86 MIDDLEMISS : KANGRA EARTHQUAKE. 



Single-story bungalow facing N. 70° W. The arches of the front and 

 Mr. R. G. Melill's back verandah are cracked in a vertical direction at 

 house - the crown and spring. Walls running S. 20° W. — 



N. 20° E., show cracks from 0—1 inches wide hading S. at 10°— 20° 

 One crack, however, hades N. at 35°. The back wall runs in the same 

 direction, and has moved out one inch at the top to the east. In walls 

 at right angles the cracks hade W. at 5° — 15°, one wall moving £ inch 

 at the top to the south. Bottles on a shelf parallel to a wall running 

 N. 20° E. fell outwards to N. 70° W. The front verandah is partially 

 separated by cracks from the main building. 



Apparent direction of principal motion N. 70° W. — S. 70° E. 



This building faces N. 70° W. The damage is confined to the 



Messrs. Hobart verandah and the front portion of house. The 



and Hampden's cracks in the former follow structural lines, and 



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are chiefly parallel to the front of the house. In the 

 latter the cracks run S. 20° W. and hade W. at 15°— 20°. 



A balustrade fell outwards to the south, whilst articles on E. — W. 

 walls fell outwards in the same direction. 



Apparent direction of principal motion N. 70° W.~ S. 70° E. 



Faces N. 30° E; The front of the building fell outwards to N. 30° E. 



Col. Swettenham's The inner main wall parallel to the above moved 



house - out one inch at the top, and is considerably bulged 



in the same direction. An arch running N. 30° E. fell chiefly to N. W., 



whilst a main wall in the same direction is cracked vertically. 



Apparent direction of principal motion N. 30° E. 



Faces N. 50° W. There are numerous structural cracks in the front 



Mr Eccle'e bunca- Anc * ^ack verandahs, and the thrust of the main 



k w » walls has separated them from the building. The 



front wall is cracked horizontally about two feet below the roof . It 



also exhibits strong vertical fractures. 



Ipparent direction of principal motion N. 50° W. — S. 50° E. 



