LARGE CITIES OF THE PLAINS NEAR THE VIIttt ISOSEIST. ^5 



A well in the fort, 20 feet deep, is cracked slightly in the portion 

 above ground : below this there is no damage what- 

 ever. The same thing applies to a well in the Tehsil 

 Courtyard. This rises 2 feet above the ground, and is traversed 

 horizontally by a crack about 1 foot below the ground level. 

 This is built of burnt brick. Two minarets, rising originally 12 feet 

 from the front angles of the sanctuary roof, were 

 snapped at the roof level and fell into the court- 

 yard below. The direct ons of fall, indicated by the repaired court- 

 yard pavement, were in the case of the N. minaret E. 18° S. and in the 

 case of the S. minaret E. 10° S. 



Two small minarets over the sanctuary entrance, rising 2\ feet above 



the roof, fell towards the W. on to the roof. Rather 

 Mosque (11). 



curiously, two larger minarets at the front corners of 



the sanctuary, rising 4 feet from the roof, did not fall. 



From five to six houses in the bazar are in a dangerous condition, 



either on account of leaning walls or large cracks, 



and some of these are old buildings and were more 



or less unsafe before the earthquake. Very little has fallen. Burnt 



brick buildings were said to have suffered more than sun-dried brick 



buildings. 



An observer sleeping in a single-poled tent near Ludhiana noticed 



Direction and in- the pole oscillating in the direction N. N. W. to 



tenslty * S. S. E. : an ordinary rectangular based medicine 



bottle standing with its longer base axis N. E. to S. W. fell towards the 



S.E. 



The first shock is described as having been felt from S. S. E. to 

 N. N. W. and the second from E. S. E. to W. N. W. A hanging lamp 

 was found swinging in an ellipse whose major axis was about 9 inches. 



The intensity here may be estimated to have been a little less than 



at Lahore. 



Earthquake Forms — Ludhiana. 



Mr. C. J. Hennessey, Postmaster. — Time 6-4 telegraph time. — First there were 

 2 shocks, or rather the direction seemed to change from N. — S, to E. — W., the firs^ 



