54 MIDDLEMISS : KANGRA EARTHQUAKE. 



The road to Kandi crosses the Dulchi pass, 6,740 ft. high, a very 

 steep climb, especially near Kataula, where the route 

 followed was a steep diversion on account of the 

 regular bridle-ioad having fallen a few miles above Kataula. A hurri- 

 cane, blowing at the time of my visit, almost necessitated crawling 

 along- soine of the more exposed spurs. Just below the Dulchi pass, 

 on the Kataula side, there was an extensive slip in fractured schistose 

 slates which had Carried away some mules a short while before. None 

 of the slips here, however, were as bad as those near Guma, the schistose 

 rocks holding together better than the jumble of rocks at the main 

 boundary fault.. 



Earthquake Form .—Rev. Jas. Tunbridge, C.M S., in Kandi travellers' 

 bungalow. Main shock impelled him W. and E. Earth fissures ran mainly down- 

 hill, S. E. and N. W. Loud rumbling noises underground. Chimney fell in, and 

 aide-walls fell outwards [this seems to be an error, as the walls were standing 

 at the time of my visit]. Fore-shock ? About 4 A, M. a loose board rattled, 

 which Mrs. Tunbridge declared to be an earthquake shock, Rocks from cliff 

 opposite, N. eide of the pass, fell in thousands of tons below, and continued to fall 

 for hours afterwards. 



My own observations showed the bungalow to lie with its length N. 

 by E. and S. by W., the verandah looking down a steep slope towards 

 W. by N. The bungalow was not more damaged than Shahpur. The 

 cross walls were a little fractured and the plaster had fallen from them. 

 Otherwise the bungalow was standing fairly well. The outhouses below 

 to the W. N. W. had been much smashed and some of Mr. Tunbridge's 

 servants were temporarily buried under them. 



Bajaura. 



Between Kandi and Bajaura the same schistose rocks continue, and 



there was not much damage along the road until 



to n*' ™ m ^ l -^°P ru was cached. All the wooden bridges across 



small streams were intact. Ropru itself with its flat 



roofs was not seriously damaged. Report says that many cattle were 



killed, but onl} r one human being. Landslips became rnore frequent at 



Ropru and on to Bajaura. They were not very large, but had partially 



blocked the read. 



