g MIDDLEMISS : KANGRA EARTHQUAKE. 



Sutlej valley. From Luri I travelled via Kotgarh. and Narkanda to 

 Simla where I brought my tour in the Lower Himalayan region to a 

 close on 15th June. During it I had covered along the line of march 

 alone, a distance of about 365 miles : I had traversed the epicentral 

 area along its whole length and also radially in five main directions. 

 The record now to follow of observations of the earthquake phenomena 

 and effects in the Kangra-Kuhi epicentral tract 



Personal observa- . . . . . . 



tions follow the line will be grouped mainly in the order m which I visit- 

 of route taken. ed the localities For all the ^ Iect observations 



I am alone responsible. For all other sources of information, the name 

 of the contributor, or the name and date of the newspaper or other 

 s f authority will be quoted. As damage to buildings 



applied to house will form one of the most important phases of earth- 

 quake effects herein noted, I give the following scale 

 of terms (increasing downwards) as used by me in describing damage 

 of varying intensity : — 



1. Cracked. ^ 



2. Rent. L Roof and walls still standing. 



3. Fissured--) 



4. Ruined. Roof gone, many walls standing. 



5. Destroyed. Only portions of walls standing. 



6. Levelled with the ground. Nothing left standing. 



Pathankot (Gurdaspur District). 



I spent one evening, 12th April, at this place which is the rail- 

 way terminus for the Lahore- Pathankot branch of the N. W. Ry. 

 Except for the throng of relief and reconstruction parties moving up 

 to the front, one would have been unaware that a destructive earth* 

 quake had passed over it only a week ago. I possess two earthquake- 

 forms relating to this locality which arc here summarised : — 



Earthquake Form.— J. G. Skene, Lt., 7th Gurkha Rifles, was standing with 

 feet apart in the road facing the railway station. Time 6-10 by watch compared 

 with railway time shortly afterwards. One shcck, motion at first slight, then 

 increased and then subsided. It was like a ship rolling. Hanging lamps in station 

 swung lengthwise with the station. No sounds particularly noticed. No damage, 

 only plaster fell from arch of station. 



