194 M1DDLEMISS: KANGRA EARTHQUAKE. 



have been much more violently affected than Phillaur in that of 1905.] 

 Nothing was overturned. All door and window arches facing N. and S. 

 were cracked. Roof girders of station house and loco, shed displaced 

 E. and W. along their length. Archways subsided 1 inch. Water in 

 Sutlej River close by vibrated and spread into dry hollows in the bed 

 of the river. No sounds. 



Rahon. — Shib Dial, Sub- Postmaster. One severe and tremendous 

 shock, very intense. Direction E. — W. Buildings trembled, and many 

 were cracked, but none fell. There was a roaring sound like a thunder- 

 storm 1 to 2 seconds before the main shock. 



Ludhiana District. 



Ludhicma. — (See p. 173.) 



Jagraon. — Alia Baksh. Time 6-15 by office clock corrected every 

 day at 4 p.m. with Madras time. One main shock. Walls of many build- 

 ings cracked. Direction W. — E. by movements of office almirah. 

 Sound like mail train passing at full speed. 



Khanna. — Lakshami Cband, Sub -Postmaster. Cracks in walls of 

 Post Office and other houses in the city. Books and forms of records 

 overthrown S — N. (the slope of the shelf was towards N.). No sound. 



Amballa District. 



Amballa. — Captain A. A. Crookshank, R.E. The earthquake was 

 distinctly felt. Brushes were knocked off the dressing table. 

 A door closed by an English spring lock was burst open. Tn a nullah 

 subsoil water was forced 5 feet and left little cones of sand 1 to J feet 

 high. Bed of nullah previously dry for 3 weeks was now covered by 

 pools. It looked as if a flood had recently come down. Fissures in 

 the grand trunk road parallel to the bed of the nullah. Buildings 

 with arch work or with old work joined to new (being the most 

 inelastic form of structure) suffered most. No sound. 



Amballa. — Mr. H. E. Chappel. Superintendent, Telegraphs. Delhi 

 Division. Pendulum clock stopped at 6-12. The door of his room 

 shook. He left the house quickly. There was a shower of bricks 



