction 
  of 
  crack, 
  east 
  to 
  west. 
  

  

  (b) 
  Several 
  fissures 
  in 
  the 
  earth 
  at 
  Agartala 
  of 
  the 
  above 
  description 
  and 
  

  

  direction, 
  and 
  out 
  pouring 
  of 
  sand 
  only 
  in 
  some 
  place, 
  only 
  to 
  the 
  

   height 
  of 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  ground. 
  

  

  (c) 
  One 
  thatched 
  shed 
  sank 
  down 
  half 
  of 
  its 
  length 
  about 
  30 
  inches. 
  

  

  (d) 
  The 
  water 
  of 
  a 
  tank 
  was 
  6 
  feet 
  deep 
  before 
  earthquake, 
  but 
  only 
  3 
  feet 
  

  

  after 
  it. 
  

  

  Letter 
  No. 
  i5Q2XX.—8G. 
  t 
  dated 
  Dhubri, 
  the 
  8th 
  September 
  18Q7, 
  from 
  A. 
  G. 
  

   Hallifax, 
  Esq., 
  I.C.S., 
  Deputy 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Goalpara 
  t 
  to 
  the 
  Secretary 
  

   to 
  the 
  Chief 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Assam. 
  

  

  With 
  reference 
  to 
  your 
  memorandum 
  No. 
  514S-59G., 
  dated 
  the 
  9th 
  August 
  

   1897, 
  requesting 
  to 
  supply 
  certain 
  information 
  as 
  to 
  extent 
  to 
  which 
  fissures 
  in 
  

   the 
  earth, 
  outpouring 
  of 
  sand 
  and 
  water, 
  etc., 
  have 
  been 
  observed 
  on 
  the 
  occasion 
  

   of 
  the 
  last 
  earthquake, 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  honour 
  to 
  state 
  that 
  fissures 
  in 
  the 
  earth 
  were 
  

   observed 
  throughout 
  the 
  Dhubri 
  and 
  Goal 
  para 
  towns, 
  more 
  especially 
  on 
  the 
  

   river 
  banks. 
  There 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  single 
  road 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  which 
  escaped 
  damages 
  

   caused 
  by 
  fissures 
  in 
  the 
  earth. 
  The 
  earth 
  was 
  cracked 
  in 
  all 
  directions. 
  The 
  

   outpourings 
  of 
  sand 
  and 
  water 
  were 
  also 
  observed 
  in 
  a 
  good 
  number 
  of 
  cracks, 
  

   both 
  in 
  the 
  towns 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  the 
  district. 
  The 
  effects 
  of 
  the 
  earthquake 
  

   in 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  the 
  subdivision 
  were 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  experienced 
  in 
  the 
  town. 
  

   Most 
  of 
  the 
  wells 
  have 
  been 
  filled 
  up, 
  and 
  the 
  ground 
  in 
  various 
  places 
  has 
  been 
  

   covered 
  with 
  sand 
  and 
  water. 
  Many 
  of 
  the 
  roads 
  in 
  the 
  interior 
  have 
  been 
  

   damaged 
  owing 
  to 
  cracks. 
  Reports 
  have 
  been 
  received 
  that 
  a 
  good 
  number 
  of 
  

  

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