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MIDDLEMISS : KANGRA EARTHQUAKE. 



S. E. very slightly : the N. E. one is practically vertical. Each minar 

 is octagonal in section and bears at its summit a massive marble 

 cupola upon eight octagonal marble pillars. 



On examining the N. W. cupola, the pillars were found to be 

 chipped around their bases and to a less extent around their tops 

 giving the impression that there had been either successive movements 

 in more than one direction or a gyratory movement. It was interest- 

 ing, though confusing, to find older impressions of chipping in the 

 same position, showing that movement had occurred here before. A 

 carved perforated marble fencing extends from pillar to pillar, and this 

 also has been chipped at its ends by the movement of the pillars. In 

 the S. W. minar a piece of this fencing was thrown down. 



There are several tall brick Factory chimneys close to the Railway 



Factory chimneys. ij ne ne ar Lahore, but I heard of none having fallen. 



Several of the military bungalows at Mian Mir have been cracked, 



the most conspicuous being that of E. Company. 



This, like the others, is a very long one-storied 



building lying due N. and S. with about a dozen transverse partition 



walls, each containing a large arched doorway : all these arches are 



cracked up the centre. The longitudinal walls with their arches are 



unaffected, except that they have separated from the partition wall. 



This is also the case with the arches of the verandah running N. and 



S. : there are twenty-four of these on each side and none have been 



cracked. 



Two observers remarked independently on the jerky nature of the 



T . shock : one of them had experienced nine earth- 



Nature, Intensity r 



and Direction of quakes and the other three, and both stated that 

 shock, the jerk was the most abrupt they had ever felt. 



With regard to the intensity, the disturbance was universally felt 

 causing considerable alarm, most of the inhabitants either left their 

 houses or took refuge under arches and doorways. There was no 

 difficulty in standing provided the feet were kept apart. Trees rustled 

 as in a strong wind, books were projected from shelves, articles fell from 

 mantelpieces, and a bookcase standing against a wall was overthrown. 



