MUSSOORIE-DEHRA DUN EPICENTRAL TRACT. H5 



Observations of the time of the chief shock vary from 6-10 to 



6-15 a.m. The pendulum clock in the railway tele- 

 Time records. \ J 

 graph office is said to have stopped at 6-13 a.m. 



A portion of the town is founded on soft Siwalik sandstone rock. 

 Construction of ^ ne rest °* tne buildings and also the civil station 

 buildings, etc. are on alluvium. 



The principal structural materials employed are well-burnt brick 

 with a lime-sand mortar. As a rule the workmanship is very good. 

 Hardwar City. Very little damage was done here. 



In BaramaPs house, arches running N. E. are slightly cracked 

 at the crown. 



In Rawaiji's house, a wall running N. 16° E. has moved slightly 

 in a lengthwise direction to S. 16° W., and also displays cracks hading 

 25° — 30° in the same direction. 



An archway in the house of the Teri Rajah, running N. 55° E„ shows 

 a slight vertical crack about midway between the crown and the 

 spring of the arch. 



In the station building a wing wall has moved slightly, in a length- 

 Railway buildings. wise direction, to S. 35° E. Slight waving cracks 

 are to be seen in walls and arches coursing N. 55° E. 



In the first-class waiting room one of the jack-arches forming the 

 roof is cracked lengthwise on a course N. 35° W. This fracture is 

 connected with cracks in the north and south corners of the room, 

 indicating that the cross-walls have moved in a W. — E. direction. 



The assistant stationmaster states that rolling-stock in the station- 

 yard moved about 3 feet along the lines to S. 50° W. 5 and after 

 about three oscillations returned to its first position. 



The locomotive shed is aligned N. 50 c E.—S. 50° W. Two of the 

 arches coursing in this direction are cracked. The arches alj right 

 angles are uninjured. 



This building shows a number of fractures, chiefly on structural 



Municipal bunga- ^ ReS ' Tlie P rinci P al crack runs ri g nt through the 



low. building on a N. E. — S. W. course, and before repairs 



was said to have been about one inch wide. 



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