MUSSOORIE-DEHRA DUN EPICENTRAL TRACT. 127 



Mr. C. Powell's bungalow. — This is a kutcha brick and mud building 

 facing N. 55° E. Three arches of the front verandah fell outwards. 

 An arch coursing N, E. was badly fractured. There are a number 

 of cracks in the corners of rooms. A hanging lamp swung N. E.— 

 S. W. 



American Mission Church. — A brick and mortar building oriented 

 due E. — W. The four corners of the building have opened out and 

 cracks have developed in E. — W. walls. Two feet of the brickwork 

 forming the top of the conical spire were displaced a distance of 2 

 inches towards the west. In the mission bungalows a chimney pro- 

 jecting through a roof sloping south fell to the south. Arches running 

 E.—W. suffered slightly. 



Judicial Kacheri. — The damage is trifling. Walls coursing N. — S. 

 show slight cracks heading S. at 10°. Walls at right angles display 

 evidence of N. — S. motion. 



Collector's Kacheri. — Walls running N. — S. show slight damage. 

 Verandahs at front and back are separated from building by slight 

 cracks running N. — S. Three ceiling beams running N. — S. are broken 

 at the middle, apparently by end thrust. In the criminal records 

 room are a number of lofty book cases oriented due E. — W. One of 

 them now leans 4° to W., and another 3° to E. A number of books 

 fell off to N. 



Mosque near the Kacheri. — Minarets on the east face are cracked at 

 the base and lean to the east slightly. 



Police Station.— A barrack aligned N. 20° W..— S. 20° E. shows 

 diagonal fracturing on the north and south facts. The walls at right 

 angles are held by a tied-arch roof, and are uninjured. 



The largest building is the museum. It is an oblong structure, 

 aligned N. 35° W., consisting of a central nave with 

 two enclosed verandahs. (See fig. 37.) The roof 

 is carried on two interior arches, both of which were so badly fractured 

 that they have been taken down. Wa^s parallel to the main axis are 

 fractured horizontally, and those at right angles vertically. The 

 verandah pillars on the east and west fronts are cracked through at the 



