156 MIDDLEMISS: KANGRA EARTHQUAKE. 



The Golden Temple, close to the clock, and surrounded by a large 

 ■ , ^ , water tank, has sustained no injury, in spite of 



Golden Temple. * J ' r 



the numerous and delicate pinnacles present. 

 At the four corners of the sanctuary of the mosque of Sheikh Din 

 Mosque of Sheikh whose longer axis points N. and S., were four minarets 



rising about 6 feet above the roof, each having an 

 iron core running down its centre, and being crowned with the cus- 

 tomary cupola and pillars. Of these minarets, that on the S. E. is 

 leaning away from the centre of the sanctuary towards the S. S. E.; 

 the cupola and pillars of the S. W. one have been thrown off, as far as 

 could be made out, towards the S. W. The remaining two have been 

 snapped across about half way between the roof and the summit, and 

 the upper parts have fallen ; the debris had been cleared away before 

 the mosque was examined, but the direction of fall is indicated by 

 small projecting portions of the iron core which had broken in each 

 case ; each of these portions is now bent, in the case of the N. W. 

 minaiet, towards W. S. W., and in the case of the N. E. minaret 

 towards N. W. 



The walls of the court extend N. W. to S. E. and N. E. to S. W., 

 Ram Garhien and at the S. and E. corners are two high minars 

 Bun g a - crowned with the usual pillars and cupola, much 



resembling those of Wazir Khan's mosque at Lahore. In both cases 

 the eupolas and pillars have been severely shaken, and small pieces have 

 fallen. The E. minar is now leaning towards the N., the S. minar 

 remaining vertical. 



In the bazar the general direction of shock indicated by the majority 



of fractures and falls is N. E. to S. W. In at least 



two cases the disturbance appears to have travelled 

 from S. E. to N. W. or vice versa. The testimony of bazar buildings, 

 however, is usually too much complicated by irregularity of design and 

 inferiority of material to be of much value. In four cases walk of 

 houses have either wholly or partially fallen; in two cases walls 

 pointing N. W. to S. E. have separated widely from the rest of the 

 building, and in one case a parapet wall has fallen. 



