j 4 M1DDLEMISS > KANGRA EARTHQUAKE. 



So far my route had taken me entirely across the sub-recent accumu- 

 Hiil-spuraof Siwa- lations of the Kangra Valley. I next passed from 



lik and Nahan rucks. thege on tQ ^ ^^ dipping formations of the 



Siwalik and Nahan groups, as exposed in the hill-spurs running S. W. 

 from Dharmsala Cantt. in the direction of Chari. At the head of the 

 stream running due south to Gharoh, the strike in vertical Siwalik 

 comglomerate is N. W. by N. following the general trend of the moun- 

 tain inass. With the conglomerate are pale orange and greenish white 

 sands and sandy shales. On the narrow ridge near 3,862 ft. point I 

 Rock fissures and noticed a vertical fissure in these rocks. About £ 



loaning trees. ^^ beyond that p()int t ] ie ^fa ( mule trac k) c H m bs 



steeply up towards Dharmsala Cantt. over firmer and darker sandstone 

 (Nahan sandstone). More fissures running W. N. W. — E. S- E. occurred 

 in these rocks on steep places not far below the lowest cantonment 

 bazar near the 5,287 ft. level. Near these fissures on steep slopes I 

 noticed some of the trees in a slightly leaning condition (the lean being 

 downhill), but much of this may possibly be ascribed to slow soil-cap 

 movement — a common effect noticed on Himalayan slopes. 



Dharmsala. 

 This hill-station, being the permanent head-quarters 1 of the Kangra 

 District and summer head-quaTters of the officials 



District head- **..,- i ^ i , 



quarters and sani- of the Jullunder District, having also a Gurkha 

 regiment permanently located there, and generally 

 containing besides many other residents, either temporary or permanent, 

 was consequently a place of considerable size and importance. Very 

 fortunately the summer visitors to these hills had as yet hardly begun 

 to arrive. It possessed the usual offices, barracks, public buildings, 

 private dwellings and bazars such as are ordinarily found in our Indian 

 hill-stations and sanitaria. The earthquake therefore found here an 

 Severe destruction abundance of buildings to destroy and a crowded 

 and loss of life. population who suffered with their lives. The damage 



was in fact very severe, amounting in many places to destruction whilst 



1 Removed to Nurpur after the earthquake. 



