18 STUAHT: THE SlilMANUAL EARTHQUAKl-; OF 8TH JULY 1918. 
of nearly 15 inches, indicated by niailis made on the flanges of the 
rails by the screw spikes which held them down to the sleepers. 
The top portion of the broken pier No. 4 was thrown towards the west. 
In Maulvi Bazar all the brick buildings in the bazaar were 
damaged and many of them were thrown down. The Mission 
bungalow, and that of the Sub-divisional Officer were badly damaged 
and partially thrown down and the High School building was com- 
pletely mined. The direction of shock was from south to north. 
In Habiganj the damage done was similar to that done in Maulvi 
Bazar, the bazaar being badly damaged, and also the Sub-divisional 
Officer's bungalow. Wardrobes facing east and west were overturned 
and eastern and western walls were most damaged. 
At Satiyajuri railway station the earthquake shock was experi- 
enced almost due east and Avest. Both east and west gable walla 
in the menials' quarters fell outwards, and the internal walls rumiing 
east and west developed diagonal cracks. 
