104 MIDDLEMISS : KANGRA EARTHQUAKE. 



It is worthy of mention that this, probably the largest and most 

 substantial building in Mussoorie, has escaped with- 



Hiateau Kaparlhala. . 



out a trace ot damage, it is a two -story, oblong 

 ereetion aligned N. 15° W. — S. 15° E. Towers at the corners are about 

 50 ft. high, and carry conical roofs rising about 20' further. The 

 building is constructed of hard, roughly-dressed limestone with layers , 

 2 feet apart, of brickwork 10" thick. 



This is a large single-story bungalow aligned N. 55° W. Walls in 

 that direction are fractured vertically in a few 

 places. The chief cracks run through the building 

 on a line N. 35° W.-S. 35° E. 



This is a two-story, stone built house facing north and south. 

 It is very badly damaged, the chief injury being 



Gowrie House. . _ 



cracks in E, — W. walls hading E. at angles of from 

 0°to35°. 



Gurernnient Tele- A few slight cracks are to be seen in N. — S. walls 



giaph Office. on j y 



General Post Office. 



Considerable damage was done. A portion of a 

 wall fell to S. 10° E. The worst cracks are in walls 

 coursing N. E.— S. W. 



During- t' great shock a large number of bottles fell towards 

 Mr. F. Bristoe's the north. By the shock occurring near midnight of 

 ■ h0 P- the same day the same bottles fell towards the 



west. 



Mr. Hallo wes has described the interesting case of the clock on 

 Turret clock. the Methodist Church, Mussoorie. This clock which 



Methodist Church. was fally wound up, had stopped on April 3rd (the 

 day before the earthquake) owing to the striking gear getting out of 

 order, but on the morning of the 4th it was found to be going, having 

 been restarted by the earthquake. As the pendulum was only free to 

 swing in a slit running N. 50° W. which was very nearly at right 

 angles to the long axis of the building as a whole it seems likely that 



