]6$ MIDDLEMISS: KANGRA EARTHQUAKE. 



The town is about the same size as Wazirabad, the populations 

 being equal. About 20 houses need serious repair. No house fell 

 immediately after the shock, but on the day following, a house which 

 had been severely shaken collapsed, and killed a boy. 



Ea Hhqua Ice Fo rm — Gujrat . 



Mahomed Haniedulla Khan, Postmaster. — Three shocks, the 2nd the most 

 intense with a few sec ; n ds interval. First doors and windows trembled, 2nd the 

 3 shocks as above, 3rd tremulous vibrations afterwards for not more than 3 

 minutes. The sound "felt" like **shau" "shau" 2 or 3 seconds after the 

 1st shock. Cracks in the postmaster's quarters. 



Sialkot. 



One observer records (5-10 by his watch which was correct. (Prob- 

 ably according to the daily gun.) The clock at 

 ti the post office stopped at 6-10; this is corrected by 



the gun. The clock at the telegraph office stopped 

 at some time between 6-13 and 6-16, but the exact time was 

 unobserved. 



After the great shock, three slighter ones are repoited to have 

 been felt during the 20 minutes following. One 

 was also noticed at 11-30 a.m. and another about 

 12 P.M. 

 A stone cross fell from the top of a tall steeple of the English 

 Church at the N. W. corner and struck the ground, 

 Effect upon build- making tlu . 00 dents in the latter t he line joining 



iug-3 English Church. ° 



the dents pointing towards the centre of the steeple, 

 and the middle dent probably corresponding to the centre of gravity 

 of the cross. The latter had been fixed to the steeple by an iron 

 core which snapped at the base of the cross. 



Direction in which cross fell = W. 15° 6. 



Height ot steeple from base of cross to ground (as measured by 

 an Almey's Level) ~167d ft. 



Height of cross ~ 4 it. 



