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and bottles were reported to have been overturned in some places. They 
foil from east to west. The sliock was felt by everyone. 
BoRjULi. — The Manager, Borjuli Tea Estate. — The earthquake occurred at 
15-38 Indian Standard Time. The duration of the shock was about 1^ minutes. 
Three shocks were felt at intervals of 20 and 30 seconds respectively. An 
unusual grinding sound was heard before the shock was felt. The shock 
was felt strongly by everyone. Several of the walls of tiie tea estate build- 
ings sustained slight cracks, and one chimney in the tea-house fell. 
Bi'RDWAN. — The CoUecior of Bunlwan. — No objects were overturned in the 
earthquake. The shock was felt by everj'one. 
Q.Kx^TtvvR.— Newspaper report. — The earthquake occurred at 4-25 p.m. 
(local time) and lasted two minutes. The Criminal Court, Hospital, and 
a few private buildings were slightly cracked. 
Chinsurah. — Newspaper report. — The earthquake occuri'ed at 4-18 p.m. 
and lasted two minutes. The walls of the Judge's room and the front ver- 
andah of the court were cracked and some bricks dislodged. 
Chittagono. — Meteorological Observer, and newspaper reports. — The earth- 
quake occurred at 15 hours 52 minutes, Indian Standard Time and lasted 
for two minutes. There were three separate shocks of which the middle was 
the strongest. The earthquake was felt by everyone. A few old buildings 
collapsed, but otherwise no damage was done. 
Dacca. — Newspaper reports. — The earthquake occurred about 5 o'clock 
(local time). The shock lasted nearly one minute and was felt by everybody. 
Several buildings were slightly cracked, and a few very old houses fell. 
Dacca. — R. S. Finlow, Fibre Expert to the Government of Bengal. — The points 
I noticed about the effects of this earthquake were as follows : — 
(1) About four light glass flasks on a shelf on a wall facing east were 
thrown to the ground. The shelf has a lip so that the throw 
of the shock must have been considerable. The flasks could 
hardly have rolled off the shelf on account of the lip. 
(2) In a room used for bacteriological work, poHshed white tiles facing 
west in a doorway were thrown from the wall. The door faces 
north and south. The above took place on the ground-floor of 
the laboratory. 
(3) On the first floor the plaster stripped from the top of two partition - 
walls facing east and west respectively. The portions stripped 
are just below the roof in each case. 
(4) After the earthquake I looked down a large well in the laboratory 
compound. The water had been fairly violently disturbed and 
had oscillated through a foot or eighteen inches at least. The 
well is circular, but the water had moved through the greatest 
height in the east and west direction. 
In my bedroom upstairs in mj' bungalow, of two almirahs standing 
opposite to each other, and facing east and west, the doors of 
both were flung open. In another room, almirah doors more easily 
opened than the above, but facing north were not affected. In 
the drawingroom a curtain pole above a door in a wall facing 
east was thrown down. Similar poles facing north and south 
