Haldibari (inhabited place)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Haldibari Station, N.B.S.R., 1885-07-14
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022S/15
Scope and Contents
254 x 163 mm. View looking along the line at Haldibari, showing where the track has subsided as a result of earthquake damage. See Y3022S/22.
Dates:
1885-07-14
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Haldibiri N.B.S. after earthquake, 1885-07-14
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022S/22
Scope and Contents
283 x 227 mm. View looking along the platform at Haldibari, 42 miles W of the town of Cooch Behar, and showing subsidence and cracking. The date has not been ascertained, but it is most probable that this damage resulted from the earthquake of 14 July 1885 which had its epicentre a little to the NW of Dacca and sent shock waves as far north as Darjeeling. For an account of the intensity and damage, see C.S. Middlemiss, ‘Report on the Bengal Earthquake of July 14th 1885’ ('Records of the...
Dates:
1885-07-14
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).