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| − | + | <p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-GB>Tom <span class=SpellE>LaTouche</span> | |
| − | + | and the Great Assam Earthquake of 12 June 1897: Letters from the <span | |
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| − | </ | + | <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB> </span></p> |
| − | <p class=MsoNormal | + | <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>By Roger <span class=SpellE>Bilham</span> |
| − | style='mso- | + | [http://www.seismosoc.org/publications/SRL/SRL_79/srl_79-3_hs_esupp<span |
| + | class=GramE>/<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span class=SpellE>SeismoSoc</span></span>], | ||
| + | which contains Transcriptions of Tom La <span class=SpellE>Touche’s</span> | ||
| + | letters 1882-1910</span></p> | ||
| − | <p class=MsoNormal | + | <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB> </span></p> |
| − | <p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops: | + | <h3><span class=SpellE><span lang=EN-GB>Mrs.</span></span><span lang=EN-GB> May |
| + | Sweet’s letter of the 28th June 1897</span></h3> | ||
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| + | <h3><span lang=EN-GB><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></span></h3> | ||
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| + | <p class=MsoNormal><span class=SpellE><span lang=EN-GB>Mrs.</span></span><span | ||
| + | lang=EN-GB> May Sweet, in <span class=SpellE>Shillong</span>, wrote to her | ||
| + | sister <span class=SpellE>Mrs.</span> Godfrey: </span></p> | ||
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| + | <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><br> | ||
| + | “At 5.30 on Saturday last, the 12th June was as usual, and 30 seconds | ||
| + | afterwards was completely in ruins… </span></p> | ||
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| + | <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB> </span></p> | ||
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| + | <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>“When we got up to the mission we saw | ||
| + | something of the terrible ruin, the poor missionaries, they were all on the | ||
| + | road with their houses flat on the ground and old Miss Jones in a dying state.” | ||
| + | </span></p> | ||
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| + | <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB> </span></p> | ||
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| + | <h3><span class=SpellE><span lang=EN-GB>LaTouche’s</span></span><span | ||
| + | lang=EN-GB> letters to wife Nancy</span></h3> | ||
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| + | <p class=MsoNormal><span class=SpellE><span lang=EN-GB>LaTouche</span></span><span | ||
| + | lang=EN-GB> had arrived in <span class=SpellE>Shillong</span> late on 12 July, | ||
| + | two weeks after Mrs Sweet's letter had been written, and as indicated in | ||
| + | Sweet's letter there were no houses standing. People were living in the sheds | ||
| + | where horses were normally quartered. <span class=GramE>On 13th July 1897.</span> | ||
| + | <span class=SpellE>LaTouche</span><i> </i>wrote to his wife Nancy:<i> </i></span></p> | ||
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| + | “Tomorrow I must begin taking measurements in earnest. There are a good many | ||
| + | interesting things to be seen in the cemetery where several tombstones, great | ||
| + | heavy blocks of marble or granite have been pushed sideways or twisted round | ||
| + | and I have seen several gate pillars which have been thrown over… </span></p> | ||
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| + | <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>It is most extraordinary that so few people | ||
| + | were killed here, for by all accounts the houses came down with a roar almost | ||
| + | at the beginning of the shock… <br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> | ||
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| + | <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>“Altogether I am very glad I came up here | ||
| + | though it is sad to see the place as it is. They are all talking of removing | ||
| + | the place [<span class=SpellE>Shillong</span>] 1000 <span class=SpellE>ft</span> | ||
| + | higher up the hill where it ought to have been built at first. If they do that | ||
| + | in another 20 years or so it will be a really fine hill station... You might to | ||
| + | tell <span class=SpellE>Mr.</span> Spring that the church is now an entire ruin | ||
| + | and of course the [<span class=GramE>?furniture</span>] and windows are totally | ||
| + | smashed, but the tombstone [singular? <span class=GramE>Just one tombstone?]</span> | ||
| + | <span class=GramE>is</span> not much damaged.”</span></p> | ||
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| + | <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB> </span></p> | ||
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| + | <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>On 15th July 1897, <span class=SpellE>LaTouche</span> | ||
| + | wrote: “I spent all the morning and part of this afternoon measuring the | ||
| + | monuments in the cemetery; a great many of them have been thrown down or | ||
| + | shifted. You might tell <span class=SpellE>Mr.</span> Spring that the cross | ||
| + | over his wife's grave fell over but it is not injured in the least and can | ||
| + | easily be put up again. The PWD [<span class=SpellE>PublicWorks</span> | ||
| + | Department] are going to put everything there straight as soon as things are | ||
| + | settled down a bit, and I spoke particularly today to the Exec. Engr. about <span | ||
| + | class=SpellE>Mrs.</span> Spring's grave.” </span></p> | ||
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Revision as of 20:20, 17 August 2013
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Excerpted from
Tom LaTouche and the Great Assam Earthquake of 12 June 1897: Letters from the Epicenter
By Roger Bilham / SeismoSoc, which contains Transcriptions of Tom La Touche’s letters 1882-1910
Mrs. May Sweet’s letter of the 28th June 1897
Mrs. May Sweet, in Shillong, wrote to her sister Mrs. Godfrey:
“At 5.30 on Saturday last, the 12th June was as usual, and 30 seconds
afterwards was completely in ruins…
“When we got up to the mission we saw something of the terrible ruin, the poor missionaries, they were all on the road with their houses flat on the ground and old Miss Jones in a dying state.”
LaTouche’s letters to wife Nancy
LaTouche had arrived in Shillong late on 12 July, two weeks after Mrs Sweet's letter had been written, and as indicated in Sweet's letter there were no houses standing. People were living in the sheds where horses were normally quartered. On 13th July 1897. LaTouche wrote to his wife Nancy:
“Tomorrow I must begin taking measurements in earnest. There are a good many
interesting things to be seen in the cemetery where several tombstones, great
heavy blocks of marble or granite have been pushed sideways or twisted round
and I have seen several gate pillars which have been thrown over…
It is most extraordinary that so few people
were killed here, for by all accounts the houses came down with a roar almost
at the beginning of the shock…
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“Altogether I am very glad I came up here though it is sad to see the place as it is. They are all talking of removing the place [Shillong] 1000 ft higher up the hill where it ought to have been built at first. If they do that in another 20 years or so it will be a really fine hill station... You might to tell Mr. Spring that the church is now an entire ruin and of course the [?furniture] and windows are totally smashed, but the tombstone [singular? Just one tombstone?] is not much damaged.”
On 15th July 1897, LaTouche wrote: “I spent all the morning and part of this afternoon measuring the monuments in the cemetery; a great many of them have been thrown down or shifted. You might tell Mr. Spring that the cross over his wife's grave fell over but it is not injured in the least and can easily be put up again. The PWD [PublicWorks Department] are going to put everything there straight as soon as things are settled down a bit, and I spoke particularly today to the Exec. Engr. about Mrs. Spring's grave.”
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