122 MIDDLEMISS : KANGRA EARTHQUAKE. 



Police barracks. Fractures run E.— W. through arched roofs, and 



the cross -walls are separated from the main walls. 



The ea«t face has moved outwards about J inch at the top. 



Major Philson's Arches running E. — W. are fractured. Partition 



bungalow. walls running N — S. have moved at right angles. 



The upper story of this building was badly injured and had been 



demolished soon after the quake. 



A minaret, 1J ft. x 5£ ft., was cracked at the base, and now 

 Mosque near rail- leans to the north. The horizontal displacement 



way station. of the game fa j ^ tQ E The ^ ^ . g 



cracked vertically. 



Walls coursing S. 30° W. are cracked vertically, whilst those at 

 Public Works De- "£ nt an ^ es snow evidence of movement in a S. W. — 

 partment, Canals, N.E. line. Cracks run through arched roofing in 

 bungalow. aR £.— W. line. The tower is square and contains 



four stories surmounted by a dome. All faces are cracked, particu- 

 larly that to S. W. The fractures follow the lines of windows, etc. 

 A faint horizontal crack shows all round the base of the dome. 



A plant pot fell over to N. 55° E. Bricks stacked against the 

 Cem north face of a wall coursing N. 75° W. fell out- 



wards to the north, and to a lesser degree to east. 



A large number of earth fissures were found in low alluvial ground 

 through which flows the Solani stream, at a point 



Ground fissures. 



from half to one mile east of Rurki. 



The general direction of the fissures is N. 80° E. but they almost 

 invariably run parallel to the direction of the nearest ditch or stream 

 even though such may be hundreds of feet distant. The average 

 length of a single fissure is about 100 feet. As a rule several are 

 found running parallel to, and a few feet from, one another, so that 

 a series of cracks is continued for hundreds of yards. The largest 

 fissure seen is 10 feet from the low bank of the Solani stream, and 

 runs parallel to the bank on a N.W.— S.E. line. It is 62 feet Jong 



