44 MIDDLEMISS : KANGRA EARTHQUAKE. 



the intervening slopes and spurs, including that marked 8,961 on the 

 '2 inch = l mile maps, were so much shattered by the earthquake that 

 we could not have advanced further in the direction of the dust cloud 

 oven if we had had time. In the lower parts of the gorge the numerous 

 falls of the western edge of the gravel plateau near Sahan had carried 

 away with them long sections of the water channels which supplied the 

 fields below. These at the time of my visit were being repaired by 

 the " Pioneers." During my stay at Palampur there were several 

 slight aftershocks felt there, eich one being accompanied by a fresh 

 shower of material from the surface of the landslip. 



The town of Bhawarna, 6 miles S. S. W. of Palampur, was almost 

 a complete ruin like Palampur itself. All the 



Bhawarna. . 



upper stories and most of the lower stories were 

 gone. One or two mostly wood-built shops with wooden pillars 

 supporting the verandahs did not fall, but evidently swayed with 

 and so escaped, the shock. A small Hindu temple had not fallen a 

 a whole, but the top circular amalaka stone had fallen S. W. 



Route from Palampur to Mandi. 



This route followed generally along the northern and eastern limits 

 of the low-lying sub-Himalayan tract and skirting the foot of the 

 higher ranges. 



On the Holta Tea Estate, a short distance from Palampur on the 



, „, way to Baiinath, seven bungalows were ruined or 



Holta Tea Estate. J J ' .'■,.,''", 



thrown down. The damage varied in degree, but 



was not so great as at Dharmsala. Mr. Ballard's house, a well-built, 



double-storied structure of stone had portions still standing, the lower 



storey generally, and the upper storey in parts. The standing part 



was very severely fissured and ruined. The factory, situated on a bit 



of rising ground between two streams, had suffered still more. 



At Banuri the damage had mostly been repaired, but the shops 



and houses appeared to have been about half destroyed. Paprola had 



mostly fallen. 



