﻿APPENDIX 
  B. 
  339 
  

  

  deposits 
  of 
  sand 
  were 
  much 
  greater 
  on 
  the 
  Chapori 
  than 
  elsewhere, 
  and 
  covered 
  

   the 
  land 
  in 
  some 
  places 
  to 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  four 
  feet. 
  At 
  Singrimat 
  i 
  tea 
  garden 
  a 
  foul 
  

   smell 
  came 
  from 
  the 
  sand 
  and 
  water 
  spouted 
  up, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  sand. 
  The 
  farthest 
  

   case 
  eastwards 
  of 
  the 
  earth 
  opening 
  and 
  sand 
  and 
  water 
  being 
  poured 
  violently 
  

   up, 
  was 
  at 
  the 
  Singlijan 
  tea 
  garden, 
  near 
  Helem, 
  about 
  50 
  miles 
  east-north-east 
  

   of 
  Tezpur. 
  There 
  the 
  water 
  burst 
  out 
  actually 
  in 
  the 
  midst 
  of 
  the 
  coolie 
  lines, 
  and 
  

   was 
  thrown 
  up 
  several 
  feet 
  high. 
  This 
  is 
  remarkable, 
  as 
  being 
  an 
  isolated 
  case 
  

   so 
  far 
  east 
  of 
  Tezpur. 
  The 
  garden 
  in 
  question 
  is 
  situated 
  at 
  the 
  very 
  foot 
  of 
  the 
  

   Duffla 
  Hills. 
  

  

  5. 
  The 
  beds 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  rivers 
  were 
  also 
  thrown 
  up 
  several 
  feet 
  by 
  the 
  

   earthquake. 
  A 
  small 
  river 
  at 
  the 
  Tangani 
  tea 
  garden 
  ran 
  dry 
  and 
  filled 
  up 
  slowly 
  

   during 
  the 
  night. 
  The 
  bed 
  of 
  the 
  Daiphang 
  River 
  southward 
  remained 
  dry 
  for 
  

   five 
  days 
  after 
  the 
  earthquake. 
  The 
  Nonai 
  rose 
  suddenly 
  and 
  flooded 
  some 
  villages 
  

   near 
  Nalbari. 
  The 
  Kulsi 
  flooded 
  portions 
  of 
  mauzas 
  Barantola, 
  Dalagaon, 
  in- 
  

   cluding 
  Bholabari 
  tea 
  garden, 
  and 
  submerged 
  the 
  main 
  road 
  from 
  Kalaigaon 
  to 
  

   Paneri. 
  The 
  Diggaj 
  did 
  the 
  same. 
  

  

  Letter 
  No. 
  720, 
  dated 
  the 
  yth 
  July 
  i8y7, 
  from 
  the 
  Assistant 
  Engineer, 
  Mangaldai 
  

   Subdivision, 
  to 
  the 
  Executive 
  Engineer, 
  Central 
  Assam 
  Division. 
  

  

  As 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  of 
  some 
  scientific 
  interest 
  to 
  ascertain 
  the 
  depth 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  

   sand 
  and 
  water 
  were 
  forced 
  up 
  the 
  fissures 
  in 
  the 
  ground 
  during 
  the 
  great 
  earth- 
  

   quake 
  of 
  the 
  12th 
  June 
  last, 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  honour 
  to 
  report, 
  in 
  continuation 
  of 
  this 
  

   office 
  No. 
  690, 
  dated 
  30th 
  June 
  1897, 
  tnat 
  at 
  tne 
  moment 
  the 
  earthquake 
  was 
  felt, 
  

   I 
  was 
  supervising 
  the 
  sinking 
  of 
  Dalgaon 
  well. 
  It 
  was 
  between 
  5-20 
  to 
  5-25 
  

   p.m. 
  according 
  to 
  my 
  watch. 
  The 
  well 
  was 
  sunk 
  to 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  25 
  feet 
  below 
  ground 
  

   just 
  before 
  the 
  earthquake, 
  and 
  after 
  the 
  earthquake 
  it 
  sank 
  6 
  inches 
  of 
  itself 
  giving 
  

   a 
  total 
  depth 
  of 
  25^ 
  feet. 
  The 
  sand 
  met 
  with 
  at 
  depth 
  25 
  feet 
  was 
  coarse 
  river 
  

   sand 
  with 
  pebbles. 
  The 
  next 
  day 
  when 
  I 
  sent 
  down 
  the 
  dredger, 
  it 
  stuck 
  into 
  sand 
  

   and 
  it 
  was 
  with 
  great 
  difficulty 
  that 
  it 
  could 
  be 
  extracted, 
  when 
  very 
  fine 
  blue 
  

   sand 
  with 
  a 
  slight 
  mixture 
  of 
  clay 
  was 
  brought 
  in 
  the 
  dredger. 
  This 
  sand 
  had 
  

   filled 
  in 
  the 
  well 
  to 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  nearly 
  4 
  feet, 
  on 
  removing 
  the 
  sand 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  

   bottom 
  of 
  the 
  well 
  curb 
  and 
  a 
  foot 
  below 
  it, 
  the 
  same 
  coarse 
  sand 
  which 
  I 
  was 
  

   working 
  before 
  the 
  earthquake 
  was 
  found 
  and 
  the 
  well 
  sinking 
  was 
  stopped 
  at 
  

   sanctioned 
  depth 
  of 
  27 
  feet 
  below 
  ground. 
  The 
  depth 
  of 
  fine 
  sand 
  which 
  has 
  

   been 
  brought 
  up 
  the 
  fissures 
  in 
  the 
  ground 
  appears 
  therefore 
  to 
  be 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  

   27 
  feet. 
  

  

  2. 
  The 
  pucka 
  well 
  in 
  the 
  Subdi 
  visional 
  Officer's 
  compound, 
  Mangaldai, 
  which 
  

   was 
  sunk 
  to 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  33 
  feet 
  below 
  ground 
  had 
  been 
  filled 
  in 
  with 
  the 
  same 
  

   fine 
  sand 
  to 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  16 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  well 
  curb 
  and 
  the 
  brick 
  

   steining 
  cracked 
  badly. 
  This 
  sand 
  I 
  am 
  now 
  removing 
  for 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  

   well, 
  which 
  has 
  suffered 
  badly, 
  inasmuch 
  as 
  the 
  lower 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  steining 
  is 
  

   holding 
  an 
  inclined 
  position 
  and 
  a 
  portion 
  just 
  below 
  the 
  top 
  has 
  bulged 
  out. 
  

   The 
  depth 
  of 
  fine 
  sand 
  according 
  to 
  this 
  well 
  is 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  33 
  feet 
  below 
  ground 
  

  

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