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of the room in which he was standing, but the rocking of the house was so great 

 that he could hardly stand. He got out at last into the passage to find his wife 

 and daughters practically imprisoned in another room, the door of whioh was also 

 difficult to open. They also reached the passage and the whole party rushed 

 under an arch as the final crash came-. They saw one main watt fall outwards, 

 thus opening out an avenue of escape across the debris* They reached the open 

 air uninjured, though suffering from shock. The whole affair was a question of 

 seconds and the arch undoubtedly saved them, as the house was wrecked. 



The E)iglishman of 10th April has the following from Lahore : — 



The experience of Mr. Horn an, one of the survivors-, is probably characteristic 

 of them all ; he felt a shock and rushed for the door ; he had only just reached 

 the doorway when the roof of a room fell in. At the same instant his two child- 

 ren, sleeping in an adjoining room, were killed by the fall of tj>e roof. His wife- 

 and baby had a marvellous escape, a great beam from the ceiling fell slantwise 

 across the cot on which the baby was sleeping ; Mrs. Homan having rushed from 

 her own bed to protect the baby when the first shock awakened her. 



Thus also the Pioneer of 10th April : — 



A native barrister, who has arrived in Lahore from Dharmsala, reports that 

 the only building he observed intact was the domed strong room of the Treasury. 

 This survivor had a narrow escape. His house came down before he had time to 

 get out, but fortunately by the position in which a beam fell saved him from 

 instant death. His cries for help were heard by two servants, and he was extri- 

 cated uninjured. He borrowed some money and in his torn clothes walked to 

 Shahpur, where he got an ekka to take him to Pathankot. 



Earthquake Form. — Nadir Nowrojee JLhujooria of McLeodganj bazar wrote 

 that he was indoors on the 3rd floor facing the road, sitting at an office table 

 writing. Time 6-10 by clock found afterwards stopped. The time is telegraph 

 time. There were three shocks. Tremulous vibrations, like the rustling of leaves of 

 trees preceded the 2nd shock. The interval between the shocks was a little over a 

 minute. The direction of the shocks from goods which were hanging on the walls 

 was first E. — W. The second shock collapsed the walls. No sound was heard 

 before, but a shrill high note as if something was passing through the leaves of 

 trees preceded the second shock. He noticed the upheaval of foundation stones 

 and no side pressure. Parapet walls, etc., seemed twisted by some strong power. 

 My own observations of the ruins are as follows : — 



McLeodganj bazar is situated on a very narrow portion of the Civil 

 McLeodganj ridge forming a low saddle. The slopes descend 



bazar. very steeply on each side. The whole bazar was 



levelled to the ground with no buildings standing, even partially (see 

 pi. 5, fig. 2}. Messrs. Framjee & Co.'s shop, a high building perched 

 on the west face of the ridge, had also utterly collapsed, as also 



