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Amritsar. 

 One Railway station platform clock stopped at 6-8 a.m., but must 

 evidently have been slow. All the other clocks also 



Time observations. . . , . . , .„ , . 



stopped, but opinions drnered as to die exact minute 

 at which they did so, although one observer seemed certain it was 

 6-15. A gentleman in the town recorded 6-15, but could not vouch 

 for the accuracy of his watch. It seems likely that the railway clocks 

 were about 5 minutes fast, and that the true time was 6-10 as at 

 Lahore and Jullundur. It will be noticed that the aftershock recorded 

 at Jullundur at ,6-30 is recorded at Amritsar station at 6-35. prob- 

 ably by a watch which had coincided with the railway clocks before 

 they stopped. 



Two principal shocks close together were noticed by one observer, 

 Number of the nrs "t no doubt corresponding to the preliminary 

 shocks - disturbance. According to the Railway authorities, 



there was a third at 6-35 a.m. and other slight tremors at 8-20 a.m., 

 8-57 a.m., 9-30 a.m., 10-40 a.m., and several during the night. At 

 about 1 a.m. a very slight shock was noticed by several officers on 

 night duty at the station, causing movement of a punkah. 



By most people an accompanying sound was heard, and is variously 

 described as being like thunder, the firing of mus 



Sound. 



ketry, the rumbling of a tram, etc. 

 The direction of the line and the station buildings is E. 15° N. to W. 

 Effect upon build- l ^° ^: At "the entrance, on the N. side, is a large and 

 fogs : Railway sta- rather high porch with a flat roof, supported by beams 

 at right angles to the main wall. These beams were 

 apparently loosened in their sockets, and part of a parapet wall over- 

 looking the porch fell upon the W. half of the roof, which consequently 

 collapsed. The remaining half threatened also to fall, and was taken 

 down. 



A second-class waiting-room built out on the N. N. W. side of the 

 platform buildings has separated from the latter by means of two 

 opposite cracks in its side wails which run N. N. W., the cracks occur 

 ring close to the platform buildings. All arches and walls parallel to 

 the line are unaffected. 



