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from the chimneys. Trees swayed as on ship-board. First shock 2 to 

 3 minutes. Hanging lamp swayed N. — S. Cracks in house corners. 

 Chimneys destroyed. Burnt brick buildings belonging to the Military 

 Department quite destroyed. Telegraph running nearly E. — W. 

 got loose having pulled the stay out and the post having gone 

 over to E. 



Amballa.-— Mt. W. H. Johnson, Telegraph Master. Time 6-13 by 

 office clock stopped between 6-13 and 6-14. The first shock, followed 

 by trem. vibrations, lasted 70 seconds. Direction S. W. His body 

 swayed freely in bed 2 inches. Outside he had to stand still to maintain 

 his balance. Flower vases 8 inches by 2 inches were upset on mantel- 

 shelf in south direction. Training class buildings damaged. No sound 

 before. During the vibrations a dull rumbling sound followed the 

 first shock by 8 seconds. This was followed by distant booming 

 as of guns. 



Amballa Cantonment. — Mr. C. E. Goument, Sanitary Engineer 

 to the Government. Preliminary tremors were noticed. The main shock 

 lasted about 3 or 4 minutes. No definite shooks, simply swinging 

 movement to and fro. Direction N.W. — S.E. Large bucket oscillated 

 freely. Large pipal tree moved backward and forward as in 

 a high wind. He made no detailed examination of the damage. 

 Sound a rumbling accompanied by sounds resembling those produced 

 by collapse of tiled roof buildings. 



Amballa Cantonment.— -Mr. H. C. Robertson, Executive Engineer. 

 Vibrations all through. No distinct shocks and no distinct to-and- 

 fro motion such as would convey any sense of direction. Nausea 

 produced. Walls in almost all houses cracked, in many cases from 

 top to bottom. A chimney at the pumping station of Amballa City 

 was cracked with fine hair-crack right round it in a horizontal plane. 

 There was no displacement. The chimney is 7 feet across, 35 feet high. 

 The crack is 23 feet 10 inches from the summit, and the portion above 

 the crack weighs 24 tons. At the Circuit House (newly built) there 

 is a continuous crack right round all four sides at junction of the 

 roof. No sound. 



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