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N. E. — S. W. No sound before the shocks. With the shocks came a 

 noise very irregular and having certain beats which varied with the 

 intensity of the shocks. 

 Pathankot. — (See p. 8.) 



Hoshiarpur District. 



Hoshiarpur. — Dr. D. N. P. Datta, Civil Surgeon. Trem. vibra- 

 tions not noticed. Principal shock very severe. Horses began jump- 

 ing about, bungalow began to shake and he ran out but could not 

 stand. After a while everything was shaken irregularly and violently. 

 Bungalow rocked to and fro. Trees bent up and down. The ground 

 appeared like a sheet of water in a storm (like a rough sea). He 

 heard no sound. Chimney stack fell W. and E., walls of old house 

 cracked from above downwards. [The writer also gives details of a 

 tour via Jawalamukhi, Daulatpur, Nagrota, Palampur, etc., which 

 area is, however, covered by my own notes, see pp. 38—44.] 



Hoshiarpur. — Bishan Das, Head Treasury Clerk. He was in the 

 open air walking and so did not feel the prelim, tremors. The main 

 shock was severe, duration about 3 minutes. First; trees rocked and 

 swayed as if a hurricane was blowing. As the shock became more 

 severe he had to kneel, and finally sit on the ground, as also had the 

 coolies working near. Bricks, etc., fell from houses on the W. side. 

 Slight cracks in uppermost stories of houses and arches. A few fissures, 

 E. — W. in the ground ± inch wide. " Kacha" houses stood the shock 

 very well. No sounds noticed. 



Simla District. 



Dagshai. — Postmaster. Time 6-10. Duration 3 minutes, Many 

 houses cracked. 



Dagshai. — Sita Ram, Signaller. Time 6-15 a.m. by a good time- 

 keeping watch. Direction E. — W. Very heavily felt, and all things 

 were in a moving condition. Many houses cracked, some chimneys 

 fell. Sound like " heavily blowing." 



Mashobra. — Time from 6-0 to 6-25. The house trembled. 



