184 M1DDLEMISS: KANGRA EARTHQUAKE. 



Rohru via Mashob'a. — Mr. C. E. Tendall. Time about 6 . a.m. 

 Direction N. W. — S. E. There was one severe shock. In his own house 

 nothing was thrown down and no stones displaced. No damage. 

 Water in tub agitated violently and water thrown W. S. W. No 

 damage in Pabar valley beyond some few houses being cracked 

 Those On ridges chiefly affected. Some few very old rickety houses 

 in the valley have fallen. The high ridge dividing the Pabar and 

 Sutlej rivers seems to have been the limit of the severity of the earth- 

 quake. On the Sutlej watershed the village of Rampur suffered 

 severely. Many villages in the Nogli river basin also. The road from 

 Rampur to Sungn via Bali also suffered in some places. Serahan, 2 

 stages from Rampur up the Sutlej valley, had no damage. 



Sanawar. — Mr.-W. J. Warburton, Telegraph Master. Time of 1st 

 shock 6 a.m. 2nd shock 6-15 a.m. by watch checked by tele- 

 graph time. Direction W. — E. by motion of church steeple which was 

 inclined GO out of the vertical. There were no trem. vibrations 

 before or after the main shocks. 



Chor Peak near Simla. — The Meteorological Observer, Sarain 

 Observatory. Time 6 a.m. It was a violent shock and damaged 

 many temples, devtas and old houses. In one village near Sarain 2 

 women and 6 cows were buried. 



Bhajji Staie.-M.di}. M. W. Douglas, C.I.E., Superintendent, Hili 

 States, reports that the Rana of Bhajji heard loud noises resembling the 

 filing of cannons on 5th and 7th April. 



Solon near Simia.— The Postmaster. Time 6-5 a.m. by the tele- 

 graph clock. There were several shocks lasting about 15 minutes. The 

 P. 0. building cracked in five places. 

 Simla— (See p. 73.) 



Dehra Dun District. 

 Barkot. — Pitambas, Forest Ranger. There were 1st trem. vibra- 

 tions. He sat up and then ran out. The thatched chappar and posts 

 fell and moved S. W.— N. E. Doors rumbled and other building timbers. 

 The shock was felt with such an intensity as if some one were shaking 

 the bed Cracks in walls running W!— E. and also in arches of doors. 



