172 M1DDLEMISS: KANGRA EARTHQUAKE. 



The principal gate of the Governor's Palace is severely cracked at 

 the four corners. Some staircases are said to be 



(.'overnor\s Palace. 



dangerously fractured, and there are many small 



cracks in the various buildings. A brick pillar at the corner of a 



parapet on the third floor roof fell towards the E. into the Palace 



yard. 



The Governor's offices, a tall building of three or four stories, is 



quite unaffected, and the State school also, an ex- 

 Offices : school. . 



tensive building, is practically intact. 



A large two-storied building forming the rest-house has the 



h use lower story apparently unaffected, but the upper 



is seriously cracked, especially in corners and over 



arches. The cracks are larger and more frequent in arches and wall 



lying W. 15° N. The bungalow is declared to be unsafe and is closed. 



A large lofty red brick building, the Palace of Ramnagar, built in 

 Palace of Ram- the English style and on an eminence, has a few 

 na ° ar - slight cracks. 



A solidly constructed rampart is cracked and part has fallen. The 

 upper portion of a gateway arching from N. 30° E. to S. 30° W. has 

 fallen towards the E. The material consists of large moraine pebbles 

 cemented together. Walls have fallen in the case of 7 houses in the 

 bazar, but nearly all these were two-storied dwellings : many houses 

 are cracked but no very serious damage has been done. 



The movement appeared to be from E. S. E. to W. N. W. A 



Direction and in- clerk in the -Mining Office, sitting upon the floor 



tensit y- and facing E. S. E., was thrown flat upon his back. 



Water in tanks is reported to have moved also in the direction 



E. S. E. and W. N. W. 



Although the inhabitants of Jammu described the shock as being a 

 very severe one, the intensity, estimated from the effect upon buildings, 

 is surprisingly less than at Sialkot, 2C miles away. Possibly this is due 

 to the fact that Jammu is situated upon a low hill of boulder graved 

 while Sialkot lies upon the flat alluvial plain. The intensity does not 

 appear to have been greater than that at Ferozepur. 



