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tionfl as stun one minute afterwards. Pictures thrown as much as 30° (measured) 

 from the vertical. Those on E. — W. walls more disturbed than those on N. — S. 

 walls. Pendulum clock with plane of vibration nearly duo E. — W. did not stop. 

 Trees swayed and leaves rustled. There was a sensation of considerable horizon- 

 tal motion rather than of a passing wave. House (a " kutcha " thatched bunga- 

 low) cracked everywhere. People rushed out. He was detained 20 to 30 seconds 

 by a jammed door. 



V.. R. Stevens, Offg. Deputy Conservator of Forests. — A whisky bottle, soda 

 water bottle and glass fell N. — S. on table. The sound like string of bullock carts 

 punning on a road. It was a continuous sound. 



Mukundananda Aeharya, Meteorol. Observer. — Describes general panic, and 

 that many passed the night outside. Bottles and light articles fell generally E. 

 and W. Most house cracks were vertical. 



Mr. C. 13. Lall, Signaller. — Chimneys rocked from W. — E. There was a rum- 

 bling sound off and on, heard the strongest at the first shock. Doors and windows 

 banged, roofs creaked and ornaments fell off their stands. 



Babu Abdul Jabil, Head Clerk in Dist. Engineer's Office.— Time 6-10 a.m. by 

 2 clocks and a watch keeping G. T. Survey time. The clocks stopped. Four dis- 

 tinct shocks, 2 vertical and 2 horizontal. Slight ones from W. — E. and 2 most 

 terrible ones. Total duration of shocks 35 sees, (guessed). Bottles and phial on 

 shelf fell E. Noise like railway train in distance. He fell down with the shock, 

 and was much alarmed thinking the roof would fall. 



Mr. O. C. Ollcnbach, Survey of India. — Time 6 hrs. 10 mins. 30 sees. (Madras 

 time) by clock in G. T. Survey Office (uncorrected), which stopped. There was a 

 noise before like the approach of a great storm. 2nd, slight shocks for about 2 

 sees. 3rd, 3 very distinct and severe shocks in very rapid succession. 4th, several 

 others decreasing in force till all was quiet. A lamp fell from S. — N. Vase from E. 

 to W. Pot on chimney fell E. — W. Lamp swung from S. — N. The sounds con 

 tinued till the shocks had nearly ceased. House cracks vertical from above and 

 one horizontal one near the floor. 



Birbal, Asst. Instructor and Curator, Imperial Forest School. — There were 1st 

 tremu! . vibrations, which he thought were palpitations of the heart. 2nd, dis- 

 tinct* .. .ular and sharp oscillations for 2 mins. 3rd, the movements died away 

 regularly. Direction S. — X. by trees and fall of library wall. No sound. 



Lieut. -Col. S. G. Burrard, R.E., F.G.S. — The vibrations were horizontal and 

 about 3 per second. After long habits of timing stars and pendulums he can state 

 confidently that the complete period of the vibration was distinctly longer than 

 £ sec. and less than h sec. He thinks that they were the direct vibration of the 

 ground and not those of the building where he was sleeping. Time 6-11 (Madras 

 time) from two pendulum clocks in the house whose error was known to within 2 

 mins. No prelim, tremors. One big shock which stopped suddenly. Direction 

 N. — S. No sound. Vases fell to the ground from brackets on N. — S. walla, 

 Xho.se on walls running E. — W. did not fall. 



