This school was founded in 1877 for the children of the Railway Colony and now also serves the Raniganj coal belt and the industrial area of Kulti in Asansol . The first five Sisters came with Mother Delphine Hart in response to a request from the parish priest , Fr . Jaques S.J . They began the school with 35 pupils in a small bungalow near the presbytery . Boys and girls were admitted at first . Later the present property was acquired , and in 1885 a boarding school for girls only was started in a three-story building facing the railway tank . The top floor was damaged by the 1897 Assam earthquake and had to be demolished leaving the present two stories . Between 1909 and 1928 other wings were added for classrooms and dormitories . The students were prepared for the Junior and Senior Cambridge examinations
1897 Assam earthquake
1897 Assam earthquake
Loreto Convent, Asansol