202 MIDDLEMISSi KANGRA EARTHQUAKE. 



Almora District. 



Almora.— Mr. C. H. West, Executive Engineer, P. W. D. He 

 first felt as if there were a large dog under the bed scratching 

 himself. This lasted for 10 seconds. Next came the principal shock 

 with a duration of 2 minutes. Direction N.N.W. — S.S.E. No sounds. 

 Tt was distinctly felt and caused most people to rush out of their 

 houses at once. Only a few remained. The shock was much more 

 severely felt on the crest of ridges, and houses placed there were more 

 severely cracked. Very few objects were overturned. Pictures on 

 walls in houses on the ridge crests were displaced. Old cracks of 

 the earthquake of May 1903 were reopened in many houses. Many 

 are at the junction of cross walls running N. — S. and E. — W. They 

 appear at a height of 7 feet from the ground and extend upwards. 

 Arches are cracked. But damage to house property, as a rule, was 

 not serious. [Note. — The earthquake of May 1903 referred to is said 

 by the writer to have had its origin somewhere near Nanda Devi and 

 the Pindari Glacier where he was in camp.] 



Kousanie. — Mr. N. F. T. Troup, Hony. Magistrate. He was indoors 

 at first and afterwards in the verandah. First the usual vibrations and 

 then three distinct violent shocks. Water in bath swayed S.W. — N.E. 

 Hanging lamp swayed for 15 minutes. Rushing sound heard before first 

 tremors like a high wind in the trees. No damage. 



Ranikhet. — Rev. B. Kitchin, Chaplain. Four shocks between 6 and 

 7 a.m. preceded by vibrations which passed into rocking movements. 

 Direction E. — W. by hanging lamp. No damage to the station, not 

 even cracks. Boulder fell near Bhowali killing one of the men of the 

 East Surrey Regiment. Other observers mention rumbling noises during 

 the shock, bungalows in a continuous tremble, pictures moved on the 

 walls and in some cases undoubtedly cracks in walls though not of a 

 very serious nature. Trees swayed violently. 



Dwarahath.—Misa M. A. Seymour, M. S. Mission. Time 6-10 a.m. 

 by clock set with mid-day gun. One severe shock. Duration 1 minute. 

 Direction N.— S. by hanging lamp and bath. The shock and the 



