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  OLDHAM: 
  GREAT 
  EARTHQUAKE 
  OF 
  1S97. 
  

  

  Ahatguri 
  mxvsa. 
  — 
  In 
  Rangamuri 
  field 
  a 
  fissure, 
  60 
  or 
  70 
  nals 
  long, 
  1 
  cubit 
  

   broad, 
  and 
  8 
  or 
  10 
  cubits 
  deep, 
  was 
  formed, 
  from 
  which 
  broken 
  pieces 
  of 
  wood 
  

   were 
  discharged. 
  Sand 
  and 
  water 
  poured 
  out 
  from 
  a 
  fissure 
  in 
  Ramdhani 
  bhil, 
  

   the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  fissure 
  being 
  40 
  or 
  50 
  cubits, 
  breadth 
  i| 
  cubits, 
  and 
  depth 
  7 
  or 
  

   8 
  cubits. 
  In 
  Charani 
  Alii 
  field 
  a 
  depression 
  like 
  a 
  pond 
  was 
  formed, 
  covering 
  

   about 
  3 
  bighas 
  of 
  land, 
  the 
  depth 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  being 
  12 
  or 
  13 
  cubits. 
  Broken 
  

   pieces 
  of 
  wood 
  were 
  observed 
  floating 
  on 
  the 
  surface 
  ; 
  near 
  the 
  Brahmaputra 
  and 
  

   the 
  Lohit 
  rivers 
  several 
  fissures 
  were 
  formed, 
  and 
  in 
  some 
  places 
  the 
  land 
  sunk 
  8 
  

   or 
  10 
  cubits. 
  

  

  Namdoyang 
  mauza. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  Ldkhirdj 
  Khdt 
  of 
  Karuabahi 
  sastra 
  a 
  fissure 
  

   half 
  a 
  mile 
  long 
  and 
  about 
  1 
  foot 
  broad 
  was 
  formed, 
  from 
  which 
  sand, 
  water, 
  

   and 
  broken 
  pieces 
  of 
  wood 
  were 
  discharged, 
  several 
  bhils 
  were 
  filled 
  up 
  with 
  sand 
  

   and 
  other 
  bJiils 
  were 
  deepened. 
  Mari, 
  Dhansiri, 
  and 
  Dijahi 
  and 
  other 
  jans 
  were 
  

   in 
  parts 
  filled 
  with 
  sand. 
  

  

  In 
  Bez 
  and 
  Bilotia 
  villages 
  some 
  fissures 
  appeared 
  in 
  the 
  wood. 
  

  

  Athgaon 
  tahsil. 
  — 
  Only 
  one 
  small 
  fissure 
  2 
  nals 
  long 
  and 
  half 
  a 
  cubit 
  broad 
  

   was 
  formed 
  ; 
  a 
  small 
  quantity 
  of 
  sand 
  and 
  water 
  was 
  emitted. 
  

  

  Golaghat 
  tahsil. 
  — 
  In 
  Mauza 
  Monkhoa, 
  lot 
  No. 
  5, 
  one 
  fissure 
  was 
  formed, 
  in 
  

   length 
  100 
  nals 
  and 
  in 
  width 
  1 
  or 
  2 
  cubits, 
  from 
  which 
  water 
  and 
  small 
  pieces 
  of 
  

   wood 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  discharged 
  to 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  5 
  or 
  6 
  cubits, 
  and 
  in 
  some 
  

   places 
  the 
  land 
  sunk. 
  

  

  In 
  lot 
  No. 
  6 
  fissures 
  are 
  reported 
  to 
  have 
  appeared 
  at 
  Salmara, 
  Mohkuti> 
  

   Naparnua, 
  Bholuguri, 
  Butuli 
  Khoa, 
  and 
  Hauntli 
  Khend. 
  The 
  dimensions 
  of 
  these 
  

   fissures 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  ascertained 
  by 
  the 
  tahsildar, 
  as 
  the 
  land 
  is 
  now 
  under 
  water, 
  

   but 
  some 
  of 
  these 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  24 
  or 
  25 
  nals 
  long 
  and 
  2 
  to 
  4 
  cubits 
  wide. 
  

   Minor 
  fissures 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  formed 
  on 
  the 
  banks 
  of 
  Nobhil 
  in 
  Khumlai 
  

   mauza, 
  but 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  immediately 
  filled 
  up 
  with 
  sand. 
  In 
  this 
  tahsil 
  only 
  the 
  

   lands 
  bordering 
  on 
  rivers 
  and 
  bhils 
  were 
  fissured, 
  the 
  soil 
  being 
  sandy 
  and 
  no 
  

   fissures 
  appeared 
  in 
  the 
  interior. 
  

  

  Missamara 
  mauza.— 
  In 
  Borgohain 
  chapari, 
  in 
  the 
  jungles, 
  some 
  very 
  small 
  

   fissures 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  formed, 
  from 
  which 
  water 
  and 
  sand 
  were 
  discharged. 
  

   These 
  alleged 
  fissures 
  are 
  now 
  under 
  water 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  floods. 
  

  

  As 
  regards 
  paragraph 
  3 
  of 
  the 
  Officiating 
  Director's 
  letter 
  quoted 
  above, 
  I 
  

   am 
  informed 
  that 
  no 
  hillmen 
  from 
  the 
  Himalayan 
  tracts 
  visit 
  this 
  subdivision. 
  

   In 
  any 
  case 
  they 
  would 
  not 
  visit 
  the 
  plains 
  till 
  the 
  cold 
  weather 
  sets 
  in. 
  

  

  Letter 
  No. 
  1000G., 
  dated 
  Kohivia, 
  the 
  14th 
  October 
  1&97, 
  from 
  Captain 
  H. 
  W. 
  G. 
  

   Cole, 
  I.S.C., 
  Officiating 
  Deputy 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  the 
  Naga 
  Hills, 
  to 
  the 
  Secre- 
  

   tary 
  to 
  the 
  Chief 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Assam. 
  

  

  3. 
  In 
  the 
  plains 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  district, 
  observations 
  were 
  confined 
  to 
  the 
  cart- 
  

   road 
  connecting 
  Golaghat 
  and 
  Kohima 
  which 
  runs 
  through 
  the 
  Nambor 
  forest. 
  

   Here 
  no 
  measurements 
  of 
  fissures 
  were 
  taken, 
  but 
  they 
  were 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  

   general, 
  and 
  the 
  openings 
  were 
  filled 
  up 
  by 
  road 
  gangs 
  as 
  quickly 
  as 
  possible, 
  

   The 
  road 
  subsided 
  and 
  cracked 
  at 
  intervals, 
  especially 
  near 
  low 
  lying 
  lands. 
  

   Between 
  the 
  20th 
  and 
  21 
  st 
  miles 
  of 
  the 
  road 
  from 
  Golaghat, 
  it 
  was 
  noticed 
  that 
  

   sand 
  and 
  water 
  spouted 
  up 
  in 
  places 
  filling 
  old 
  earth 
  borrow 
  pits. 
  

  

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