14 STUART : THE SRIMANGAL EARTHQUAKE OF 8TH JULY 1918. 
All along the trolley line, which runs from Bhanugach to 
Patrakhala, stacks of country bricks had fallen, ahnost invariably 
towards the east, and the trolley line itself was broken in several 
places, and in others was bulged, with the bulge pointing towards 
the west. 
The Doloi iron bridge which runs approximately north-east had 
some of the angle tie-bars sheared right through, while the approa- 
ches at both f^ides were found to have Sunk at least a foot. In 
fact, the whole area surrounding this bridge is reported to have 
sunk considerably. 
On the eastern side of the valley the Alinagar, Shamshernagar, 
and Kanihati tea estates suffered slightly less damage. At Kanihati 
factory the east-end gable wall fell out towards the east, breaking 
off about two feet above ground-level. An intermediate wall inside 
the factory, exactly similar to the east-end gable wall, was very 
badly cracked and leaning over towards the east. Part of the north 
wall of the boilerhouse fell towards the north. The leaf-houses, 
built with brick pillars, had those pillars damaged and in a few 
cases thrown down. The damage was most pronounced towards the 
Morth end of the building, the southern portion not appearing to 
h.i.ve suffered so much. 
One steel-framed leaf-house, oriented east-west had a slight lean 
I wards the west. Two small hollows were noticed in the grounds 
outside the factory. These hollows did not exist before the earth- 
tpiake shock ; one of them was saucer-shaped, about 18 feet in 
diameter and 1 foot deep ; the other was about 108 feet distant 
in a north-west direction from the first and measured about 21 feet 
long by 9 feet wide and about 9 inches deep. 
At Shamshernagar and Bhagichara, the bungalows have iron 
columns and suffered little damage except cracks. No. 2 leaf- 
house, which fell, had a roof of corrugated iron supported on brick- 
work columns and wooden posts. The factory was only cracked. 
The damage at Alinagar was similar. A water tank situated 
near Mr. Leather's bungalow, was thrown towards the west owing 
to the cracking of the brickwork columns supporting it. The tank 
was full at the time. 
Fissures in the ground are reported from various places in the 
Doloi valley. According to reports they varied from a mere crack 
to a (i3=!ure six inches wide and as much as a foot iu depth. Their 
