g4 MIDDLEMISS : KANGRA EARTHQUAKE. 



24 ft. by 3 ft., shows a fine but distinct crack round the base, but no 

 displacement has occurred. 



In a house belonging to Lichi Ram, banker, walls running N.-rS. 

 are cracked diagonally, and those aligned E. — W. vertically. Several 

 ceilings are cracked along lines parallel and close to walls running 

 N.— S. 



In another badly -damaged house walls running E. — W. show cracks 

 from one to four inches wide. 



A three-story house was injured, the chief cracks being vertical 

 and occurring in N.W. — S.E. walls. 



In a two-story house in Dhamawala a wall running N.W. — S. E. 

 has broken away from its companion cross- walls and leans to N. E. 

 The height of the wall is 25 feet, and the horizontal displacement at the 

 top was six inches. In the same building walls running N. E. — S. W. 

 are badly cracked in a vertical direction. 



The police-station is a two-story building facing S. 50° E. Walls 

 running in that direction are seriously cracked. The front portion of 

 the building is an addition. It has been separated from the original 

 portion along the line of junction (see pi. 17, fig. 2). Shattering of 

 ceiling plasiter which has occurred is clearly the result of the " draw " 

 of beams'running N. W. — S. E. 



A double-story house, 22 feet high, was completely wrecked. The 

 building faces S. 60° E., and the front wall, IS feet in length, fell out, 

 canying with it a portion of the side wall facing S. 30° W. The length 

 of the latter is 7 feet. These fallen walls formed two sides of the 

 front room. An examination of the fractured ends of the wajlls showed 

 that in many cases bricks had been actually sheared through. Of the 

 remaining waLs the worst cracks occur in those parallel to the front of 

 the house. Considering this last fact it is possible that the shorter wall, 

 facing S. 30° W., was the first to fall, and the cause of the fall of the 

 front of the house. 



A two-story house facing S. 35° E. suffered severe injury. A 

 portion of the front wall fell outwards whilst the side walls were badly 

 cracked. 





