﻿APPENDIX 
  B. 
  335 
  

  

  Hajosota, 
  the 
  Barnadi, 
  and 
  many 
  hill 
  streams 
  in 
  Tambulpur 
  have 
  been 
  consider- 
  

   ably 
  raised, 
  and 
  the 
  water 
  from 
  them 
  overflowing 
  the 
  banks 
  inundated 
  the 
  whole 
  

   country 
  on 
  both 
  sides. 
  Interior 
  traffic 
  and 
  communication 
  by 
  river 
  was 
  retarded 
  

   owing 
  to 
  the 
  shallowness 
  of 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  rivers. 
  The 
  beds 
  of 
  irrigation 
  canals 
  in 
  

   Tambulpur 
  were 
  raised 
  and 
  the 
  water 
  stopped. 
  

  

  5. 
  Landslips 
  are 
  reported 
  to 
  have 
  occurred 
  in 
  this 
  subdivision. 
  Near 
  Chouki, 
  

   5 
  miles 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  North 
  Gauhati, 
  a 
  small 
  landslip 
  occurred 
  from 
  a 
  hill 
  on 
  

   the 
  roadside, 
  but 
  not 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  render 
  the 
  road 
  impassable. 
  Further 
  to 
  the 
  north, 
  

   near 
  Chutiapara, 
  huge 
  rocks 
  fell 
  down 
  the 
  Kohora 
  and 
  Deoduar 
  Hills. 
  In 
  Hajo 
  

   several 
  rocks 
  have 
  rolled 
  down 
  the 
  hills, 
  and 
  the 
  temple 
  of 
  Siddheswari, 
  which 
  

   stood 
  on 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  hills, 
  is 
  no 
  longer 
  in 
  existence. 
  

  

  6. 
  In 
  Bhutan 
  the 
  shock 
  of 
  the 
  earthquake 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  certainly 
  

   severe, 
  if 
  we 
  can 
  judge 
  from 
  reports. 
  A 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  Gomchichitong 
  hill 
  to 
  the 
  

   north 
  of 
  Dewangiri 
  fell. 
  The 
  Bhutan 
  boundary 
  pillar 
  at 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  this 
  hill 
  

   was 
  broken, 
  and 
  the 
  high 
  land 
  near 
  it 
  subsided. 
  A 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  road 
  from 
  

   Dewangiri 
  to 
  Oranggaon, 
  within 
  the 
  jurisdiction 
  of 
  Bhutan, 
  was 
  blocked 
  up 
  by 
  a 
  

   landslip 
  from 
  the 
  Orang 
  hill. 
  People 
  having 
  to 
  pass 
  by 
  that 
  road 
  now 
  take 
  a 
  

   circuitous 
  route 
  by 
  the 
  bed 
  of 
  the 
  Dia 
  stream. 
  The 
  Ridaja 
  Hill 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  

   Orang 
  hill 
  is 
  reported 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  "levelled 
  to 
  the 
  ground." 
  This 
  hill 
  was 
  

   formerly 
  very 
  high, 
  its 
  summit 
  being 
  covered 
  with 
  snow 
  nearly 
  all 
  the 
  year 
  round. 
  

   The 
  report 
  is, 
  however, 
  hardly 
  credible. 
  

  

  The 
  road 
  leading 
  to 
  Susa 
  town 
  was 
  blocked 
  up 
  near 
  Solikhar 
  by 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  

   Nadangsing 
  and 
  jirim 
  hills. 
  Foot 
  passengers 
  can 
  still 
  pass 
  by 
  the 
  road, 
  though 
  

   riding 
  is 
  impossible. 
  

  

  Portions 
  of 
  the 
  Oangla 
  and 
  neighbouring 
  hills, 
  with 
  the 
  houses 
  of 
  the 
  Lama, 
  

   fell 
  down. 
  The 
  iron 
  bridge 
  over 
  the 
  Monas 
  is 
  reported 
  to 
  have 
  collapsed. 
  The 
  

   principal 
  mantraghar 
  (or 
  place 
  of 
  worship) 
  of 
  the 
  Desa 
  Raja 
  and 
  the 
  stone 
  house 
  

   of 
  Gorajung 
  Raja 
  were 
  levelled 
  to 
  the 
  grout 
  d. 
  Besides 
  these, 
  there 
  were 
  numer- 
  

   ous 
  landslips 
  within 
  the 
  jurisdiction 
  of 
  Bhutan, 
  among 
  smaller 
  hills, 
  which 
  have 
  

   blocked 
  up 
  roads 
  and 
  rivers 
  in 
  places. 
  

  

  Letter 
  No. 
  366, 
  dated 
  Barpeta, 
  the 
  23rd 
  September 
  /So 
  7, 
  from 
  Babu 
  Madhub 
  

   Chandra 
  Bardalai, 
  Subdivisional 
  Officer 
  of 
  Barpeta, 
  to 
  the 
  Deputy 
  Commis- 
  

   sioner 
  of 
  Kamrup. 
  

  

  With 
  reference 
  to 
  your 
  memorandum 
  No. 
  1613, 
  dated 
  the 
  17th 
  ultimo, 
  forward- 
  

   ing 
  copy 
  of 
  the 
  letter 
  No. 
  6(2, 
  dated 
  Calcutta, 
  the 
  26th 
  July 
  1897, 
  from 
  

   R. 
  D. 
  Oldham, 
  Esq., 
  Officiating 
  Director, 
  Geological 
  Survey 
  of 
  India, 
  to 
  the 
  

   Secretary 
  to 
  the 
  Chief 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Assam, 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  honour 
  to 
  report 
  as 
  

   follows. 
  

  

  2 
  That 
  immediately 
  after 
  the 
  occurrence 
  of 
  the 
  earthquake 
  of 
  the 
  12th 
  June 
  

   1897, 
  the 
  earth 
  opened 
  in 
  fissures 
  in 
  every 
  direction, 
  and 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  it 
  has 
  since 
  been 
  

   ascertained 
  by 
  local 
  enquiry, 
  everywhere 
  within 
  this 
  subdivision, 
  the 
  openings 
  

   being 
  wider 
  and 
  greater 
  in 
  length 
  in 
  places 
  higher 
  up 
  than 
  in 
  places 
  lower 
  down 
  

   near 
  to 
  the 
  Brahmaputra 
  ; 
  while 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  hand 
  geysers 
  rose, 
  throwing 
  up 
  sand 
  

   and 
  water 
  from 
  different 
  heights 
  ranging 
  from 
  2 
  feet 
  to 
  12 
  feet. 
  Bits 
  of 
  coal, 
  

  

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  335 
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