CHAPTER II. 
THE AREA ENCLOSED BY ISOSEIST No. 2. 
The area enclosed by Isoseist No. 2 included the Doloi and Lusker- 
pore valleys, and the towns of Habiganj and Maulvi Bazar. Over 
this area, although the damage done was less than in the epicentral 
area, practically every brick or masonry building was damaged and 
many were thrown down. 
In the Doloi valley the Doloi tea estate suffered considerably and 
most of the Leaf-houses were levelled with the ground. The eastern 
wall of the factory fell outwards towards the east leaving the corru- 
gated iron roof unsupported at this end. The Manager's bungalow 
was badly cracked and left leaning slightly towards the east. It 
was possible, however, to shore up the roof with wooden beams and 
make it safe for habitation. A cottage piano which was standing 
m the middle of the drawing room with its front facing east-south- 
east was thrown over on to its back, i.e., in a west-north-west direc- 
tion. Plate 3 Figs. 1 and 2, show photographs of damage done at 
the Doloi estate. 
At the Kurmachara Tea Estate the damage done was of the 
same order as that done on the Doloi Estate, walls in the bungalow, 
were cracked in both north and south, and east and west directions, 
while the walls of the fermenting house fell outwards. Some ol 
the walls in the Manager's bungalow fell towards the north and 
others towards the east. 
At Champarai the stove of the E. P. C. drier was moved one 
inch northwards, while the factory columns were bent eastwards. 
The shafting also had been moved two inches eastwards and had 
pulled the collar on the shaft through that distance. The west 
wall of the factory fell outwards while the east wall was cracked 
along the bottom, and had it not been supported by other parts 
of the building would have fallen towards the east. 
The Madhabpur tea estate suffered less than the above-mentioned 
estates, the greatest damage being done in the factory, where walls 
fell towards the east. 
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