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but did not fall. The north and south walls were badly cracked 
The Manager reports that— 
" The direction of the shock at first soonied to he cast and west, but 
finished up with .i mighty upheaval combined with a motion like a riddle 
at its most intense effort. Tlie sliork then died away slowly." 
This ngrees with the evidence adduced from the direction of fall. 
The damage done to the other estates on this side of the valley was 
similar. Bungalows and buildings having thatch-roofs without iron 
columns were levelled with the ground, while those with iron frame- 
work and corrugated-iron roof had the brickwork shattered and 
partially thrown down. 
The extraordinary escape of the Bharaura tea estate, owing to 
its being sheltered by the hills, has already been mentioned in the 
preliminary report. The Jagchara estate, two and a half miles 
to the north of Bharaura, although damaged much more than 
Bharaura, nevertheless owing to the same effect of earthquake-shadow 
suffered much less than would have been expected. The walls 
and columns on the verandah were much cracked and portions 
had fallen, but the leaf-houses and factory were merely cracked in 
places and masonry had not fallen to any extent. 
The Patrakhala tea estate in the Doloi valley suffered badly. 
The Manager's bungalow was shattered and the southern ewl had 
fallen, the northern end, though shattered and tottering, was still 
standing. Part of the Assistant's bungalow was down and the 
remainder leaning over at a dangerous angle towards the east. 
The leaf-houses being buUt entirely of iron were intact, but the 
end wall of the fermenting-house fell out towards the east, the 
remaining walls being badly cracked. Plate 2, fig. 1, shows a photo- 
graph of the Manager's bungalow at Patrakhala. 
An interesting description of the earthquake shock was furnished 
by a planter at Rasidpur, two stations west of Srimangal. He was 
standing at the side of the railway line at Rasidpur, when he heard 
a loud noise coming down the railway cutting which is situated 
between Sathgaon and Rasidpur. He concluded at first that it 
was the afternoon down train coming at great speed, but on looking 
in that direction he saw the railway line moving in waves, which 
travelled towards him. When the waves reached him he felt the 
ground shaking violently, and saw the tea factory and other buildings 
falling. The wave movements passed under him and he watched 
them recede down the line towards Shaistaganj ; in other words 
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