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water of tank. Many walls of buildings fell down and ma-ny had cracks. 



Sound like that of carriages. 



Tauda. — Postmaster. Time C-20 to G-27 nearly. One horrible 



shock. 



Gujranwala District. 



Gujramrala. — (See p. J 65.) 



Hafizabad. — Mr. E. H. Jeffries, Engineer. First, trem. vibrations 

 for a few seconds, causing door bolts to rattle. Second, 1 severe shock 

 of 1 minute's duration. Third, no trem. vibrations afterwards. Direction 

 E. — W. It was distinctly felt to an alarming extent. The whole house 

 rocked E. — \V. He could hardly stand and went outside. Two meat 

 safes suspended from pegs in the walls at right angles to each other, 

 the house facing due N., behaved as follows : that on the E. — W. wall 

 swung freely, that on the N. — S. wall bumped against the wall. Trees 

 swayed. Water in channels thrown out. No objects overturned. No 

 cracks in buildings. 



K an g ah- Dog rem. — Postmaster. Five or 6 shocks lasting nearly 3 

 minutes. No damage. 



Khanki. — Hony. Lieut. C. Gentry, Assistant En^neer, Lower Chenab 

 Canal. Fiist, no trem. vibrations before, secend, very severe shocks 

 for 5 minutes. Direction N.E.— S.W. It was difficult to stand without 

 support. Trees shook a good deal. Cracks very numerous in kacha 

 built houses. Pucca built houses do not show so many. The regulator 

 at the head of the Chenab Canal cracked in several places. There was 

 general alarm. All rushed to safe places outside buildings. Water in 

 river a mile wide rose 6 inches immediately after the shock in 5 minutes. 

 Water in canal 8 miles from Khanki, where there is a regulator, fell 0*20 

 (? feet). The canal here is about 300 feet wide and 10 feet deep. All 

 sluice gates were open. At Sagar, 28 miles from Khanki, the water rose 

 0'40 (? feet). Here also there is a regulator, the canal being 200 feet 

 wide and 10 feet deep. Direction of canal S.W. — N.E. 12 miles further 

 on from Sagar in the same directum and 40 miles from Khanki the 

 canal splits up into 3 branches with regulators at the head of each; 

 Water rose 0'20 feet These uses show that the velocity of the water in 



