!26 MIDDLEMISS : KANGRA EARTHQUAKE. 



a fire were thrown down. Alarm bells in telegraph office (next compound) set 

 ringing. Pendulum clock stopped at 6-10.* Wall lamp glasses broken. Canal 

 banks wetted about 3 feet up. Water very muddy 3 hours later. Small chimney 

 ornaments thrown E. Pictures slightly displaced on N. — S. walls. Church 

 lamps oscillated violently. All went out of church. Difficult to stand. On 

 re-entering when the shock was over (to finish the service) the hanging lamps 

 were gyrating so much that there was no direction. Amount of motion 3 feet from 

 vertical in swing of not less than 20 feet. 



Major H. J. Sherwood, R.E. — One severe shock N. — S. On plaster falling he 

 went outside. Motion in the verandah so distinct that he felt himself rolling about 

 as if on deck of a ship in a moderate sea. Bead " chick " swung violently N. — S. 

 Arches facing N. — S. cracked. Arches facing E. — W. hardly affected. Two jars 

 on shelf on N. side of room in R. E. mess fell to the floor. Tank water lapped 

 over N. — S. 



Mr. P. P. Phillips, Ph.D., Prof, of Chemistry, Thomason Engineering College, 

 and Officiating Superintendent, Meteorogical Observatory. — Time, began at 6-15, 

 most violent at 6-17 — 8-18. Direction N. — S. Five natives were killed. Earth 

 fissures on the banks of the Solani river from which water in large quantities exuded. 

 Sounds resembled thunder. A wave 5 feet high passed down the canal. Much 

 water washed over the banks of the Solani aqueduct and entered the river below. 

 Several pictures thrown from walls facing S. Walls most damaged were internal 

 walls running E. — W. Cracks generally vertical. Water in college store tanks 

 swayed N. — S. Tanks stood on iron frames 18 to 20 feet high. They were emptied 

 by the shock. A suspended lamp swung 3 feet from the vertical N. — S. 



Saharanpur. 



Sharanpur is similarly placed to Rurki with respect to the Dehra- 

 Mussoorie epicentral tract. Besides being the chief town of the district 

 it is celebrated for its fine Botanical Gardens. Mr. Simpson's account 

 continues : — 



The most reliable time observation is 6-11 a.m. recorded by Major J. 



M. Burn, R.E., an officer of the Survey of India, who 



Time records. J 



happened to be on the railway station platform 

 at the time. Neither the railway nor the post office clocks were 

 affected. 



The tower of the church is cracked on all faces in the two upper 

 Damage in the stories, the fractures running between corners and 



Civil Station. windows. 



* Known to be siow. 



